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Title Statement | The Doha experiment: Arab kingdom, Catholic college, Jewish teacher / Gary Wasserman ; foreword by Senator Dick Durbin. |
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Author | Wasserman, Gary, 1944- |
Publication | New York: Skyhorse Publishing,[2017]©2017 |
Extent of Item | xix, 260 pages |
ISBN | 151072172X 9781510721722 |
Other Number | 3187541 |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary | "Gary Wasserman's decision to head to Qatar to teach at Georgetown sounds questionable, at best. "In the beginning," he writes, "this sounds like a politically incorrect joke. A Jewish guy walks into a fundamentalist Arab country to teach American politics at a Catholic college." But he quickly discovers that he has entered a world that gives him a unique perspective on the Middle East and on Muslim youth; that teaches him about the treatment of Arab women and what an education will do for them, both good and bad; shows him the occasionally amusing and often deadly serious consequences his students face simply by living in the Middle East; and finds surprising similarities between his culture and the culture of his students. Most importantly, after eight years of teaching in Qatar he realizes he has become part of a significant, little understood movement to introduce liberal, Western values into traditional societies. Written with a sharp sense of humor, The Doha Experiment offers a unique perspective on where the region is going and clearly illustrates why Americans need to understand this clash of civilizations"--Jacket. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | College teachers--Qatar--DawáıÆah |
Universities and colleges--Qatar--DawáıÆah | |
Education--Qatar--DawáıÆah | |
Americans--Qatar--DawáıÆah | |
By Name | Wasserman, Gary,1944- |
By Location | Qatar--Social life and customs |
Qatar--Civilization |