MEST 5492 - The Afro-Arabs and Africans of the Middle East and North Africa

Effective Start Date: 02/09/2021
This course offers an in-depth historical, philological, and socio-cultural exploration into the representation of the Afro-Arab and the African as depicted across a wide range of Arabic and Islamicate chronicles, saints’ lives, and folktales, among sundry other genres. In the course of the semester, special attention will be given to significant moments in the history of Afro-Arab and Arab-African encounters.

Credits: 3
Grading Basis: Graded