Egypt
“The Severe Cold in Syria”: The Little Ice Age and the Black Death in the Middle East
Discussion of teaching the intersection of the Little Ice Age and the Black Death in the Middle East
“When Any of You Intend to Divorce”: Teaching Continuity and Divorce in the Medieval Islamic Middle East, c.600 - c.1600
A discussion of teaching continutiy using examples of divorce in the Islamic Middle East
“A Commerical Market for All Nations”: Benjamin of Tudela’s Descriptions of Baghdad and Alexandria
Discussion of using Benjamin of Tudela as an example of travelers in premodern Afroeurasia
“Write Me a Letter Every Week”: Afroeurasian Trade and Integrating Jews into World History
Discussion of integrating Jewish history into world history with an emphasis on Jewish participation in Afroeurasian trade
Monthly Digest: November 2023
Monthly Digest for November 2023
“All the Women of Cairo Would Have Taken Part”: Huda Sha’arawi and Egyptian Women’s Participation in the 1919 Revolution
Discussion of Huda Sha’arawi’s description of her participation in the Egyptian Revolution of 1919
“For the Right of Every People to Govern Themselves”: Challenging Empire in 1919
Discussion of how to teach 1919 as the start of decolonization.
“Colonialism in all its Manifestations is an Evil”: Teaching Decolonization, 1914 to Present
Discussion of how to teach decolonization in world history courses and centering the agency of colonized peoples
Monthly Digest: September 2023
Monthly Digest for September 2023
“To Render Cairo a Second Manchester”: Teaching Egypt’s Nineteenth Century Production Revolution
Discussion of how to teach Muhammad Ali and Egypt in the nineteenth century
