Module Overview
Learn how the Middle East's ethnic and religious makeup raises interesting questions regarding national and religious identities.
Essay
- Diversity as a Virtue: Language, Ethnicity, and Religion
- How Did Modernity Change Notions of Identity in the Middle East?
Framing the Issues
Examining Stereotypes
Image Resource Bank
This is a photograph of Huda Sha‘arawi and Safia Zaghlul, major figures in the Egyptian women’s and national movements of the twentieth century... [IMAGE GALLERY]
Learning Resources
Orit Bashkin
Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History
Classroom Connections
LESSON 1: Women and Family in the Islamic World
LESSON 2: The Pact of Umar
