Theoretical Beginnings
The term for how the West conceives of the Middle East and/or Asia
What is Orientalism?
Most modern day borders in the Middle East were decided after this war.
What is WWI?
The acronym for the organization that was founded in 1960 to oversee the economics of oil.
What is OPEC?
This American ambassador met with Saddam Hussein on July 25, 1990.
Who is April Glaspie?
Baudrillard argued that the existence of this location proved the strength of his idea of hyperreality?
What is DisneyLand?
The author of Orientalism
Who is Edward W. Said?
This stateless ethnic groups lives in Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.
Who are the Kurds?
During the Islamic Revolution in this country, Americans were taken hostage in the embassy.
What is Iran?
The name of the Kuwaiti girl who falsely testified before Congress in October 1990.
What is Nayirah?
The name of Troy Barlow's daughter in Three Kings.
What is Krystal?
The title of Melani McAlister's field-defining work on US media and the Middle East.
What is Epic Encounters?
This empire ruled over the majority of the Middle East leading up to WWI.
What is The Ottoman Empire?
The US played both sides in the conflict that lasted for most of the 1980s and ended in a ceasefire.
What is the Iran-Iraq war?
The UN-mandated deadline for Iraq to leave Kuwait.
What was January 15, 1991?
The director of Three Kings (1999)?
Who is David O. Russell?
The title of the classic Hollywood hit which depicts TE Lawrence and the Arab Revolt.
What is Lawrence of Arabia?
This agreement between France and Great Britain divided most of the Levant during WWI.
What is Sykes-Picot?
The two leaders who met in Bitter Lake which resulted in the longstanding relationship between the US and Saudi Arabia.
Who are FDR and King Ibn Saud?
This superstar sang the national anthem at the 1991 Super Bowl.
Who is Whitney Houston?
The name of the infamous ad that tanked Dukakis' 1988 campaign.
What is the Willie Horton ad?
McAlister's theory defining how people relate to different nation-states and areas.
What is "moral geography"?
This deal between a British businessman and the Persian government gave exclusive access to oil in the region.
What is the D'Arcy Oil Concession?
During this crisis, the US and the USSR were on the same side against Israel for the last time.
What is the 1956 Suez Crisis?
This country in the Arabian Gulf did not join the US-led coalition in 1990.
What is Yemen?
What did Edward Said suggest that Baudrillard be sent to Iraq with?