Islamic Societies of the Middle East and North Africa: Religion, History, and Culture UND

Course Name	Islamic Societies of the Middle East and North Africa: Religion, History, and Culture
URL to course page	http://ocw.nd.edu/arabic-and-middle-east-studies/islamic-societies-of-the-middle-east-and-north-africa-religion-history-and-culture
Name of institution (e.g., MIT, Harvard)	University of Notre Dame
Domain of institution (e.g., mit.edu, harvard.edu)	http://www.nd.edu
Course features	Book List, Reading Schedule, Lecture Transcripts, Projects/Assignments
Review of course	This new course offers a panoramic survey of the Islamic societies of the Middle East and North Africa from their origins to the present day. It will deal with the history and expansion of Islam, both as a world religion and civilization, from its birth in the Arabian peninsula in the seventh century to its subsequent spread to other parts of western Asia and North Africa. Issues of religious practices, political governance and movements, gender, social relations and cultural norms will be explored in relation to a number of Islamic societies in the region. The course foregrounds the complexities and diversity present in a critical geographic area of what we call the Islamic world today.
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Subjects	Society and Social Sciences