Courses

See sample syllabi here

*Subject to Change* 
Arab 01.20 (10) Intensive Arabic. Bouba (10)
ARAB 2 (9S) First Year Courses in Arabic. Chahboun 
ARAB 2 (9S) First Year Courses in Arabic. Ouajjani
ARAB 42 (ARR) Advanced Arabic. Kadhim (LIT, NW)
ARAB 59 (ARR) Advanced Independent Study in Arabic. El-Ariss (LIT, NW)
HEBR 2 (9L) First Year Courses in Hebrew. Ben-Yehuda
HEBR 59 (ARR) Advanced Independent Study in Hebrew. El-Ariss (LIT, NW)
MES 1.01 (12) Intro to Middle Eastern Studies. Smolin (INT or SOC, NW) 
MES 5.01 (6B) Identity and Representation in the Middle East. El-Ariss  (INT, NW)
MES 7.03  FYS (2A) Jerusalem: Vision and Reality. Glinert (LIT, NW)
MES 10.10/JWST 45 (2A) Soundscapes of the Middle East. A. Simon (INT or ART, NW)
MES 12.09/GOV 40.09/JWST 40.01 (2A) Politics of Israel and Palestine. S. Simon  (INT or SOC, NW)  
MES 15.11/JWST 44.01/FILM 42.19 (10A) The Middle East in Film: Picturing the Past and Present. A. Simon (ART, NW)
MES 16.08/COLT 62.10*/WGSS 46.06 (2A) Women and War in Modern Literature and Film. Morsi (INT or LIT, NW)
MES 16.11 (3B) From Genesis to Seinfeld: Jewish Humor and its Roots. Glinert (LIT, W)
MES 16.41/ARTH 10.01* (2) The Art of Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Near East. Kangas (ART,NW)
MES 18.04/*ARTH 31.03 (11) Arts of Islam. Agarwala (ART, NW)
MES 85 (ARR) Independent Research. El-Ariss
MES 88 (ARR) Senior Honors Thesis Part 1. El-Ariss                                

*Subject to Change* 
ARAB 03 (9S) Beginning Arabic. Chahboun
ARAB 03 (9S) Beginning Arabic. Ouajjani
Arab 023 (10) Intermediate Arabic. Ouajjani
Arab 34 (10) Media Arabic. Chahboun (LIT, NW)
ARAB 43 (ARR) Advanced Study in Arabic. Kadhim  
ARAB 59 (ARR) Advanced Independent Study in Arabic. El-Ariss (LIT, NW)
HEBR 3 (9L) Beginning Modern Hebrew. Ben-Yehuda 
HEBR 22 (ARR) Intermediate Modern Hebrew. Ben-Yehuda 
HEBR 59 (ARR) Advanced Independent Study in Hebrew. El-Ariss (LIT, NW)
MES 1.01 (10A) Intro to Middle Eastern Studies. Smolin & El-Ariss (INT or SOC, NW) 
MES 2.02/*HIST 4.02 (2) Intro to Early Islamic History. Najib (INT or SOC, NW)  
MES 2.03/HIST 4.03 (10A) Intro to Modern Middle East and North Africa. A. Simon (SOC, NW)
MES 4.01/GOVT 40.23 (2A) Energy and Society in the Middle East and North Africa. Elias & Vandewalle (INT, NW)
MES 6.02/*REL 16.01 (2A) Intro to Islam. Ayubi (TMV, NW)
MES 7.04 FYS (2A) Steamships to Social Media: History of Technology in the Middle East. A. Simon (INT, NW)
MES 9.02 (2) Intro to Classical Arabic Literature. Kadhim (INT or LIT, NW)
MES 12.04/GOVT 20.08/JWST 40.08 (2A) America and the Middle East. S.Simon (INT or SOC, NW)  
MES 12.05/GOVT 60.17 (10A) Arab Political Thought. Fishere (INT or SOC, NW)
MES 12.18/JWST 42.12 (2A) Difficult Conversation on the Middle East. Fishere & Smolin NEW COURSE
MES 15.13/*COLT 35.06 (12) Sufism and World Literature. Morsi (INT or LIT, NW)
MES 16.12/GOV 40.30 (3B) Language, Politics and Power in the Middle East. Glinert (INT or SOC, CI)
MES 16.15/HIST 94.08/*JWST 10 (6B) History and Culture of the Jews I: The Classical Period. Greenblatt (SOC, W) 
MES 17.19/*HUM 3.06/JWST 42.11/COLT 53.07 (6B) The Arab, The Jew and the Construction of Modernity. Heschel & El-Ariss (INT or LIT, NW)
MES 18.03/*ARTH 62.71 (12) Islamic Architecture. Camerlenghi (ART, NW)
MES 19.03/*COLT 53.06/WGSS 24.01 (3A) Arab Feminisms. Morsi (INT or LIT, NW) 
MES 81.04/LING 11.03 (2A) Curses, Compliments and Secrets: Verbal Cultures in the Middle East. Glinert (INT or SOC,CI) 
MES 85 (ARR) Independent Research. El-Ariss
MES 89 (ARR) Senior Honor Thesis Part 2. El-Ariss

