Browsing by FAS Department "Middle Eastern Studies"
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Gold in the Jungle: The Role of the French in Popularizing the “New Iranian Cinema” of the 1990s
(2018-09-17)This study investigates the role of the French in popularizing the “new Iranian cinema” of the 1990s and looks critically at the nature of the post-colonial relationship between Iran and France. Did France play the key ... -
Islamic Sufism in America: The Philosophy and Practices of the Oveyssi Tariqa
(2020-09-28)The Sufis bridge the divide between the societal development of religions and the individualistic journey of the self in understanding God by teaching the Islamic concepts of peace, including tawhid (unity with all), prayer, ... -
The Military Kleptocracy of Egypt – Gatekeeper and Saboteur: An Assessment of Egypt’s Deteriorating Economic Terms of Trade and Strategies for Coping and Reform
(2018-12-11)Egypt has two living former Presidents. One is in prison, the other, in his late eighties, only recently released. Vigorous and assured, each of these men seized power in a violent coup or assassination and, in turn, were ... -
The Role of Tribalism and Sectarianism in Defining the Iraqi National Identity
(2020-04-26)In this thesis, I examine the roots that aggravated the Iraqi national identity to devolve into sectarianism. The thesis covers 603 years of historical events that coincided during the time the Ottoman ruled Mesopotamia, ... -
Transforming Conflict Within Lebanon Through Efforts of Justpeace: Reinterpreting History to Support a Hermeneutics of Citizenship
(2018-12-19)This thesis proposes the following argument: can conflict transformation in Lebanon occur through a process of identifying, locating, and transforming multiple forms of violence, where the use of isolationist narratives ...