Teaching the Literature of Today's Middle East

<p>Providing a gateway into the real literature emerging from the Middle East this book shows teachers how to make the topic authentic powerful and relevant. <em>Teaching the Literature of Today's Middle East</em>: <p/>- Introduces teachers to this literature and how to teach it<br>- Brings to the reader a tremendous diversity of teachable texts and materials by Middle Eastern writers <br>- Takes a thematic approach that allows students to understand and engage with the region and address key issues <br>- Includes stories from the author's own classroom and shares student insight and reactions<br>- Utilizes contemporary teaching methods including cultural studies literary circles blogs YouTube class speakers and film analysis<br>- Directly and powerfully models how to address controversial issues in the region</p> <p>Written in an open personal and engaging style theoretically informed and academically smart highly relevant across the field of literacy education this text offers teachers and teacher-educators a much needed resource for helping students to think deeply and critically about the politics and culture of the Middle East through literary engagements.<br></p>