Discipline and flourish: teaching IR in the Arab world

Adham Saouli

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Discipline and flourish: teaching IR in the Arab world

Adham Saouli

School of International Relations

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The modern classroom is an astonishing meeting place. It brings together individuals with a common interest in a discipline, yet with varying academic and cultural backgrounds, passions, expectations, and ambitions. They intermingle, sometimes clash but ultimately reach their individual and, sometimes, common pursuits. My perception of the classroom was reinforced after I taught a Seminar in International Relations Theory to two cohorts at the Doha Institute of Graduate Studies (DI). This experience underlined several institutional and cultural challenges and opportunities. I here examine two: What are the challenges/opportunities of teaching IR in the Arab world? What are the constraints/opportunities of teaching the discipline in Arabic? Drawing on my own observations and the experiences of other colleagues, I find that despite some obstacles, IR offers immense opportunities for Arab students.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	425-428
Number of pages	4
Journal	International Studies Perspectives
Volume	22
Issue number	4
Early online date	17 Dec 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/isp/ekaa020
Publication status	Published - Nov 2021

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The politics of teaching International Relations in the Arab world: reading Walt in Beirut, Wendt in Doha, and Abul-Fadl in Cairo
Darwich, M., Valbjørn, M., Salloukh, B. F., Hazbun, W., Samra, A. A., Saddiki, S., Saouli, A., Albloshi, H. H. & Makdisi, K., Nov 2021, In: International Studies Perspectives. 22, 4, p. 407–438 32 p., ekaa020.
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