Current Conflicts: Case Studies in the Muslim World
Working page on using images to discuss life, diversity and history in the Middle East. If a photo is "worth 1000 words," it can also have a many interpretations. The quick writing prompt exercise here is offered as a way of reinforcing analytic skills through photojournalism and practicing specific writing tasks. For more lessons on photojournalism see the New York Times lesson collection at http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/photojourn.html.

Photos from U. C. Berkeley student Myra J. Capulong taken in 2003.

 
Cairo, Egypt Internet cafe in Al-Hassake in northeastern Syria.
Bedouin father and son in Wadi Rum in Jordan Shopping for ballroom gowns in a Damascus market place
Palestinian children in Rafah in Gaza. Roman site in Lebanon at Tyre
Crusader castle
Krak des Chevaliers near Homs, Syria
Qalaat Al Husn (Arabic name)
 Sign at Hama in Syria
 
Border wall between an Israeli settlement and a Palestinian town