The Arabic Circle at the University of Chicago http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle الندوة العربية في جامعة شيكاغو Fri, 24 May 2013 22:48:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Muhammad Eissa: In Memory of Farouk Moustafa http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/2013/05/muhammad-eissa-in-memory-of-farouk-moustafa/ http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/2013/05/muhammad-eissa-in-memory-of-farouk-moustafa/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 22:41:36 +0000 namiller http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/?p=576 Continue reading →]]> Well this wraps up the Arabic Circle for the year, but we’ll be back in October, إن شاء الله!

 

وداعا من هنا … إلى اللقاء هناك:
فاروق مصطفى: ثلاثون عاما من الزمالة والصداقة

MUHAMMAD EISSA
Farewell From Here . . . Meet You There:
Farouk Mustafa: Thirty Years of Friendship and Colleagueship

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]]> http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/2013/05/sherine-yousef-and-abdelghany-barakat/feed/ 0 A Psalmic Reading of Quran 78 http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/2013/05/a-psalmic-reading-of-quran-78/ http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/2013/05/a-psalmic-reading-of-quran-78/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 03:05:21 +0000 namiller http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/?p=565 By Daniel Bannoura, of the Divinity School.

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And here are the texts discussed, with translation:

Quran 78 Psalm 104

]]> http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/2013/05/a-psalmic-reading-of-quran-78/feed/ 0 الولايات المنفصلة المصرية: قراءة لخريطة القوى السياسية ما بعد الثورة http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/2013/04/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%88%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%86%d9%81%d8%b5%d9%84%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b5%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%82%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%a1%d8%a9-%d9%84%d8%ae%d8%b1%d9%8a/ http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/2013/04/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%88%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%86%d9%81%d8%b5%d9%84%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b5%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%82%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%a1%d8%a9-%d9%84%d8%ae%d8%b1%d9%8a/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 03:24:24 +0000 namiller http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/?p=562 Dina Rashed — Political Science, University of Chicago

A Map of Post-Revolutionary Egyptian Politics

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]]> http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/2013/04/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%88%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%86%d9%81%d8%b5%d9%84%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b5%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%82%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%a1%d8%a9-%d9%84%d8%ae%d8%b1%d9%8a/feed/ 0 Recordings of Autumn and ًWinter Arabic Circles http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/2013/03/recordings-of-autumn-and-spring-arabic-circles/ http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/2013/03/recordings-of-autumn-and-spring-arabic-circles/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:46:11 +0000 namiller http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/?p=554 Continue reading →]]> The following talks are now available:

Mahmoud Saeed:

مشاهدات رحالة.. كلّهم أفضل من طكيعان: كوالالمبور.. آيقونة الجمال والتسامح

http://messa.uchicago.edu/arabiccircle/1.18.13 M Saeed.MP3

“حَبّات الرمّان والمُدُن“

http://messa.uchicago.edu/arabiccircle/10.26.12 Mahmoud Said Habbat Al-Ruman wal-Mudun.MP3

الناتو وندى الفجر

http://messa.uchicago.edu/arabiccircle/11.16.12 Mahmoud Saeed.MP3

Wajdi Hammed:

بقرأ من شعره ومن شعر أبي نواس

http://messa.uchicago.edu/arabiccircle/1.11.13 Wajdi Arabic Circle.MP3

Nathan Miller:

The Depiction of Female Physicality from Pre-Islamic until Abbasid Literature

http://messa.uchicago.edu/arabiccircle/2.8.13 Nathan Miller.MP3

Nathan’s handout: http://messa.uchicago.edu/arabiccircle/Arabic circle handout Women’s body image.pdf

]]> http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/2013/03/recordings-of-autumn-and-spring-arabic-circles/feed/ 0 The Poetry of Osama Esber شعر اسامة اسبر http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/2013/03/the-poetry-of-osama-esber-%d8%b4%d8%b9%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%a8%d8%b1/ http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/2013/03/the-poetry-of-osama-esber-%d8%b4%d8%b9%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%a8%d8%b1/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:33:01 +0000 namiller http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/?p=541 Continue reading →]]> Osama Esber is a poet, short story writer, publisher and translator. He is member of the editorial board of Fiker Magazine and director of the publishing House Bidayat (Beginnings). Among his poetry collections are: Screens of History (1994); The Accord of Waves (1995); Repeated Sunrise over Exile (2004); and Where He Doesn’t Live (2006). His short story collections are entitled The Autobiography of Diamonds (1996); Coffee of the Dead (2000); and Rhythms of a Different Time (in process). He has translated the works of Michael Ondaatje, Bertrand Russell, Tony Morrison, Nadine Gordimer, and Noam Chomsky, to name a few.

http://messa.uchicago.edu/arabiccircle/11.2.12 Osama Esber.MP3

]]> http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/2013/03/the-poetry-of-osama-esber-%d8%b4%d8%b9%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%a8%d8%b1/feed/ 0 Links to Umar http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/2012/12/links-to-umar/ http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/2012/12/links-to-umar/#comments Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:06:33 +0000 namiller http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/?p=540 Continue reading →]]> I will be uploading our readings from this quarter from Osama Esber and Mahmoud Saeed shortly, as soon as we can sort out some technical issues.

Here are the links to the miniseries “Omar.” These are provided for whatever pedagogical value they have for Arabic students; neither the University of Chicago nor Arabic Circle nor CMES endorse any of the views expressed in the series.

On YouTube

On MBC’s Website

]]> http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/2012/12/links-to-umar/feed/ 0 The Arabic Novel and The Civil Uprising http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/2012/01/the-arabic-novel-and-the-civil-uprising/ http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/2012/01/the-arabic-novel-and-the-civil-uprising/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:31:24 +0000 bship http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/?p=536 The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents:

The Arabic Novel and The Civil Uprising
الرواية العربية والانتفاضة المدنية

by Boutros al-Hallaq — بطرس الحلّّاق

Boutros al-Hallaq is Professor of the History of Arabic Literature
at The University of Sorbonne, Paris III

Recorded November 18, 2011

MP3

]]> http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/2012/01/the-arabic-novel-and-the-civil-uprising/feed/ 0 The People’s Society and Iraqi Journalism in the 1930s http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/2012/01/532/ http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/2012/01/532/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:21:07 +0000 bship http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/?p=532 Continue reading →]]> The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents:

The People’s Society and Iraqi Journalism in the 1930s
جمعية الأهالي والصحافة العراقية في الثلاثينات

by Andrew Alger — أندرو الجار

Andrew Alger graduated from the University of Chicago in 2009 with a B.A. in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. He worked at Catholic Charities’ Department of Refugee & Immigration Services in Boston for a year before returning to Chicago, where he is currently pursuing an M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies.

Recorded November 11, 2011

MP3

]]> http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/2012/01/532/feed/ 0 The Free Verse Movement in the Arab World http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/2012/01/the-free-verse-movement-in-the-arab-world/ http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/2012/01/the-free-verse-movement-in-the-arab-world/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:10:13 +0000 bship http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/arabiccircle/?p=529 Continue reading →]]> The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents:

The Free Verse Movement in the Arab World
حركة الشعر الحر في الوطن العربي

by Samah Azeez — سماح عزيز

Samah is a student at the University of Illinois in Chicago, and she teaches Arabic
at the Ancona School in Hyde Park, Chicago.

Recorded November 4, 2011

MP3

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