Program
Departments:
Arabic
Archaeology
Philosophy and Cultural Studies
Economics
Fine Arts
History
Geography
International Studies
Languages and Translation
Political Science
Sociology Anthropology

Degree Offered
BA (Arabic, Archaeology - with Sociology and Anthropology, Economics, History, Languages and Translation, Sociology)
MA (International Studies)

Middle East Languages
Arabic for international students
Modern Standard Arabic for Non-Native speakers (Beginners, Lower Intermediate, Higher Intermediate, Advanced)
Colloquial Arabic for international students (Beginners, Advanced)

Courses
Anthropology
Ethnography of the Middle East
Arabic
Pre-Islamic Literature
Early Islamic and Umayyad Literature
Abbasid Prose
Arabic Literary Criticism
Methods of Literary Criticism
Koranic Studies
Contemporary Arabic Poetry
Modern Arabic Drama
Modern Palestinian Literature
Andalusian Literature
Modern Arabic Literature
Palestinian Popular Literature

Archaeology
Archaeology of Palestine
History of Archaeological Studies in Palestine
Stratigraphic History of Palestine
Ceramic Traditions of Palestine
History and Archaeology of Jerusalem

Cultural Studies
Ancient and Islamic Civilizations
Modern and Contemporary European Thought
Modern and Contemporary Arab Thought
Seminar in Cultural Studies

Economics
Economics of the Middle East
Economy of Palestine

Fine Arts
Introduction to Islamic Arts
Islamic Architecture
Introduction to Crafts and Minor Arts in Islam

Geography
Middle East Geography
Natural Geography of Palestine

History
History of the Middle East
History of the Ancient Middle East
History of Islamic Civilization
History of the Ottoman Empire
Modern History of North Africa
19th Century History of the Arab World
20th Century History of the Arab World
Palestine during the Islamic Periods
History of the (Medieval and Modern) Islamic Sects
History of the Umayyads
The Abbasids
The Fatimids
The Ayyubids and The Mamluks
History of Medieval North Africa
International Studies
Comparative Politics
Diplomatic History of Palestine in the 19th and 20th Centuries
The Arab World and the West in the 20th Century
Languages and Translation
Arabic for Non-Native Speakers
Hebrew Language; Arabization

Political Science
Middle East Political Systems
Middle East in World Affairs
The Palestine Problem
Modern Arab Thought
Modernization of the Arab World
Inter-Arab Diplomacy and Relations

Sociology
Palestinian Society
Israeli Society
Arab Society

Faculty
Anthropology and Sociology
A .Haidar (economic sociology with emphasis on Arabs in Israel)
S. Kana'na (folklore, language and culture)
M. Miari (ethnic relations)
R. Muhtadi
L. Taraki (social movements, religion and society in the Middle East)
S. Tamari (rural, political sociology)
Arabic
N. Abduljabbar (Arabic linguistics)
A. Abu-Khashan (modern-Palestinian literature)
M. Atshan (Arabic language)
A. Barghouthy (Palestinian popular literature)
A. Khawaja (teaching Arabic for Non-Native speakers)
S. Shehadeh (Abbasid literature)
K. Suleiman (Islamic and pre-Islamic literature)
N. Ziyadah (Islamic studies)
Archaeology
K. el-Nashif (Assyriology, ancient Islamic philosophy)
H. Salem (ceramics)
Philosophy and Cultural Studies
A. Abdul-Ghani (European history)
Z. Abu Amr (political theory in the Middle East) R. Bahlul (Islamic Philosophy)
K. Barghouti (Islamic Philosophy)
I. Gad (Women studies)
G. Giacaman (Western and Islamic philosophy)
M. Kassis (Epistemology, Transitions to Democracy)
G. Khatib (economic history)
N. Mseis (Political Movements in Palestine)
S. Rabadi (modern history)
Economics
M. Ishtiah (economic development)
Y. Nasser (economic development)
Fine Arts
V. Tamari (Islamic art)
History and Political Science
S. Abd al-Jawwad (modern Middle East)
K. Atamneh (Islamic history)
A. Jirbawi (Middle East and political development)
N. Massalhah (Middle Eastern history)
M. Yousef (Islamic history)

Special Features
The Summer term (and regular semesters) of the Palestine and Arabic Studies Program for overseas students features courses in Arabic language, sociology, political science, cultural studies, history, archaeology, and anthropology; International summer work camps; Adult and Literary Education; Community Health Program; Environmental Health and Quality Control Unit