Theocratic Governments Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Algeria

You tell me the story of Women’s rights in the Middle East.

Russian Vs Taliban Rule Which one is grandmother? Kabul Stadium Public Execution: Adulteress

Gender Roles Saudi Arabia- pertaining to women –Women need a male relative to escort to supermarket –No allowed to enter parliament –NO media attention Iran –Chador- covering for women

The Story of Men

Shiite celebration of Ashura self-flagellation. Ashura is a ten day mourning of the martyrdom of Mohammed’s grandson Hussein.

Male sports- can identify religion? Ethnicity, language?

Mesopotamia The “land between the rivers” Home to Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria, and Chaldea Empires Fertile soil = easy crops Rivers = easy trade Abraham was born here!

Kurds- Kurdistan- a stateless nation

Who are the Kurds? Ethnic group that has occupied “Kurdistan” for 1000s of years Kurdistan = Iran, Iraq, Turkey Stateless Nation – people without a land to legally occupy Kurds resist control of countries they inhabit

Oasis Dates- Date Palm Tree How could a city in the middle of a desert support a large population?

Bedouins- use the pics to tell me about them. That’s a woman

Bedouins Traditional culture Nomadic Fighters/Warriors Strong Family Ties Spread Islam Mix of Traditional and Modern way of life

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Goals: - coordinate policies on selling petroleum products - help member countries control worldwide oil prices Members: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Iraq, Iran, UAE (our personal neighbor Mexico and Venezuela)

OPEC

Why is Oil so important to Middle East? Money from this export is being used to build a more diverse economy Modernizing Infrastructure – Roads,desalinization, irrigation, airports, malls, IT Developing Other Resources – Agriculture (arid region)- building dams/wells – Developing water sources – Minerals Human Resources (skills and talents of people) – education/technology training

Suez Canal oasis, irrigation, man-made modification, adaptation What does the Suez Canal connect?

Drip Irrigation- This is a sugar beet farm in Turkey

Desalinization Plants The removal of salt from ocean water - expensive -can't produce enough water to meet needs

How has desalinization capacity changed since 1960?

Pirates – Which picture above shows a Somalian pirate who plague the Arabian Sea? -Funded by terrorist groups -Somalia is poor – Taliban can infiltrate (extension of terrorism) -High jacking oil tankers

Languages of the Middle East Who speaks Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew, and Farsi?

What do you call the Islamic fundamentalist group in Afghanistan?

Moors- remember them? They were a mix of Berber and N. Africa Muslim people who invaded Spain around 700?and ruled till Extra credit: show the cultural diffusion evidence of this time in today’s world. Gotta look… you’re on your own.