{"id":13109,"date":"2025-08-18T09:28:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T09:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/?post_type=previous-courses&#038;p=13109"},"modified":"2025-08-20T07:05:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T07:05:33","slug":"othering-social-taboo-and-ethnicity","status":"publish","type":"previous-courses","link":"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/tr\/previous-courses\/summer-2025\/othering-social-taboo-and-ethnicity\/","title":{"rendered":"Othering, Social Taboo, and Ethnicity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-a662079b\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-7b60fd04\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-e0d64d06\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-e0d64d06\">\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-7d19a5aa\">\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-1f2875eb gb-headline-text\">Othering, Social Taboo, and Ethnicity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-b1648cf9 gb-headline-text\"><em><em>Representations of the Margin in Arab Contemporary Fiction<\/em><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-f91c37b5 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/faculty\/#adel-dashela-anchor\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Adel Dashela<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/faculty\/#safwan-yahya-anchor\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Safwan Yahya Al-Showaiter<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-3a30ea48 gb-tabs\" data-opened-tab=\"1\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-84f8d681 gb-tabs__buttons\">\n\n<button class=\"gb-button gb-button-a79c01e0 gb-button-text gb-tabs__button gb-block-is-current\" id=\"gb-tab-button-a79c01e0\">Overview<\/button>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"gb-button gb-button-bfd101b8 gb-button-text gb-tabs__button\" id=\"gb-tab-button-bfd101b8\">Course Outline<\/button>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-7f59097b gb-tabs__items\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-f5c5f721 gb-tabs__item gb-tabs__item-open\" id=\"gb-tab-item-f5c5f721\">\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-68c7fb24 gb-headline-text\">Overview<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This course is a thematic navigation of othering, social taboos, and ethnicity in Arab contemporary fiction, focusing on how marginalized ethnic communities are represented within novels. Contemporary Arab writers often engage with social norms, religious constraints, and political landscapes, exposing the tensions that shape identities on the periphery. We will use an interdisciplinary approach to analyse the chosen texts.Through multiple fields like anthropology, sociology, history, psychology, and cultural studies, We will thus examine these themes from various perspectives and gain a more comprehensive understanding of them. We will explore how marginalized individuals \u2013 particularly those who are different \u2013 are positioned in contrast to dominant social groups. The \u201cothering\u201d of ethnicities highlights the creation and regulation of social boundaries, emphasizing the role of taboos in reinforcing exclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By comparing and contrasting the human condition across diverse cultural contexts, we can acquire knowledge of experiences, challenge stereotypes, and identify ingrained attitudes, considering the thin line between the universal truth and specific contexts. The course also investigates how these narratives reflect broader struggles with diversity, difference, and power, offering nuanced critiques of Arab societies. Moreover, it sheds light on how literature becomes a site for negotiating identity, challenging hegemonic norms, and providing insight into how social realities could be constructed.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-79414423 gb-tabs__item\" id=\"gb-tab-item-79414423\">\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-74e511e9 gb-headline-text\">Course Outline<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">You can see and download the course syllabus below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-3120ace5\">\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/othering-social-taboo-ethnicity-syllabus-S25.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:813px\" aria-label=\"othering-social-taboo-ethnicity-syllabus-S25 g\u00f6m\u00fcs\u00fc.\"><\/object><a 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gb-container-7f61003f\">\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">09.04.25 &#8211; 09.07.25<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-b8d7d00c\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-739a6fda\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-c4cc3766\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-c4cc3766\">\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Credits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-94e52802\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-94e52802\">\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">3<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-9c3909d0\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-408c2bcf\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-2c1ae340\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-2c1ae340\">\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Language<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column 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