This Blog is intended for use by students in the Islamic Middle East course at Northfield Mount Hermon School and guest students and teachers from other participating schools.
Sabrina Tavernise and Sebnem Arsu write in the October 20, 2008 New York Times about a trial that is taking over the headlines in Turkey. Their report begins, “One of the most sensational public trials in Turkish history began Monday, as a court started hearing a case against 86 people — among them retired army [...]
This story appeared in the New York Times of October 14, 2008. It speaks directly to those NMH students headed off to Turkey later this fall, to the PA students who have studied Turkey and to everybody inside and outside of Turkey watching the country wrestle with it’s post-Ottoman identity. Turkey contains so many of [...]
Shalom/Salaam/Merhaba/Rozhbash/Hello to Ted & Dick and the Islamic Middle East class,
Finally, we are just about ready to actively participating on the Blog! The students are writing their first Weekly Media Reports (WMRs) and as soon as we get used to the posting-and-commenting process, we’ll be fully on board. This might take a few more days, as our [...]
BBC Middle East