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9/23/2012 Environmental Peacemaking: Understanding the Politics of Water in Palestine, Israel and JordanRead NowAuthorBy Greta Scharnweber, New York University The Dead Sea is dying. One of the most unique natural sites on Earth, famous for its buoyancy and lofty salt and mineral contents, the Dead Sea is on most world travelers’ checklists. Yet many of the Dead Sea’s visitors are unaware that this amazing body of water is in dire environmental crisis.
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AuthorBy Lorne Swarthout, Berkeley Carroll School, New York, NY What would it have been like to study Russian history in 1917 or Israeli history in 1948 or Cuban history in 1959? It would have been exciting! And confusing!
AuthorBy Joan Brodsky Schur, Village Community School
Whatever the future holds for Tunisia, the Jasmine Revolution will go down in history as the first blossom of the Arab Spring – a series of revolutionary uprisings that spread from tiny Tunisia, to giant Egypt and far beyond.
From Humor and Hollywood to Piety and Fashion AuthorBy Greta Scharnweber, New York University The following are a few fascinating online, print, and film resources that would help support extension activities in the classroom.
AuthorBy Alex Barna, The University of Chicago Teaching about the Middle East, Arabs, Muslims, or Islam in a contemporary high school or college classroom presents certain pedagogical challenges.
AuthorBy Joan Brodsky Schur, Village Community School The vilification of the “religious other” is nothing new in America and in fact has a long history. This lesson is designed to shed perspective on the sources and nature of today’s anti-Islam rhetoric by looking back to a period of virulent anti-Catholicism in United States history.
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