ANTH 1825 - VOICES IN EXILE

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Ghurbah (¿¿¿¿) is an Arabic concept that describes a universal experience of the human condition. The term is often translated as homesickness, nostalgia, or the sense of strangeness/estrangement when away from one's place of origin. For centuries, Arab scholars and artists have explored the many facets of ghurbah, shedding light on exile as a complex emotional, political, and social experience. The voices of Arabs in exile offer a particularly important take on the millennia-old interconnections between the northern, southern, and eastern shores of the Mediterranean. From the exile writings of the 11th-century Sicilian Arab poet Ibn Hamdis to the 19th-century account of Giuseppe Garibaldi as a refugee in Tunisia, exile and ghurbah are keywords in the Mediterranean experience. This course explores ghurbah as an important entry point into the experience of exile, that is, forced displacement and political banishment in the Mediterranean, historically and today. It will foreground the peoples of the Arabic Mediterranean-whether Christians, Jews, or Muslims of all ethnic origins-as powerful and often-overlooked voices for understanding the long history and present of Europe in MENA (the Middle East and North Africa) and vice versa.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

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