Arabic Language Study
- American Association of Teachers of Arabic: List of Arabic Language Programs Reliable US-based clearing house that focuses on university, rather than commercial, programs.
- Arabeya Arabic Language In Egypt; see the website for testimonials.
Arabs
- Jadaliyya Best “ezine” in English to come out of the Arab Spring.
Islam and Muslims
- Islam and Islamic Studies Resources Islam-related studies, translations, links carefully organized, selected and consistently updated by Prof. Alan Godlas of the University of Georgia.
- The American Muslim The best source on Islam in the US. Updated daily by Muslim-American Sheila Musaji of St. Louis.
Palestine/Israel
- St. Louis Solidarity Committee Grand Central for Palestine organizing in the greater St. Louis area.
- US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation The main US activist organization devoted to ending U.S. support for Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem.
Resources for Teachers
- Center for Muslim Christian Understanding CMCU, based at Georgetown University, organizes free development workshops for teachers.
- Dar al-Islam Site of Muslim-American educational and retreat center in New Mexico. Hosts amazing summer institute for teachers.
- Institute on Religion and Civic Values Dedicated to the idea of “religious literacy”, the website includes resources for teaching about Islam and about religion in the American classroom.
- On Top of the World World history podcasts; a valuable aid to non-specialists teachers of World History
- Teach Mideast Background and lesson plans for teachers.
World History
- On Top of the World World history podcasts; a valuable aid to non-specialists teachers of World History
Tag Archives: Comintern
The Global Cold War and the Empire of Justice
In my last post I outlined historian Odd Arne Wested’s argument for the ideological foundations of American policy during the Cold War. Unlike earlier generations of Cold War historians he places American Cold War policies in the the context of … Continue reading
Posted in History and Historians, What is Modern?, World History
Tagged Comintern, Communism, empire, ideology, imperialism, Lenin, modernity, Russian Revolution, tsar
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