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.
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction: A Jewish Guy Walks into a Catholic School in an Arab Country
- Chapter 1: Preparing for the Worst: The Early Years
- Chapter 2: Onward, Liberal Scholars: Georgetown Comes to Arabia
- Chapter 3: Qatar: A Brief History of a Brief Country
- Chapter 4: Learning and Teaching in Qatar
- Chapter 5: On Women and Girls and Abayas
- Chapter 6: On America: My Country ’Tis of This
- Chapter 7: Teaching While Jewish
- Chapter 8: The Expat Bubble
- Chapter 9: Freedom as a Teachable Moment
- Chapter 10: Qatar’s Migrant Majority
- Chapter 11: Does American Liberal Education Have a Future Abroad?
- Chapter 12: Time to Go
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Photos
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