Arab nationalism
Egyptian leader who nationalized the Suez Canal.
Who is Gamal Abdel Nasser?
Secret 1916 agreement dividing Ottoman lands.
What is Sykes-Picot?
War that followed Israel’s declaration of independence in 1948.
What is the Arab–Israeli War (First Arab–Israeli War)?
Waterway at the center of early border disputes.
What is the Shatt al-Arab?
This movement critiques both Orientalist stereotypes and patriarchal interpretations of Islam.
What is Islamic feminism?
Movement promoting unity of Arabic-speaking peoples.
What is Pan-Arabism?
Organization that established the Mandate System.
What is the League of Nations?
Arabic name for the 1948 Palestinian displacement.
What is the Nakba?
Iran’s leader during the war.
Who is Ayatollah Khomeini?
The idea that Islam is practiced the same way everywhere is challenged by this key concept describing regional variation.
What is cultural context?
Country formed in 1958 as “United Arab Republic” with Egypt.
What is Syria?
European power that controlled Lebanon & Syria.
What is France?
Territory administered by Egypt before 1967.
What is Gaza?
Country that lost the Sinai Peninsula.
What is Egypt?
Collections of the sayings and actions of Prophet Muhammad — guides religious practice
What is Hadith?
Radio station broadcasting nationalist messages regionally.
What is Sawt al-Arab (Voice of the Arabs)?
This British statement supported a Jewish homeland.
What is the Balfour Declaration?
Status of East Jerusalem after the 1967 war.
What is Israeli occupation/annexation?
U.S. secretly sold arms to Iran in this scandal.
What is Iran–Contra?
Women in Saudi Arabia gained this major legal right in 2018.
What is the right to drive?
Factor that weakened Arab Nationalism after 1967.
What is the defeat in the Six-Day War?
Term for borders drawn by colonial powers without cultural regard.
What are artificial boundaries?
International solution proposing two separate independent states.
What is the Two-State Solution?
Country that lost the West Bank & East Jerusalem.
What is Jordan?
A concept describing how politics, culture, and religion interact to affect Muslim women differently in various societies.
What is intersectionality?