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Freshman level

Introduction to the Ottoman Empire NES 1561 (fa26)

  • A Short History of the Ottoman Empire by Renée Worringer
  • The White Castle by Orhan Pamuk

Sophomore level

The History & Politics of Modern Egypt NES 2670 (fa26)

  • Ordinary Egyptians: Creating the Modern Nation through Popular Culture by Ziad Fahmy
  • Modern Egypt: The Formation Of A Nation State by Arthur Goldschmidt Jr.

Junior level

Minorities of the Middle East NES 3655/6655 (fa26)

  • The Baghdad Eucharist by Sinan Antoon
  • The Weight of Paradise by Iman Humaydan

History of Christianity NES 3695 (fa26)

  • Confessions by Augustine
  • A Brief History of Christianity by Carter Lindberg
  • Secrets of God: Writings of Hildegard of Bingen by Sabina Flanagan

Senior level

Moses Maimonides NES 4540/6540 (fa26)

  • Epistles of Maimonides: Crisis & Leadership Abraham S. Halkin
  • A Maimonides Reader by Isadore Twersky
  • Maimonides in His World: Portrait of a Mediterranean Thinker by Sarah Stroumsa
  • Maimonides: The Life & World of One of Civilization’s Greatest Minds by Joel L. Kraemer
  • The Guide of the Perplexed by Moses Maimonides

Contesting Identities in Modern Egypt NES 4605/6605 (fa26)

  • Sacred Language, Ordinary People: Dilemmas of Culture & Politics in Egypt by Niloofar Haeri
  • Ordinary Egyptians: Creating the Modern Nation through Popular Culture by Ziad Fahmy
  • Karnak Café by Naguib Mahfouz
  • A Border Passage: From Cairo to America – A Woman’s Journey by Leila Ahmed
  • Industrial Sexuality: Gender, Urbanization & Social Transformation in Egypt by Hanan Hammad
  • An Incurable Past: Nasser’s Egypt Then and Now by Mériam N. Belli
  • Egypt in the Future Tense: Hope, Frustration, and Ambivalence before & after 2011 by Samuli Schielke
  • Identifying with Nationality: Europeans, Ottomans & Egyptians in Alexandria by Will Hanley
  • Nile Nightshade: An Egyptian Culinary History of the Tomato by Anny Gaul

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