Languages & cultures of the Middle East

Description from DukeHub

Explores the linguistic and cultural diversity of the modern Middle East, examining how language functions as a source of cultural identity and political power; Focuses on Arabic, Farsi, Turkish, Hebrew, Armenian, and Amazigh; Students analyze how each language system operates and what it reveals about its speakers; Using a shared framework, guest experts and documentary films guide students through four key dimensions: history, culture, identity, and political power; sustained research on a selected linguistic community, culminating in a final research project.

Skills

• languagesdescription: "linguistic" and 1 more

AI-resilient: 1 of 5 1/5

• No: Physical, lab or field work
• No: Live work with people
• ✓Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "justice"
• No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
• No: Small, in-person format

The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works

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