Final Exam Review Sheet 08

TRAD 101: MIDDLE EAST HUMANITIES Final Exam REVIEW SHEET EXAM STRUCTURE: 55 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 10 TRUE / FALSE QUESTIONS 10 FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTIONS 5 - 3 pt. (15pts) SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS 10 POINTS FOR an ESSAY QUESTION = 100 POINTS Know what happened on these dates and who was involved: 1798 1948 1950s (free poety) 1967 1979 1987(Intifada1) 1996(media) 2000(Intifada2) 2003(Bam) Know these people/things and why they are important: Al-Nahda Napoleon journalism Rose al-Yusuf al-Bustani family Nazik al-Malaika Ghassan Kanafani committed literature al­Tahtawi   Djuha  literary salons Farough Farrokhzad       Simin Behbahani     Fedwa Tuqan    Samih al­ Qasim    Nazim Hikmet Nizar Qabbani Umm Kulthum      Marjane Satrapi Etgar Keret   Al-Jazeera Bam, Iran Review details about: Egypt as center of mass media advances in early decades Iranian cinema and the Iranian Revolution of 1979 (how it affected cinema) Women in Islam (early and modern issues) and in Middle Eastern society Taziyeh and other types of dramatic presentations native to Middle East Poetic drama, radio, drama in the Middle East general history and major playwrights Nahda, literary progression (translation, imitation, original creation);  Translation priorities: military stuff, then literature, then political stuff Literary developments in the Nahda Period Significance of journalism and Literary salons and their significance Free verse poetry; who began it and when Nationalist and committed poetry Uses of poetry & literature Censorship in all media and the arts, Censorship tactics and styles for different media Literary themes: alienation/identity crisis; prison memoirs; gender; class; East­West Mrs. President (film) about women running for President in Iran Women Without Men by Shahrnush Parsipur All course literary readings (poetry & short stories & anecdotes) Graphic Novels as a means of (auto)biography, and dealing with identity crisis, history  and current news Political cartoons and cartoonists; themes that cartoons stress Rai Story (film) about Rai music of Algeria

Mass media in M.E: Al­Jazeera and the age of the internet and satellite tv and how these  change things like types of censorship and government run media outlets Palestinian­Israeli Conflict: origins, ongoing hurdles to peace, the wall, possible solutions Bam 6.6 (film) re: Iran and why and how it was in the international news in 2003 Essay Question Topics: Poetry, Media, Graphic Novels, WomenWithout Men, Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, Music and Dance in the Middle East