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.
Excerpts from Malcolm X’s “Letter from Mecca” are linked from the “Miscellaneous Resources” section of the course syllabus. Please read these excerpts in advance of the film we will watch: “Hajj” (from the Islam Rising series).
In advance of our screening of Jack Shaheen’s film (based on his book by the same title), you may wish to look at the following review available via the NMH Virtual Desktop and ProQuest: William Booth, “Cast of Villains, The Washington Post, June 23, 2007. (More on the history of polemical attacks on Muslims)
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Please read the first of two articles by David Fromkin, “How the Modern Middle East Map Came to be Drawn,” Smithsonian, May, 1991, 132ff., which are located under the “Background and Perspectives” section of the syllabus (follow this link to reach the article directly). Note that the second article by Fromkin - about Ataturk - will be [...]
Click here to reach the links to the readings for our discussion of stereotyping of Arabs and Muslims (the readings are in the “Background and Perspective” section of the syllabus web page). A written response to the Donadio piece is due.
BBC Middle East