interpretive essay
USE THE BOOK: James Gelvin, The Modern Middle East
Write an interpretive essay based on The Great Nineteenth-Century Transformation and its Aftermath photo essay in Gelvin, pp. 110-132. Choose a minimum of two and a maximum of six pictures to discuss. At the beginning of the essay, describe the photos and explain your choice. Your main focus should be on explaining how these photos illustrate modernization of the Middle East. Finally, correlate each of your selected photos with the theme of the Great Transformation as discussed by Gelvin in Part II of the book.
