Courses

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*Subject to Change* 
MES 12.09/*JWST 40.01/GOV 40.09 (12) Politics of Israel/Palestine. Naor (INT or SOC, NW)
MES 12.13/HIST 70.02 (2) Modern Iran. Nikpour (SOC, NW)
MES 16.1/DIR/ARAB 22/23 LSA+ Morocco. Tarek El-Ariss
MES 17.08/JWST 74.01*/REL 57.02 (10) The Jewish Jesus. Vuong
MES 19.04/HIST 70*/WGSS 24.02 (11) Gender and The Modern Middle East and North Africa. Nikpour  (SOC, NW)
MES 19.05/WGSS 43.06*/REL 28.04 (2A) Gender in Islam. Ayubi (TMV, NW)
MES 59.01 (ARR) Ind Adv Study Arab Lang & Literature. Tarek El-Ariss 
MES 85.01 (ARR) Advanced Independent Research. Tarek El-Ariss
 

*Subject to Change*   
Arabic 1 (9S) Beginning Arabic. Chahboun & Ouajjani
Arabic 22 (10) Intermediate Arabic. Chahboun (LIT, NW)
Arabic 31 (10) Advanced Arabic. Ouajjani (NW)
Arabic 41 (ARR) Advanced Arabic. Kadhim (LIT, NW)
Arabic 59 (ARR) Advanced Independent Study in Arabic. El-Ariss (LIT, NW)
Hebrew 1 (9L) Beginning Hebrew. Ben-Yehuda
Hebrew 21 (10) Intermediate Hebrew. Ben-Yehuda (LIT, NW)
Hebrew 59 (ARR) Advanced Independent Study in Hebrew. El-Ariss (LIT, NW)
MES 2.03/HIST 4.03* (11) Introduction to the Modern Middle East and North Africa. Nikpour (SOC, NW)
MES 3.02/ANTH 39 (10A) Archaeology of the Middle East. Casana (INT or SOC, W)
MES 6.02/REL 16.01 (10) An Introduction to Islam. Silkaitis (TMV, NW)
MES 8.01/GOVT 40.25 (6B) Introduction to Middle East Politics. Fishere (INT or SOC, NW)
MES 12.09/GOVT 40.09/JWST 40.01 (2A) Politics of Israel and Palestine. Fishere & Avishai (INT or SOC, NW)
MES 12.17/JWST 67.03 (2A) 1967: The War That Never Ended. Smolin & Heschel (INT or SOC, NW)
MES 15.11*/FILM 42.19/JWST 44.01 (6B) The Middle East in Film: Picturing the Past and Present Simon (ART, NW)
MES 16.30 (10A) Modern Arabic Fiction. Smolin (LIT, NW)
MES 85 (ARR) Advanced Independent Research.  El-Ariss

*Subject to Change*

Arabic 1.20 (10) Intensive Arabic. Bouba
Arabic 2 (9S) Beginning Arabic. Chahboun & Ouajjani
Arabic 42 (ARR) Advanced Arabic. Kadhim (LIT, NW)
Arabic 59 (ARR) Advanced Independent Study in Arabic. El-Ariss (LIT, NW)
Hebrew 2 (9L) Beginning Hebrew. Ben-Yehuda
Hebrew 22 (ARR) Intermediate Modern Hebrew. Ben-Yehuda (LIT, NW)
Hebrew 59 (ARR) Advanced Independent Study in Hebrew. El-Ariss (LIT, NW)
MES 1.01 (12) Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies. Reinhart (LIT, NW)
MES 4.02 (10A) History of Technology in the Middle East. Simon (NW)
MES 7.03  FYS (2A) Jerusalem: Vision and Reality. Glinert (INT or SOC, NW)
MES 16.11(3A) From Genesis to Seinfeld: Jewish Humor and its Roots. Glinert (LIT, W)
MES 16.15/HIST 94.08/*JWST 10 (6B) History and Culture of the Jews I: The Classical Period. Greenblatt (SOC, W)
MES 17.20/REL 16.05 (12) The Qur'an and the Prophet. Silkaitis (TMV, NW)
MES 17.22/JWST 36.04*(10) The European Qur'an. Ben-Tov (INT or SOC, W)
MES XXX (2A) Popular Culture in the Islamic World. Simon 
MES 85 (ARR) Advanced Independent Research.  El-Ariss 
MES 88 (ARR) Senior Honors Part 1 Thesis El-Ariss 

Arabic 3 (9S) Beginning Arabic. Chahboun & Ouajjani
Arabic 23 (10) Intermediate Arabic. Ouajjani (NW)
Arabic 34 (10) Media Arabic. Chahboun (LIT, NW)
Arabic 43 (ARR) Advanced Arabic. Kadhim (LIT, NW)
Hebrew 3 (9L) Beginning Hebrew. Ben-Yehuda
MES 1.01 (12) Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies. Smolin (INT or SOC, NW)
MES 2.03/HIST 4.03 (2) Introduction to the Modern Middle East and North Africa. Simon (SOC, NW)
MES 4.01/GOVT 40.23 (TBD) Energy and Society in the Middle East and North Africa. Vandewalle/Elias (INT, NW)
MES 6.02/REL 16.01 (10) An Introduction to Islam. Silkaitis (TMV, NW)
MES 7.01 FYS (2A) American Middle Eastern Dilemmas. Fishere
MES 9.02 (2) Introduction to Classical Arabic Literature. Kadhim (INT or LIT, NW)
MES 10.10/JWST 45 (11) Soundscapes of the Middle East. Simon (INT or ART, NW)
MES 12.05/GOVT 60.17 (10A) Arab Political Thought. Fishere (INT or SOC, NW)
MES 13.14/REL 16.08 (10A) Shi'i Islam. Silkaitis (TMV, NW)
MES 15.13/COLT 35.06 (3B) Sufism as World Literature. Morsi (INT or LIT, NW)
MES 17.19/JWST 42.11/HUM 3.06 (TBD) The Arab, The Jew, and the Construction of Modernity. El-Ariss/Heschel (INT or LIT, NW)
MES 19.03/WGSS 24.01/COLT 53.06 (3A) Arab Feminism. Morsi (INT or SOC, LIT)
MES 81.02 (2) The New Arabic Novel. Smolin (LIT, NW)
MES 85 (ARR) Advanced Independent Research. El-Ariss
MES 89 (ARR) Senior Honors Thesis part 2. El-Ariss