| Answer the following questions using complete sentences and in-text citations from the article.
1.In Said’s opinion, has general understanding of the Middle East, Arabs, and Islam in the United States recently improved or gotten worse? Why? 2. According to Said, why are Westerners mistaken in thinking that they can “redraw the map” of the Middle East? Have they made this mistake before? 3. According to Said, why should the West re-think the idea that the Middle East lacks democracy, women’s rights, and is undemocratic? 4. According to Said, what was the Iraq War really about? How did the media help perpetuate it? How did certain academics help justify it? 5. Why does Said argue that all cultures need to re-think how colonialism has shaped today’s world? 6. How does Said define humanism? 7. According to Said, how should we deal with issues of injustice and suffering? 8. According to Said, what is humanistic learning? Why are we losing it in today’s world? 9. According to Said, what are some other factors in today’s world that threaten education? 10. According to Said, how does the Western media tend to portray the Middle East? How does Middle Eastern media tend to portray the West? What issues unite us today? |
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| Answer the following questions using complete sentences and in-text citations from the article.
1.In Said’s opinion, has general understanding of the Middle East, Arabs, and Islam in the United States recently improved or gotten worse? Why? 2. According to Said, why are Westerners mistaken in thinking that they can “redraw the map” of the Middle East? Have they made this mistake before? 3. According to Said, why should the West re-think the idea that the Middle East lacks democracy, women’s rights, and is undemocratic? 4. According to Said, what was the Iraq War really about? How did the media help perpetuate it? How did certain academics help justify it? 5. Why does Said argue that all cultures need to re-think how colonialism has shaped today’s world? 6. How does Said define humanism? 7. According to Said, how should we deal with issues of injustice and suffering? 8. According to Said, what is humanistic learning? Why are we losing it in today’s world? 9. According to Said, what are some other factors in today’s world that threaten education? 10. According to Said, how does the Western media tend to portray the Middle East? How does Middle Eastern media tend to portray the West? What issues unite us today? |
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