1. Teaching Objectives

2. Video Watching: Khan el-Khalili

3. Background Information of The Middle East

Answer the following questions according to the video Khan el-Khalili.

1. When did Khan el-Khalili begin to do business?

2. When women travel in the Middle East, what should they pay attention to?

3. What medicine is used by the doctors in Khan el-Khalili?

Key:

1. since the middle ages

2. 1) Don’t be too friendly; 2) keep away from the harassment; 3) ask the people who follow you the question “what are you doing”; 4) avoid wearing the revealing cloths

3. herb

Discussion:

what are the major causes of the conflict in the Middle East?

Key:

    While the existence of Israel and the American army invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan have been responsible for some conflict in the Middle East, they are not the root cause of the conflicts in the Middle East. Arabs have a strongly developed nationalistic sensibility while at the same time giving great loyalty to regional and tribal authorities. In addition, there are swathes of the region that make American Tea Partiers look liberal and other parts that are radically socialist. Finally, there are the religious and the secular divides across the Middle East. Unlike the United States which sees public debates and elections as a fair mechanism for deciding which opinions should get the Right of Way, many in the Middle East prefer to staunchly advocate their position by whatever means are necessary because they are assured of their correctness (either by God or personal conviction). This has resulted in extremism between Israel and Palestine, within the Arab States (such as Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, etc.), Israel/Iran, Iran/Saudi Arabia, Iraq/Kuwait, Iran/Iraq, and many other combinations.