Definitions and Basics
This term refers to a region in West Asia including areas like the Suez Canal, Red Sea, and Persian Gulf.
What is the Middle East?
These Americans are also called Iranian Americans and formed strong communities in Los Angeles.
Who are Persian Americans?
This is the dominant religion in the Middle East.
What is Islam?
The deliberate and systematic killing of an entire group of people.
What is genocide?
This movement fights for equal rights for Muslim women while respecting cultural values.
What is Islamic feminism?
Middle Eastern is described as this kind of term because it includes many different cultures, religions, and languages.
What is a blanket term?
This group migrated in large numbers to the U.S. in the late 1800s and early 1900s to escape persecution.
Who are Arab Americans?
This Islamic law means “the path” and emphasizes justice and accountability.
What is Sharia law?
When a dominant group forces a marginalized group to leave an area.
What is expulsion?
This movement works to equalize rights for Jewish women in religion and society.
What is Jewish feminism?
This term refers to fear, discrimination, or hostility toward Islam or Muslims.
What is Islamophobia?
This is the second-largest religion in the world, with Sunni and Shia denominations.
What is Islam?
This concept in Islam means “struggle” and can refer to internal or external efforts.
What is jihad?
Physical separation of groups in housing, work, or society.
What is segregation?
After this event, discrimination against Muslims and Arabs increased in the U.S.
What is 9/11 (September 11 attacks)?
This term describes discrimination and hostility toward Jewish people.
What is anti-Semitism?
This religion includes movements such as Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform Judaism.
What is Judaism?
This head covering worn by some Muslim women symbolizes identity and self-determination.
What is a hijab?
When groups blend together through intermarriage to form a new group.
What is fusion/amalgamation?
This 2017 policy restricted entry into the U.S. from several Muslim-majority countries.
What is the Muslim ban?
This ongoing conflict involves Israelis and Palestinians both claiming the same land.
What is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
This term describes a society where different cultural groups coexist with mutual respect.
What is pluralism?
These three major religions in the Middle East trace their origins to Abraham.
What are Islam, Christianity, and Judaism?
When a minority group adopts the culture of the dominant group.
What is assimilation?
This issue involves strict laws in many Middle Eastern countries regarding sexual orientation.
What are LGBTQ+ rights in the Middle East?