02 September
considering the "Middle East"

You were asked to think about these issues

slides for session 05
  1. What is the "Middle East"? How do you define it?
  2. "Middle" in regards to what? "East" in regards to what?
  3. What is eternal in this society?
  4. What is changing?

Lecture Notes

Shadid, A. "In Iraq, Western Clocks, but Middle Eastern Time." The New York Times, Published: August 14, 2010

an idea for the day

cover of the book named Ideas that changed the world

The idea of religion as law

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