Understanding and teaching the modern Middle East / edited by Omnia El Shakry.

Introduction: The Middle East in the world / Omnia El Shakry -- The Middle East in the classroom -- Why can't you find the Middle East on a map? / Michael Gasper -- Controversy in the classroom: lessons from the modern Middle East / Omnia El Shakry -- Understanding and teaching historical content -- The legacy of Islam in the modern Middle East / Ovamir Anjum -- Colonialism, empire, and nationalist movements / Sara Pursley -- Decolonization and the reconfiguration of the global order / Muriam Haleh Davis -- The history of Israel/Palestine / Sherene Seikaly -- Understanding sectarianism as a global problem / Ussama Makdisi -- The Iranian revolution: from monarchy to the Islamic Republic / Naghmeh Sohrabi and Arielle Gordon -- Understanding and teaching the contemporary Middle East -- U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East / Nathan J. Citino -- America, oil, and war in the Middle East / Toby Craig Jones -- Teaching the global war on terror / Darryl Li -- Arab uprisings in the modern Middle East / Asef Bayat -- Refugees in and from the Middle East: teaching about displacement in the context of the international refugee regime / Rochelle Davis -- Methods and sources -- Literature as a source for teaching modern Middle East history / Elliott Colla -- Cinema as a source for teaching modern Middle East history / Kamran Rastegar -- Gender and sexuality: sources and methods / Hanan Hammad -- Nuancing the narrative: teaching the Jewish modern Middle East / Alma Rachel Heckman -- The Armenian genocide and the politics of knowledge / Christine Philliou -- Using primary source documents to teach nationalization and imperialism in the modern Middle East / Kit Adam Wainer -- Keeping current: contemporary engagement when teaching modern Middle East history / Ziad Abu-Rish.

Understanding and Teaching the Modern Middle East moves away from the Orientalist frameworks that have dominated the West's understanding of the region, offering a range of fresh interpretations and approaches for teachers. The volume brings together experts on the rich intellectual, cultural, social, and political history of the Middle East, providing necessary historical context to familiarize teachers with the latest scholarship.

"Offering a range of fresh interpretations and approaches for the classroom, this volume brings together experts on the rich intellectual, cultural, social, and political history of the Middle East, providing necessary historical context to familiarize educators with the latest scholarship. Each chapter includes easy-to-explore sources to supplement any curriculum, focusing on valuable and controversial themes that may prove pedagogically challenging, including colonization and decolonization, the Iranian revolution, and the US-led "war on terror". By presenting multiple viewpoints, Understanding and Teaching the Modern Middle East provides a springboard for instructors as they encourage students to negotiate the various contradictions in historical study"--Back cover

Includes bibliographies and index.

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