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Monthly Archives: October 2010
Anthropormorphism in Arabic Literature
by Cam Lindley Cross
Cam Cross is a graduate student of Arabic and Persian literature at the University of Chicago.
MP3 (the first five minutes were accidentally cut off)
Originally recorded January 22, 2010
On the Short Story in Egypt : A Critical View
by Sherif al-Gayyar
Dr. Sharif al-Gayyar is a literary critic and teaches at the University of Beni Suef, Egypt.
MP3
Originally recorded January 8, 2010
Woman’s Smile and History’s Stamp in Arabic Currencies
by Annie Higgins
Annie Higgins is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Classical and Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Wayne State University.
MP3
Originally recorded October 23, 2009
People of Cairo: A reading of contemporary Egyptian society through the media
by Farouk Mustafa
Farouk Mustafa is the Ibn Rushd Professorial Lecturer in Modern Arabic Language, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago.
MP3
Originally recorded October 16, 2009
Political repression in Morocco from 1956 till 2003
by Mustapha Kamal
Mustapha Kamal is Assistant Clinical Professor in Arabic at the University of Illinois in Chicago.
MP3
Originally recorded October 9, 2009
A Reading of Mahmoud Darwish’s Last Poem: لا أريد لهذي القسيدة أن تنتهي
by Farouk Mustafa
MP3
You can read the text of the poem here, or by clicking on the “Continue Reading…” link below.
Originally recorded May 29, 2009
Images of Society in Arab Currencies
by Annie Higgins
Annie Higgins is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Classical and Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Wayne State University.
MP3
Originally recorded May 22, 2009
What Does the Crow Say? : Birds’ Speech in an Arabic Fable
by Elizabeth Urban
Elizabeth Urban is a doctoral student at the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago.
MP3
Originally recorded May 15, 2009
Law and Society in Mamluk Egypt
by Kristen Stilt
Kristen Stilt is Associate Professor of Law at Northwestern University.
MP3
Originally recorded May 8, 2009
My Life in Iraq from childhood to adulthood, in Diwaniyah and Baghdad
by Basima Bezirgan
MP3
Originally recorded April 17, 2009
