{"id":10,"date":"2020-12-08T10:23:24","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T10:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/english\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2025-02-20T07:55:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T07:55:19","slug":"meis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/meis\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle Eastern &#038; Islamic Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10\" class=\"elementor elementor-10\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-46b369c6 elementor-section-full_width page-banner elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"46b369c6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e1f04cd\" data-id=\"1e1f04cd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bf1e2bf image-width-100 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3bf1e2bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/01\/MEIS-Banner-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-680\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/01\/MEIS-Banner-2.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/01\/MEIS-Banner-2-300x88.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/01\/MEIS-Banner-2-768x226.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/01\/MEIS-Banner-2-1024x301.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-32f1da8 grey white-page-title elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"32f1da8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e0580fe\" data-id=\"3e0580fe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17c7ec3 department-of elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"17c7ec3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">THE DEPARTMENT OF<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f98479c page_title elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3f98479c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MIDDLE EASTERN &amp; ISLAMIC STUDIES<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e01c93b subhead-4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e01c93b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Empowering students to appreciate\u2014and address\u2014the complexity of the challenges Israel faces in calling the Middle East home.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-446e052e text-1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"446e052e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Alongside foundational courses on the history, philosophy, theology, and literature of Islam, the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies emphasizes fluency in Arabic as the key to an authentic, unmediated window onto Muslim society and the Arab cultures of the region. Thanks to this unique\u2014and unyielding\u2014insistence on language acquisition, Shalem has become one of the leading Israeli departments in the field, and the place at which a disproportionate number of former soldiers in the IDF\u2019s elite intelligence units want to earn their degree.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1dd32ec2 grey elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1dd32ec2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1750f30a only-texts\" data-id=\"1750f30a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3622c3a4 subhead-1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3622c3a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Language that Opens Doors\u2014and Builds Bridges<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a855cb1 text-3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a855cb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Shalem&#8217;s pioneering model of twice-weekly tutorials with native speakers, an annual Arabic &#8220;boot camp,&#8221; and summer language immersion programs produce graduates capable of conversing in a language of strategic and cultural importance to the Jewish state.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3625b8f7\" data-id=\"3625b8f7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c37cd53 elementor-section-content-top inner-page-section grey elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c37cd53\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-346607e9\" data-id=\"346607e9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d54f14c elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"3d54f14c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;show_image_overlay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;image_overlay&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/shalem.ac.il\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/24\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/meis-video.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:705,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;vimeo&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen allow=\"clipboard-write\" title=\"vimeo Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/501677947?color=7a7a7a&amp;autopause=0&amp;loop=0&amp;muted=0&amp;title=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;byline=0#t=\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/01\/meis-video.jpg);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-custom-embed-play\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play Video\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-play\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-35373366 right-side-text\" data-id=\"35373366\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7de1d8af subhead-3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7de1d8af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Confidence to Converse<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d3a1ed9 text-1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d3a1ed9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Shalem&#8217;s intensive summer immersion program takes students out of the classroom and into Arabic-speaking towns throughout Israel, where they can use their skills in real-world situations\u2014and expand their worlds dramatically as a result. They can also, as Shira Eschar &#8217;20 says, &#8220;become part of the story of Jews and Arabs flourishing in this country together.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-36270d7c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"36270d7c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f467dc4 only-texts\" data-id=\"4f467dc4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79aa85d8 subhead-1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"79aa85d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Featured Courses<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f73a3b6 text-1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f73a3b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From a close reading of the Koran to a course whose textbooks are Arabic news sites, the curriculum in the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies is as varied as the peoples, cultures, and religions of the region itself.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17c98aa6\" data-id=\"17c98aa6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-751258e2 four-columns-wrapper elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"751258e2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-95c5fd3 only-texts\" data-id=\"95c5fd3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4ae595 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a4ae595\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"303\" height=\"185\" src=\"https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/01\/meis-c-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-369\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/01\/meis-c-1.jpg 303w, https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/01\/meis-c-1-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ef4249 subhead-5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7ef4249\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Persian Language<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f21694 text-2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f21694\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Entry into a rich and diverse culture, and a means of engagement with one of the region&#8217;s key players.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-27ac274 only-texts\" data-id=\"27ac274\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1095a39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1095a39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" 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data-id=\"36efbc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The worldview and key works of the most influential postwar historian of Islam and the Middle East.