Courses - Fall 2026
HIST429I
Special Topics in History; Beyond the Arabian Nights: Popular Culture in Middle EasternHistory
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with ARAB499O. Credit only granted for ARAB499O or HIST429I.
Explores storytelling, theater, epics, poetry, and other aspects of popular culture in the Middle East from the rise of Islam to today. Students will examine the connections between cultural production, social class, literacy, religion, and ethnicity in the Arabic-speaking world and will study the communicative and creative modes that people have used to entertain, educate, and preserve their history.
Explores storytelling, theater, epics, poetry, and other aspects of popular culture in the Middle East from the rise of Islam to today. Students will examine the connections between cultural production, social class, literacy, religion, and ethnicity in the Arabic-speaking world and will study the communicative and creative modes that people have used to entertain, educate, and preserve their history.
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