ARAB499C

Special Topics in Arabic Studies; Food Cultures in the Global Middle East

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Food is both the stuff of everyday routine and rich symbolic meaning, from holiday meals to daily staples. Studying food offers new perspectives on modernization, colonialism, and nationalism, and illuminates popular experiences of major historical events. This course introduces students to the history and culture of the modern Middle Eastand North Africa using materials that include film, cookbooks, and food writing alongside scholarly texts. Taught in English.

Sister Courses: ARAB499A, ARAB499B, ARAB499D, ARAB499E, ARAB499F, ARAB499G, ARAB499I, ARAB499J, ARAB499K, ARAB499L, ARAB499M, ARAB499N, ARAB499O, ARAB499P, ARAB499Q, ARAB499R, ARAB499T, ARAB499V, ARAB499X, ARAB499Y, ARAB499Z

Past Semesters

Anny Gaul

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Average rating: 5.00

Anny Gaul

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Average rating: 5.00

Hebatalla Salem

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Valerie Anishchenkova

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.55 between 102 students*

ARAB499C Grade Distribution+-051015202530354045505560657075% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 19.61%
A: 43.14%
A+: 8.82%
B-: 2.94%
B: 3.92%
B+: 10.78%
C: 0.98%
C+: 0.98%
D+: 0.98%
F: 0.98%
W: 2.94%
other: 3.92%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.