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb0b362 only-texts\" data-id=\"eb0b362\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd374bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fd374bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"303\" height=\"185\" src=\"https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/01\/meis-c-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-371\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/01\/meis-c-3.jpg 303w, https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/01\/meis-c-3-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a516eb6 subhead-5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a516eb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The History and Culture of Iran<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4fe057 text-2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4fe057\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From the empire of antiquity to today&#8217;s Islamist state, with an emphasis on its regional ambitions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-30b7d64e only-texts\" data-id=\"30b7d64e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edec560 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"edec560\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/01\/meis-c-4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-372\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a9512aa subhead-5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a9512aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ce4465e text-2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ce4465e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The roots of the conflict, the factors contributing to its protraction, and the possibilities for a resolution.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d817f84 four-columns-wrapper elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d817f84\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0d95340 only-texts\" data-id=\"0d95340\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d8a9bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2d8a9bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/01\/meis-c-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-373\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca308dd subhead-5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ca308dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Modern Arab Media<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0db649d text-2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0db649d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>News sites, social-media posts, videos, and more as a means to gain insight into modern Arab society.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab9880d only-texts\" data-id=\"ab9880d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01594d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"01594d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"303\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/01\/meis-c-6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-374\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/01\/meis-c-6.jpg 303w, https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/01\/meis-c-6-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffa0fca subhead-5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ffa0fca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12704bd text-2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12704bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The only undergraduate course in Israel on the economies, demographics, and politics of the Gulf States.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb298e0 only-texts\" data-id=\"eb298e0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1696fca elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1696fca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"303\" height=\"185\" src=\"https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/01\/meis-c-7.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-375\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/01\/meis-c-7.jpg 303w, https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/01\/meis-c-7-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3aa2591 subhead-5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3aa2591\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">American Policy in the Middle East<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-add5b70 text-2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"add5b70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The guiding\u2014and sometimes misguided\u2014principles behind American&#8217;s involvement in the region.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-99241c1 only-texts\" data-id=\"99241c1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0f3df8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f0f3df8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"304\" height=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/01\/meis-c-8.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-376\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/01\/meis-c-8.jpg 304w, https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/01\/meis-c-8-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f46ccb3 subhead-5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f46ccb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The History of the Middle East<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b376ad6 text-2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b376ad6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From Muhammad to the fall of the Abbasids and the rise of the Ottoman Empire.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4676c8e grey elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4676c8e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd199e1 only-texts\" data-id=\"cd199e1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bb3832 subhead-1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1bb3832\" 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Emirates&#039; Assistant Foreign Minister Omar Ghobash, the biggest surprise of his recent briefing with Shalem students was not the sheer ingenuity of their ideas for UAE-Israeli cooperation&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"news-read-more button-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/news\/space-exploration-eco-tourism-and-fusion-cuisine-shalem-students-brief-uae-ambassador-on-ideas-for-cooperation\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"news-article \">\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"news-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/news\/shalem-graduate-dvir-dimant-19-co-authors-study-on-jews-islam-and-the-temple-mount\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"339\" src=\"https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2020\/12\/Dvir-pic.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Shalem Graduate Dvir Dimant &rsquo;19 Co-Authors Book on Jews, Islam, and the Temple Mount\" 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href=\"https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/news\/shalem-graduate-dvir-dimant-19-co-authors-study-on-jews-islam-and-the-temple-mount\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"news-article \">\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"news-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/news\/three-languages-one-city-shalem-grad-bridges-gaps-between-jerusalem-residents-through-unique-news-platform\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"339\" src=\"https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2020\/12\/0202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Three Languages, One City: Shalem Grad Bridges Gaps Between Jerusalem Residents through Unique News Platform\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2020\/12\/0202.jpg 570w, https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2020\/12\/0202-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"news-data\">\n\t\t<div class=\"news-date\">June 3, 2019<\/div>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"news-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/news\/three-languages-one-city-shalem-grad-bridges-gaps-between-jerusalem-residents-through-unique-news-platform\/\">Three Languages, One City: Shalem Grad Bridges Gaps Between Jerusalem Residents through Unique News Platform<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"news-excerpt text-1\"><p>When people hear about the nonprofit social-media news site \u201c0202,\u201d the first question that invariably comes to mind is \u2013 what\u2019s with the name?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"news-read-more button-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shalem.ac.il\/en\/news\/three-languages-one-city-shalem-grad-bridges-gaps-between-jerusalem-residents-through-unique-news-platform\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE DEPARTMENT OF MIDDLE EASTERN &#038; ISLAMIC STUDIES Empowering students to appreciate\u2014and address\u2014the complexity of the challenges Israel faces in calling the Middle East home.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Middle Eastern &amp; Islamic Studies - Shalem College<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" 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