POLI 327 - Women in the Middle East (3 credits)

(Prereq: POLI 101 or permission of the instructor) This course examines women and gender relations in early Islam and the post-colonial era focusing on recent developments of the status of women in the Middle East. Based on the analysis of theories of patriarchy, socialization, Feminism/Islamic Feminism and of “Orientalism,” the course aims to explore the contemporary struggle of women in the Middle East for economic, political, and civic equality.