ANTH 030 SC - Middle Eastern Cities

Some of the world’s oldest cities are located in the Middle East, including Baghdad, Damascus, Cairo, and Istanbul. Cities in the region have come torepresent war and social division (Beirut), apartheid (Jerusalem), and neoliberalglobal capitalism (Dubai). Today, most of the region?s inhabitants live in cities. Using recent ethnographies about a variety of the region?s cities, this class explores colonial legacies, segregation, labor migration, gender, sexuality, (im)mobility, andgreening.

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