91324

ANTH 344 Revolutions in the Modern Middle East

Nadia Latif

. T . . .

10:10 - 12:30 pm

OLIN 310

SSCI/DIFF

91209

ARAB 101 Elementary Arabic

Dina Ramadan

M T W Th .

10:30 - 11:30 am

OLINLC 120

FLLC

Cross-listed: Middle East Studies Students are trained through the use of the most current pedagogical developments of communicative, visual and narrative methods developed by primarily AL-Kitaab fii Ta` allum al- `Arabiyya. Students will enlarge their speaking, reading, writing and comprehension skills in Modern Standard Arabic, the form of Arabic shared by all Arab countries. Classroom time is devoted to conversation (skits and discussions) and grammar exercises (including skim-reading tasks, spiraling and inference, analogy, problem solving, and educated guessing), stemming from the DVDs and other untainted materials. For example, in the course of the semester you will learn Arabic through a variety of musical traditions both classical and modern. The course will continue to introduce students to some Egyptian colloquial. Consistent emphasis is placed on authentic resources that derive from the most updated cultural contexts, realities and creative work of the Arab world such as gender issues, Arab-Muslim and Arab-Christian traditions, social clubs, ethnic groups, the role of the media etc. Students are expected to devote adequate time for homework, meet with a tutor every week to help them with homework and attend a session of Spoken Arabic.

Class size: 20

91210

ARAB 201 Intermediate Arabic

Dina Ramadan

M T W . .

11:50 -1:10 pm

OLIN 309

FLLC

Cross-listed: Middle East Studies This course will focus on the functional use of Arabic in a natural communication setting. The four basic linguistic skills will be dealt with simultaneously. Active and passive lexicon as well as advanced grammatical structures will be taught through exposure to a wide range of texts. Aspects of Arab culture and differences between Modern Standard Arabic and the spoken language will be highlighted. Conducted mainly in Modern Standard Arabic.

Class size: 15

91211

ARAB 301 Advanced Arabic

Ali Humayun Akhtar

M . W . .

11:50 -1:10 pm

OLINLC 118

FLLC

Cross-listed: Middle East Studies The course focuses on developing a significant level of linguistic and communicative competence in the language. The four linguistic skills will be dealt with simultaneously. Modern literary and expository texts, as well as a selection of texts from Arab media will be read to expand active and passive lexicon and grammatical structures. Differences between modern standard Arabic as well as aspects of Arab cultures will be highlighted.

Class size: 15

91482

HEB 101 Beginning Hebrew

David Nelson

M T W Th .

1:30 -2:30 pm

OLIN 302

FLLC

Cross-listed: Jewish Studies; Middle Eastern Studies This introductory Hebrew course will cover the basics of Hebrew  language: reading, writing and speaking - assuming no previous  knowledge on the student’s part. Although the text used for the course  is explicitly a text for Modern Hebrew, the skills acquired on this  first-year level can be easily applied to the study of pre-modern  (e.g., biblical and rabbinic) Hebrew text. Class size: 12

91623

HEB 201 Intermediate Hebrew

Doron Noyman

M T W Th .

10:30 -11:30 am

OLIN 307/ RKC 200

FLLC

Cross listed: Jewish Studies, Middle Eastern Studies This course will concentrate on developing a significant level of linguistic and communicative competence in Hebrew. Active and passive lexicon will be expanded and advanced grammatical structures will be introduced through exposure to different kinds of texts. Aspects of Israeli culture as well as differences between the Standard language and the spoken language will be highlighted.

91577

HIST 185 The History of the Modern Middle East

Jennifer Derr

M . W . .

3:10 -4:30 pm

RKC 115

HIST/DIFF

91372

HIST 2122 The Arab-Israel Conflict

Joel Perlmann

. T . Th .

4:40 -6:00 pm

OLIN 203

HIST/DIFF

91576

HIST 3237 Making Space in the Colonial and Post-Colonial World

Jennifer Derr

M . . . .

4:40 – 7:00 pm

HEG 308

HIST/DIFF

91220

LIT 214 Cairo Through its Novels

Dina Ramadan

M . W . .

1:30 -2:50 pm

OLIN 204

FLLC

91473

REL 106 Introduction to Islam

Mairaj Syed

. T . Th .

1:30 -2:50 pm

OLIN 101

HUM/DIFF

91476

REL 288 Islamic Legal Theory and Practice

Mairaj Syed

. T . Th .

4:40 -6:00 pm

OLIN 204

HUM/DIFF