May be taken multiple times for credit as topics change. Readings and assignments in English; readings also available in Arabic. Fall 2017: Middle Eastern Women's Gaze. An exploration of written and visual texts by Arab, Israeli, Iranian, and Turkish women writers, film directors through multiple lenses: feminism, social thought, postcolonial theory and such. Critical readings demonstrate divergence regarding gender, modernization and globalization. Also offered as CAS WS 305 A1 and CAS XL381 A1.