Instructor: Azif Nawaz Time: TTh 9:30-10:45am Location: S355 Course Number: 44951 Course Description: Western understanding of the countries and peoples of the Middle East tends to be crisis-driven, generated by the most recent dramatic or violent act in the region.  But comprehending upheavals in Syria and Iraq, the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict, revolutionary protests in various Arab states, and the West’s tense