Teaching the history of the modern Middle East and North Africa at a small liberal arts university offered an opportunity to address student demands to “decolonize the curriculum.” As the survey course comes under increasing scrutiny, we asked where exactly is the Middle East located in our political imagination today? This essay focuses on the role of maps in rethinking geographic frameworks by using a seaborne perspective, that of the Mediterranean, Arabian and Red Seas (MARS) in contrast to the familiar Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

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另一种制图是可能的：重新定位中东和北非

在一所小型文科大学教授现代中东和北非的历史，为满足学生“课程非殖民化”的需求提供了机会。随着调查课程受到越来越多的审查，我们问中东在我们今天的政治想象中究竟位于哪里？本文侧重于地图在重新思考地理框架中的作用，通过使用海运视角，地中海、阿拉伯和红海 (MARS) 与熟悉的中东和北非 (MENA) 形成对比。