The Take-Home Final is a two-part essay. 1. Choose one cultural aspect of the Middle East. 2. Write your paper, including each of these four parts: a. Begin your paper by describing the history, culture, and/or social organization of the Middle East as related to the cultural aspect you have chosen. The introductions and various secondary texts will help with this part. Be sure to cite your sources. b. Using the Middle Eastern texts we have read and the description of the history, culture, and/or social organization as these are related to the culture aspect you have chosen, analyze the one cultural aspect you have chosen as found in one or more of the literary texts we have covered in the class. c. Using your analysis you wrote for part b, try to define the worldview of the Middle East as reflected in the cultural aspect you have analyzed in part b. d. Based on what you have written for parts a, b, and c, evaluate the cultural differences and interactions within the Middle East and discuss the extent to which those interactions are cooperative, competitive, or combative.
Sexual Morality and Reproductive Rights
Choose one of the readings from chapters 10-12 and summarize, explain, and evaluate the main points of the reading in a minimum of 3 paragraphs. Do not simply cut and paste from the reading, but summarize the main points in your own words. You may choose any one of...