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Michael Provence, a history professor at Southern Methodist University, answers questions during his Social and Economic History of the Middle East class, Jan. 30, 2002, in Dallas. Provence’s two classes, Islamic Civilization and Social and Economic History of the Middle East, have doubled in enrollment since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. ( AP/WWP Dawn Dietrich)