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| Countries in the MIddle East that do not have oil in their own ground make money on oil sometimes by having these...? |
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| Tahtawi's acount of his trip to Europe in the 1800's is this kind of native Middle Eastern literature...? |
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| This man tried to unify all four Sunni legal codes into one...? |
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| Naguib Mahfouz is from this country...? |
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| Muhammad's deeds and words are recorded in the "reportss" called...? |
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| Ali's son, Husayn, died in the Battle of Karbala against the Caliph's troops in the year...? |
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| Shiites sometimes rely on this tactic to blend into their surroundings so they will not be recognized as Shiites...? |
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| The migration of Muslims from Mecca to Medina to flee persecution occured in the year...? |
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| Middle Eastern writters often set their works in non-descript places so that their work is...? |
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| This man is a famous Egyptian choreographer, the "Fred Astaire of the Middle East"...? |
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| "Family House", a soap opera in Egypt was successful in doing this...? |
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| The newest thin in soap operas are 30 to 50 second soap opera "episodes" delivered on these...? |
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| Maaz gets this disease on a trip to Sri Lanka...? |
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| Men in the novel are often discussed in association with this...? |
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| Women in "Mrs. President" often quoted a hadith of Muhammad that says that "Man ascends from...?" |
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| Many women in "Mrs. President" felt a need do this...? |
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| Musslims pray five times a day toward th Ka'aba in this city...? |
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| The earliest pre-Islamic Arabian society was based around...? |
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| Nazik al-Malaika, an Iraqi, was famous for doing this...? |
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| Devising free verse poetry in Arabic |
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| The new age that each political groiup dreamed of one day coming was often depicted as... |
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| The lamp in "The Saint's Lamp," is famous for doing this...? |
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| In 1913 Muhammad Husayn Haykal published this, the first Arabic novel...? |
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| Committed literature is highly influenced and informed by this political ideology...? |
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| In the Middle East soap operas sexual content is often replaced with this...? |
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| Hanan al-Shaykh is from this country...? |
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| "The Arabian Nights" today are for the most part seen as...? |
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| The sailor in the Arabian Nights we read ends up in a earthen lair with a young man which he ends up...? |
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| Many countries in the Middle East tried to remain neutral in the Cold War |
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| Pre-Nahda literature, even science books, might be interrupted by poems and anecdotes? |
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| Pre-Nahda literature, even science books, might be interrupted by poems and anecdotes? |
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| The British set up the first radio station in Palestine by the mid-1930's...? |
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| All of the women who signed up to run for President of Iran in 2001 were elderly...? |
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| World struggles such as the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movements in the United States were acknowleged by MIddle Eastern writers...? |
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| Nawal as-Saadawi is an Egyptian novelist and feminist...? |
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| Women have never written prison memoirs...? |
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| Islamic prayer is led (up front) by an imam...? |
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| Shiites believe their Imama must be a descendant of Ali and Fatimah...? |
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| Muhammad passed away in the year 632 C.E...? |
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| The proper attitude for prayer and reflection on the Quran in Islam is called Niyya...? |
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| An Islamic school is called is called a madrasa...? |
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| The shahada is the closest thing to a creed (statement of faith) in Islam...? |
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| Bahaism is one of the world's relatively newer religions...? |
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| Mosques are not just for prayer, but are used for other events...? |
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| Literary salons were one of few places where genders mixed...? |
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| The literary salon of 20th century Egypt not only propagated good language and literatur, but also good manners, ethical behavior, and elite lifestyles...? |
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| Famous Arab male writers often attended women-led literary salons...? |
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| Literary salons were very often run by persons of the lowest classes...? |
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| Western novels were used by Middle Easterners as models for their own works...? |
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| Isreal has yet to produce a novelist...? |
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| The Lebanese Civil War occurred between 1975 and 1991...? |
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| "Sirat Beni Hilal", about a hero Abu Zayd, usually takes over 500 hours to tell...? |
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| It is typical in the Arabian NIghts for tales to be embedded in tales until one forgets what the first tales are about...? |
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| Because of costs, several Middle East countries may create a soap opera together...? |
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| Zaynab, Ali's daughter, is deeply revered by Shiis...? |
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| "Women of Sand and Myrrh" is set in the country of Algeria...? |
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| The genre of the novel very quickly developed and spread in the Middle East...? |
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| MIddle Eastern writers are famous for making lots of money...? |
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| Sirah tales are long epics about important desert tribes...? |
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| Name a rule for the proper handling of the Quran...? |
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| Zaynab al-Ghazaali is a spokes woman for this Islamic group..? |
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| Tawfiq al-Hakim learned much about drama aborad in this country...? |
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| Common theme in political cartoons...? |
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| Criticism of the government |
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| OTher than soap operas what other themes are seen from wesern tv shows...? |
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| In "Mrs. President", a lot of Iranian women see this woman as an example of proper Muslim womans behavior...? |
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| The Arabian Nights come from India, Arabia, and...? |
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| The Empty quarter has the largest type of this desert...? |
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| Trade developed originally...? |
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| Semetic is a term to describe...? |
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| MOhammad was probably _______ before a monotheist...? |
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| Sufism is not popular in most areas...? |
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| Sufism is not a sect of Islam...? |
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| Sufi services have music...? |
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| Sufi Poetry uses many metaphores...? |
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