*Subject to Change*  
ARAB 22 (FSP) Intermediate Arabic. Chahboun
ARAB 23 (FSP) Intermediate Arabic. Chahboun 
ARAB 59 (ARR) Independent Advanced Study in Arab Language and Literature. Smolin (LIT, NW)
HEBR 59 (ARR) Independent Advanced Study in Hebrew Language and Literature. Smolin (LIT, NW) 
MES 12.13/HIST 70.02 (2) Modern Iran. Nikpour (SOC,NW)
MES 16.10 (FSP) DIR - Special Topics in Arabic Studies. Moudden (Rabat Local Staff) 
MES 16.11 (10A) From Genesis to Seinfeld: Jewish Humor and its Roots. Glinert (LIT, W) 
MES 19.04/HIST 70/WGSS 24.02 (11) Gender and the Modern Middle East and North Africa. Nikpour (SOC, NW)  
MES 85 (ARR) Independent Research. Smolin

*Subject to Change*  
ARAB 01 (9S) First Year Courses in Arabic. Chahboun
ARAB 1 (9S) First Year Courses in Arabic. Ouajjani
ARAB 22 (10) Intermediate Arabic. Bouba (LIT, NW)
ARAB 031 (10) Advanced Arabic. Ouajjani (NW)
ARAB 41 (ARR) Advanced Arabic. Kadhim (LIT, NW)
ARAB 59 (ARR) Advanced Independent Study in Arabic. Smolin (LIT, NW)
HEBR 001 (9L) First Year Courses in Hebrew. Ben-Yehuda (TBD)
HEBR 21 (10) Intermediate Modern Hebrew. Ben-Yehuda
HEBR 59 (ARR) Advanced Independent Study in Hebrew Language and Literature. Smolin (LIT, NW)                
MES 2.03/HIST 4.03 (12) Intro to the Modern Middle East and North Africa. Nikpour (SOC, NW) 
MES 08.01/GOVT 40.25 (6B) Intro to Middle East Politics. Fishere 
MES 12.05/GOVT 60.17 (2A) Arab Political Thought. Fishere              
MES 12.07/*SOCY 22 (TBD) The Sociology of International Development. Upadhyay (INT)               
MES 15.11/JWST 40.01/FILM 42.19 (6B) The Middle East in Film. Simon (ART, NW)   
MES 17.22/JWST 36.04/REL XX (6B) The Quran In Europe from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century. Ben Tov (INT/SOC, W)
MES 85 (ARR) Independent Research. Smolin

*Subject to Change*
Arab 1.20 (10) Intensive Arabic. Bouba 
ARAB 2 (9S) First Year Courses in Arabic. Chahboun 
ARAB 2 (9S) First Year Courses in Arabic. Ouajjani
ARAB 42 (ARR) Advanced Arabic. Kadhim (LIT, NW)
ARAB 59 (ARR) Advanced Independent Study in Arabic. Smolin (LIT, NW)
HEBR 2 (9L) First Year Courses in Hebrew. Ben-Yehuda
HEBR 59 (ARR) Advanced Independent Study in Hebrew. Smolin (LIT, NW)
MES 1.01 (2) Intro to Middle Eastern Studies. Smolin (INT or SOC, NW) 
MES 6.02/*REL 16.01 (10A) Intro to Islam. Ayubi (TMV, NW)
MES 7.XX FYS (10A) Steamships to Social Media: History of Technology in the Middle East. A. Simon 
MES 7.03 FYS (2A) Jerusalem: Vision and Reality. Glinert
MES 10.10/JWST 45 (2A) Soundscapes of the Middle East. A. Simon (INT or ART, NW)
MES 16.11 (3B) From Genesis to Seinfeld: Jewish Humor and its Roots. Glinert (LIT, W)
MES 85 (ARR) Independent Research. Smolin
MES 88 (ARR) Senior Honors Thesis Part 1. Smolin
 

*Subject to Change*
ARAB 3 (9S) Beginning Arabic. Chahboun
ARAB 3 (9S) Beginning Arabic. Ouajjani
Arab 23 (10) Intermediate Arabic. Ouajjani
Arab 34 (10) Media Arabic. Chahboun (LIT, NW)
ARAB 43 (ARR) Advanced Independent Study in Arabic. Kadhim 
HEBR 3 (9L) Beginning Hebrew. Ben-Yehuda 
MES 1.01 (10A) Intro to Middle Eastern Studies. Smolin
MES 2.03/HIST 4.03 (10A) Intro to Modern Middle East and North Africa. A. Simon (SOC, NW)
MES 9.02 (2) Intro to Classical Arabic Literature. Kadhim 
MES 12.09/GOV 40/JWST 40 (10A) Politics of Israel and Palestine. Fishere  
MES 12.18/JWST 42.12 (10A) Middle East Dialogues. Fishere & Smolin  
MES 15.11/JWST 44.01/FILM 42.19 (2A) The Middle East in Film. A. Simon (ART, NW)
MES 81.04/LING 11.03 (3B) Curses, Compliments and Secrets: Verbal Cultures in the Middle East. Glinert  
MES 16.12/GOV 16.11 (10A) Language, Politics and Power in the Middle East. Glinert
MES 16.15/HIST 94.08/*JWST 10 (6B) History and Culture of the Jews I: The Classical Period. Greenblatt (SOC, W)​​​​​​​
MES 19.03/*COLT 53.06/WGSS 24.01 (2A) Arab Feminisms. Morsi  
MES 85.01 (ARR) Independent Research. Smolin
MES 89.01 (ARR) Senior Honor Thesis Part 2. Smolin