{"id":782,"date":"2025-09-05T17:16:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T17:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democraticeducationnetwork.net\/?page_id=782"},"modified":"2025-09-25T08:51:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T08:51:24","slug":"politics-and-development-in-the-middle-east-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/democraticeducationnetwork.net\/index.php\/experiential-learning\/modules\/politics-and-development-in-the-middle-east-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"782\" class=\"elementor elementor-782\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67d0077 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"67d0077\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52307dd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"52307dd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c6ae4ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7c6ae4ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Politics and Development in the Middle East 2024<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7c5808 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e7c5808\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37526d7f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"37526d7f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37cf82e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"37cf82e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc8f4cc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cc8f4cc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3573ab86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3573ab86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As part of the module, we teach third-year students \u201cPolitics and Development in the Middle East\u201d at the University of Westminster; in collaboration with several universities in Turkey and Thailand, DEN organised a field trip to the beautiful city of Istanbul.<br \/><br \/>Academics and students from Westminster, Kasetsart, Istanbul, Kocaeli, and Batman came together to host a dynamic cultural and academic workshop. 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