82-300 Language & Society in the Arab World

9 units, Carnegie Mellon University

Course content varies. Last offered topic Negotiating Arab Identities Gender Roles in Film Literature. This course focuses on the processes of selfdefinition by Arab men and women in conflict zones in the Middle East and North Africa with relation to national and religious identities, social stratification, sexualityhomosexuality, and gender roles. Students will learn about the social, economic, and political contexts of the films and literary works representing the Maghreb, Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, the Gulf countries, and Yemen. This course fosters a better understanding of Arab societies and the hybrid identities that negotiate their presence and space within. Students will have the opportunity to engage in a videoconference dialogue with students in the American University in Cairo, Egypt, attend an Arab film during CMUs International Film Festival, and interview native speakers of different Arab countries to further their learning of Arab culture.

Prerequisites: none listed

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