Arabic 211

Arabic 211 course outline

Maps

Middle East map

Map of Middle East and North Africa

Africa map

OIC countries

Ottoman Empire

Map of Ottoman expansion

French Invasion of Egypt 1798

Palatine/Israel

Maps of Palestine

Links

Arab Poetry links:

Princeton Online Arabic Poetry http://www.princeton.edu/~arabic/poetry/

Al - bab http://www.al-bab.com/arab/literature/poetry.htm

Medieval Sourcebook: The Poets of Arabia, Selections http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/arabianpoets1.asp

Cornell: Middle East & Islamic Studies Collection http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/arablit.htm

Mahmoud Darwish http://www.mahmouddarwish.com/ui/english/ShowContentA.aspx?ContentId=1

Darwish: If You are not rain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyFXPeXkVhw

IN MEMROY OF AMAL DUNQUL http://www1.umassd.edu/specialprograms/mideastaffairs/poets.htm

Songs

Week 1 # Bait elezz ya baitna by Fayza Ahmad.

http://fnanen.net/klmat-aghany/f/fayzh-a7md/byt-al3z.html

Week 8 # Risalah min taht al- ma'a

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs4jxNtGTC0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx25r0RiOpo&feature=related

= Films =

To watch more go to:

http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/mediawiki/index.php?title=Arab_cinema

http://www.musicman.com/poc/2009/05/omar-sharifs-egyptian-films.html

Paradise Now - Exclusive Interview with Director Hany Abu-Assad

http://www.spike.com/video/paradise-now/2682055

Paradise Now 1 of 9

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gkvj30aNiE&feature=related

2 of 9

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg66q9aX6wo&feature=related

3 of 9

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6QiaFtXtnE&feature=related

4 of 9

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s_aL1jrWWQ&feature=related

5 of 9

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF0qosFwWhI&feature=related

6 of 9

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z3KIRE-NP4&feature=related

7 of 9

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tv_h-1s0mw&feature=related

8 of 9

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD35MnIXfcI&feature=related

9 of 9

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVhiHdk1M_A&feature=related