Her book, “Unmentionables: Textiles, Garment Work, and the Syrian American Working Class” was published by Stanford University Press.
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The set encourages engagement with how colonialism and nationalism reshaped Palestine through the twentieth century.

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Students trace the intersections of Zionist colonization in Palestine and British imperial rule, while also examining Palestinian claims to political continuity, cultural resilience, and resistance to displacement after 1948.

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This set introduces students to the concept of Orientalism and illustrates how Arab Americans contested these stereotypes. Using oral histories, photography, and poetry, the set introduces Arab American immigration history while teaching media literacy related to Arab communities.

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The set situates the emergence and early debates over Zionism among Jewish communities, highlighting perspectives often excluded by European-centered narratives on this topic. The set provides historical grounding for classroom discussions of nationalism, empire, and identity.

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Through structured interpretation of court poetry, visual arts, and chronicles, students gain an understanding of the commonalities premodern elites shared, contextualizing later studies of political absolutism and revolutionary change.

Based on a yearlong project funded by the UC Office of the President, the sets introduce inquiry-based instruction in rarely taught sources to California high schools.
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The lesson plans are available for classroom use this Fall. History graduate students Ali Daniş Neyzi, Charles Sills, and Nina Gonzelez curated and produced the sets with CHSSP Deputy Director Beth Slutsky and History faculty PIs Stacy D. Fahrenthold, Baki Tezcan, and Ali Anooshahr.