700-1000 word essay based on primary source as main focus + drawing on 2–3 other sources for analysis and interpretation.
•Primary source should be from before 1994

Tell me about…
•The source itself – describe it, and include it in the essay if it’s a photograph or painting. If it’s a memoir, summarize it. Quotes from memoirs/autobiographies are OK.
•The author, if it’s a text
•Include the poem in Arabic if you choose a poem (no need to translate it)
•The photographer, if it’s a photograph, and who is in it – as best as you can.
•The context of the time during its creation
•What does this source give us insight into? Does it tell us about the state of politics, the lives of women, the experiences of peal divers, the sense of community, views and practices of religion?