Possible Paper Topics
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Arabic and Middle East Studies,
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Islam
1) Orientalism and its Continuing Effects Today
2) The influence of Sufism
3) The life and times of famous mystic Rabi‘a al-Adawiyah (feel free to substitute some other Sufi figure, eg. al-Hasan al-Basri, al-Hallaj etc.)
4) The status of women in Islamic law
5) Gendered identities in Islamic Societies
6) The contemporary popularity of al-Rumi
7) Specific aspects of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
8) Clash of Civilizations or the Alliance of Civilizations?
9) The life and thought of Muhammad Abduh, a major modern reformist thinker in Islam (or substitute other figures)
10) Islamic revivalism
11) Compatibility of Islamic Thought with Democracy
12) Islamist movements and extremism
13) Effects of Globalization on specific Islamic societies
14) Islamic Societies (pick a couple to compare and contrast) in the Age of Cybernetics
2) The influence of Sufism
3) The life and times of famous mystic Rabi‘a al-Adawiyah (feel free to substitute some other Sufi figure, eg. al-Hasan al-Basri, al-Hallaj etc.)
4) The status of women in Islamic law
5) Gendered identities in Islamic Societies
6) The contemporary popularity of al-Rumi
7) Specific aspects of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
8) Clash of Civilizations or the Alliance of Civilizations?
9) The life and thought of Muhammad Abduh, a major modern reformist thinker in Islam (or substitute other figures)
10) Islamic revivalism
11) Compatibility of Islamic Thought with Democracy
12) Islamist movements and extremism
13) Effects of Globalization on specific Islamic societies
14) Islamic Societies (pick a couple to compare and contrast) in the Age of Cybernetics
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