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Monthly Archives: October 2010
Saudi Arabian Culture
by Fahad al-Homoudi MP3 Originally recorded October 31, 2008
On the Writer’s Craft
by Hala El Badry MP3 Originally recorded May 16, 2008
Why I Study the Umayyads
by Elizabeth Urban Elizabeth Urban is a graduate student at the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago. MP3 Originally recorded May 8, 2008
My Story and the Story of My Hometown of Amman
by Yazan Doughan MP3 Originally recorded February 1, 2008
My Experience with Literary Translation
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 – Part 1 MP3 – Part 2 MP3 – Part 3 MP3 – Part … Continue reading
Reality TV in the Arab World
by Rana Mikati Rana Mikati is a doctoral candidate in the department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago. MP3 Originally recorded November 16, 2007
Islam in Chicago
by Sheikh Amin Al-Ali MP3 Originally recorded November 9, 2007
The Arab-American Community in Chicago
by Rasmiyya Yusuf MP3 Originally recorded October 26, 2007
Spoken Arabic in Greater Syria
by Thomas Salem Manganaro, James Rumsey-Merlan, and Rafi Mottahedeh MP3 (part 1, incomplete) Originally recorded October 19, 2007
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Memories of a Modern Azhari, pt. 2: My Experience with the Revolt of 1952
by Muhammad Eissa Muhammad Eissa is a Lecturer of Arabic at the University of Chicago. MP3 Originally recorded October 12, 2007
