By Fire
The cause of death of Mohamed Bouaziz.
What is self-immolation?
This country mined the island that serves as a setting for "The Sadness of Horses."
What is Israel?
This author wrote "A House Not Her Own."
Who is Emily Nasrallah?
A long-standing reason for lack of democracy in MENA.
•What are traditions of patriarchal social organization
•What is a history of authoritarianism and later, colonialism
This country, while more religious diverse than Iran, also has a majority Shi'a population.
What is Iraq.
This country is the setting for By Fire.
What is Tunisia?
What is the governor's mansion?
A graphic novel about the Iranian Revolution.
What is Persepolis?
According to Freedomhouse's Freedom Index, this country has the highest score in democracy.
What is Israel?
This caliphate was disbanded in 1924.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This important movement was sparked (so to speak) by the death of the novel's main character.
What is the Arab Spring?
The horses of the island often engage in this horrifying event.
What is suicide by shark?
Having numerous unwanted children is the topic of this short story.
What is "The Cheapest Night's Entertainment"?
Many nations, most notably, Saudi Arabia, are characterized by this style of government.
What is autocracy?
The Declaration of Faith in Islam.
Mohamed hoped to make a living from this form of employment.
What selling fruit from a cart?
The security officers arrest people for owning one of these.
What is a cooking dish (suitable for cooking mulakhiyah)?
This 14th century scholar wrote A Compendium on the Lives of Animals.
Who is Kamal ud-Din Al-Damiri?
This type of political/religious government, existed until 1924.
What is a caliphate?
This Islamist organization established a caliphate in Iraq and Syria in the late 2010s.
What is ISIS (or IS, or ISIL, or Daesh)?
When Mohamed went to the Chief of Police, the officer asked which country he thought he was in.
What is Sweden?
Makhzangi lived here during the world's most significant nuclear disaster.
What is Kiev, Ukraine?
This text deals with a bus station as a liminal space.
What is "The Bus"? (by Mahmoud al-Rimawi)?
The Syrian Civil War, beginning in 2011, was a pro-democracy movement against this regime.
Who were the Ba'athists?
(also accept against Bashar al-Assad)
This term refers to a politicized Islam that is often violent and expansionist.
What is Islamism?