MENAS 398- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 25 pages long!)

• School: U of M
• Department: Middle Eastern And North African Studies
• Course: MENAS 398
• Professor: Carol Bardenstein

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The fish is covered with mud: millions of years pass and the mud turns to rock. Over time, the bone matter is completely changed into mineral matter. Inaccurate cultural representations that are the foundations of western thought about the. Orientalism: refer to the west(cid:495)s patronizing perceptions and depictions of middle eastern, Thesis: there exists a (cid:498)subtle and persistent eurocentric prejudice against arab-islamic peoples and their culture(cid:499) Western scholars have appropriated the exploration and interpretation of the orient(cid:495)s. Continue to serve as implicit justifications for the colonial and imperialist ambitions of languages, history, and culture for themselves. Western study of islamic civilization for european self-affirmation. Desert tracings: six classic arabian odes, michael a. Qasida: ode; ancient arabic word and form of writing poem that was passed to other cultures after the arab muslim expansion. Most famous collection: mu(cid:495)allaqat; offer a sign of cultural understanding.