Study Guides
This page provides links to study guides for the class's major texts. Your assignment for each reading and film/video screening is similar:
- Read the study guide carefully.
- Read or view each text or screening carefully, taking notes. Usually, you will need to read/view the material several times.
- Bring your notes with you to class.
- Be prepared to offer thoughtful answers to all of the questions in the guide.
- Appadurai, Modernity at Large
- This study guide covers selected chapters from the class's textbook.
- Arabs and Islam in U.S. Media
- This guide provides screen shots from Aladdin and other popular Hollywood films.
- Control Room
- This page provides information related to the 2004 documentary film by Jehane Noujaim.
- Lagaan
- This page provides information related to the 2001 film by Ashutosh Gowariker.
- Mississippi Masala
- This page provides information related to the 2001 film by Mira Nair.
- Television in the Middle East
- This page provides links related to our class discussions of Al Jazeera, Al Manar, Sakr's Satellite Realms, etc.
- Turtles Can Fly
- This page provides information related to the 2004 film written and directed by Kurdish filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi.