Dina Rashed — Political Science, University of Chicago

A Map of Post-Revolutionary Egyptian Politics

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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

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

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.

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