Couples in a Cafe in Morocco

This photograph depicts two couples sitting outdoors in …

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Thorns and Silk Video: Women Who Work in Male-Dominated Fields

This short film highlights several Palestinian women wh …

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Curriculum Units and Online Resources (CMES at UT Austin)

This page lists a small collection of units and lesson …

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Institution/Provider: University of Texas at Austin Center for Middle Eastern Studies

Lesson Plans (CMES at the University of Arizona)

This site provides an extensive collection of teacher-p …

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School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES)

The Modern Middle East Resource Guide

This resource guide lists useful books, films, and webs …

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Institution/Provider: Primary Source

Dunia Fi Lubnan – An Interactive Storybook

Dunia Fi Lubnan – An Interactive Storybook is a tool th …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Online Tools, Webpage
School Level: Elementary
Institution/Provider: Alefb

Listening to People Narrate Their Own Lives

This worksheet can be used to accompany the videos on “ …

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Writing – Speaking Assessment (Intermediate)

This document contains a collection of activities that …

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Institution/Provider: Fadi Abughoush

Writing – Speaking Assessment (Novice)

This document contains a collection of activities that …

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Cairo: Living Past, Living Future

This module unit focuses on the historical and contempo …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File, Online Tools, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: University of Texas at Austin Center for Middle Eastern Studies

The Trials of Spring

This documentary project traces the stories of nine wom …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
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School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: ZAG Line Pictures, LLC and Independent Television Service (ITVS)

A Call at Night

This is a short Gazan film that examines the societal r …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University
Institution/Provider: Women's Voices Now

BREAKING THE SILENCE: Moroccans Speak out on Sexual Harassment

This is a 30-minute Moroccan-made film on sexual harass …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University
Institution/Provider: GlobalGirl Media

Using نسبة Adjectives in Context

This worksheet can be used to help students practice re …

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Religious Makeup of Lebanon

This reading  can be used to teach students about the r …

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Feelings

This PowerPoint presentation is intended to give teache …

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Family in Egypt

In this unit, students are introduced to the manner in …

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Creating a Newspaper Project

In this project, student groups will create a newspaper …

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A Ten-Year Class Reunion Project

The purpose of this project is to have students practic …

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Kalima wa Nagham: A Textbook for Teaching Arabic, Volume I

Presenting a new Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
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Institution/Provider: University of Texas Press

Arabic Family

By the end of this lesson students will be able to iden …

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Ask Your Classmates Advice About Your City

This activity can be used to help students practice spe …

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Is this a mosque, a church, or a synagogue?

What does a mosque, a church, and a synagogue look like …

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Listening – Professions and Jobs

This worksheet is designed to accompany the videos in I …

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What Percentage of Men Smoke in Different Arab Countries?

With this simple information gap activity, students exc …

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Table of inheritance

This table of inheritance, an authentic cultural materi …

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Speaking Activity to Practice the Dual

Through this activity, students can practice their oral …

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Practice Describing People with a Skit

Teachers can give these skit directions to students to …

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Assessment – Create a Facebook Page for Yourself

These sample direction can be used to create an assessm …

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Rubric for Assessing Novice Writing

This rubric could be used to assess students’ novice wr …

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Listening worksheet – أنا من الإسكندرية

Use this listening worksheet as a guide to listen for p …

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Cartoon – Job Discrimination Towards Women

This authentic cartoon illustrates the problem of discr …

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Cartoon About Women’s Professional Aspirations and Marriage

This authentic cartoon expresses a fear of professional …

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School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: AbuNawaf Network

Muslim Women and the U.S

In this lesson, students will learn about the U.S. gove …

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School Level: Middle/High School
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Arab American Stories- Dr. Elias Zerhouni (Lesson Plan)

This lesson plan is designed to accompany the Arab Amer …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Detroit Public TV

Arab American Stories – Dr. Elias Zerhouni

This episode of Arab American Stories features Dr. Elia …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Detroit Public TV

Arab American Stories – Alia Shawkat

This episode of Arab American Stories is about actress …

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Institution/Provider: Detroit Public TV

Arab American Stories – Alicia Erian

This episode of Arab American Stories features Alicia E …

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Institution/Provider: Detroit Public TV

Arab American Stories – Omar Offendum (Lesson Plan)

This lesson plan is designed to accompany the Arab Amer …

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Arab American Stories – Omar Offendum

This episode of Arab American Stories features Omar Off …

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School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Detroit Public TV

Arab American Stories – Diane Rehm

This episode of Arab American Stories features Diane Re …

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Media Format: Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Detroit Public TV

Dissecting the Media

This lesson plan prepares students to analyze editorial …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: WGBH/PBS

Arab American Stories – Diane Rehm (Lesson Plan)

This lesson plan is designed to accompany the Arab Amer …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Detroit Public TV

Sterotypes: More Than Meets the Eye

Through this lesson plan, teachers can prepare students …

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School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: WGBH/PBS

Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving?

Anthropologist Dr. Lila Abu-Lughod wrote this article i …

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Institution/Provider: American Anthropological Association

She Who Tells a Story

This book, put together by Kristen Gresh and Michket Kr …

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Institution/Provider: Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Learning Each Other’s Historical Narratives – Lesson Plans

These three lesson plans can be used individually or in …

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Gendered Paradoxes: Educating Jordanian Women in Nation, Faith, and Progress

The introductory chapter to the book “Gendered Paradoxe …

Language of Presentation: English
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School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London

5 Broken Cameras

“5 Broken Cameras,” an Academy Award nominee for best d …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Kino Lorber

Promises

“Promises” is a documentary that follows the journey of …

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