AS/CS 221 - North African Cultural Identities

This interdisciplinary course examines the multifaceted dynamics of North African Identities in the context of the region’s close links with Europe, the Middle East, and Sub-Saharan Africa. It focuses on the ways ethnicity, language, religion, and gender affect both the cultural and political dynamics and how people, reject, adapt, assimilate, and construct their identities. Readings will cover Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt.