This course examines concepts of gender and sexuality in the Middle East – with emphasis on Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan - in the 19th and 20th centuries. It revisits the cases of women in Harems, in the society and in politics in order to re-evaluate the facts and fictions on the concepts of beauty, sexuality and power. It also focuses on the more modern period with analysis on homosexuality, transsexuality and feminism. The course has a historical approach with reviewing some theories on sexuality, citizenship and religious laws (shariʻa.)
Source: Class syllabus
A Dictionary of Politics in the Middle East
Islam in the World Today
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women
A Concise Encyclopedia of the Bahá'I Faith
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
Middle East and South Asia 2015-2016
Pop Culture in North Africa and the Middle East
Historical Dictionary of Iraq
International Encyclopedia of Women and Sports
The Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide
Women's Lives Around the World
Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic CulturesUse the 
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