As this course
draws to an end, and the final paper gets near, I realized how much I have
learned not only on civil societies in the Middle East but social movements in
general. I found all of the
documentaries we watched really interesting and educational, always teaching
something new and inspiring. I
especially liked the one about orientalism and the Green Revolution in
Iran. The former, together with the
numerous blog posts about this issue, opened my eyes to how much today’s
society stereotypes everything Middle Easter, though it does so
subconsciously. The latter documentary
informed me about a topic that I knew little about, while defeating that same
orientalism which I myself was victim of.
I was surprised to see many women, among the men, protesting in the
Iranian streets for something I assumed that most Middle Eastern population
would resigned to never have: voting
rights that count. Overall, then, though
the Middle East will not be my focus during the time I will be at American, I
can honestly say that I learned something that will offer a sound basis for
what I would like to pursue in the future.
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