By: Alexa King
April 13, 2024
This project investigates and compares the positions that Muslim and Middle Eastern/North African nations have taken in response to the plight of three different Muslim groups—the Uyghur Muslims in China, the Rohingya in Myanmar, and the Palestinians in Palestine and Israel. It evaluates the factors that have played into MENA nations’ perceptions of the plights of each of these groups, as well as these nations’ actions, or lack thereof, in response to these perceptions. The project aims to understand the factors that play into which Muslim groups these MENA nations choose to stand with.
Alexa King (C'24) is a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences from San Francisco, California. She is majoring in the biology of global health on the pre-medicine track and minoring in religion, ethics, and world affairs (REWA). Her primary interests in the REWA minor lie in the role that religion plays in the struggle for power of groups both domestically and internationally, along with the perception of these groups.
