ARB 272G - Intensive Course Abroad (4 Cr.)

(Gen. Ed. #3)

This course introduces students to the variety of Arab cinemas from the eastern part of the Arab world to the Maghreb. Students analyze films and film movements via a representative sample of films from the region, organized thematically (e.g. women’s films, nationalism, faith, war). The course further provides students with an initiation to Levantine conversational Arabic in Nazareth. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of the instructors. Khamis, Martin. Spring/summer 2014 and alternate years.