| week # | Topics |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction |
| 2 | Orientalism |
| 3 | Performance: The Egyptian Dancing Girl |
| 4 | Popular and Folk Culture |
| 5 | The Performance of Folktale: "The Story of Solomon and Sheba" -- Christian, Muslim and Jewish texts |
| 6 | Performance and the Koran |
| 7 | Women and Poetic Performances |
| 8 | Wedding Song |
| 9 | Professional Entertainers: Solo Females |
| 10 | Professional Entertainers: Arab Oral Epic Performance |
| 11 | Islam in America: Parades and Mosques |