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saabbas@arizona.edu
Abbas, Shabbir Agha
Graduate Associate
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Currently Teaching
RELI 389 – Middle Eastern Ethnic and Religious Minorities
Overview of ethnic and religious minorities in the contemporary Middle East, study of ethnic and religious diversity and its origin and manifestations in the modern Middle East. Examination of how the concept of religious and ethnic minority has emerged as a key factor in state policies towards minorities as well as the cultural, economic, political, religious, and educational lives of its people.