On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Lisa Bhungalia
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> I've used portions of an Al-Jazeera English series in my Middle East geography course (link below). I've found that it frames current transformations underway in the Middle East in such a way that makes them palatable for students with very basic knowledge of the region. It has prompted interesting discussion in class surrounding the historical relationship between the U.S. and the Middle East, histories of democracy in the region and their rupture and conjecture into the ever-pressing 'what now' question.
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> The following is a discussion among Rashid Khalidi, Clovis Maksoud and Samer Shehata:
> http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/empire/2011/02/20112774233988142.html
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> I also second Bob's point about the Middle East Report - by far one of the best resources for critical analysis and coverage of the region.
Thanks Lisa (and Bob)!
For those that might be curious about the Frontline reports I
mentioned, they're really good as well. It's two examples of
on-the-ground reporting on young activists in Tahrir Square, as the
events unfolded: the first, more secular and net-enabled, and the
second the Muslim Brotherhood.
One interesting bit of information that came out in the reporting,
which I at least had not been aware of, is that many of the first
group of activists had earlier gone to Serbia to get training from
activists there in non-violent organizing.
Bruce
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