{"id":784,"date":"2025-09-05T17:16:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T17:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democraticeducationnetwork.net\/?page_id=784"},"modified":"2025-09-25T08:51:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T08:51:24","slug":"politics-and-development-in-the-middle-east-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/democraticeducationnetwork.net\/index.php\/experiential-learning\/modules\/politics-and-development-in-the-middle-east-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"784\" class=\"elementor elementor-784\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-215daa1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"215daa1\" 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-3b33515a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3b33515a\" 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-365f9c47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"365f9c47\" 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 2023<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-153ab3e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"153ab3e5\" 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-60233199 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"60233199\" 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-3f702226 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3f702226\" 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-55b5a66e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"55b5a66e\" 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-62bdfdcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62bdfdcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With the tremendous success of the Democratic Education Network, we have embraced a fresh and dynamic approach in designing this module. 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