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Monthly Archives: October 2010
Baghdad Yesterday
by Sasson Somekh Sasson Somekh is a professor emeritus of Modern Arabic Literature at Tel Aviv University. MP3 Originally recorded October 5, 2007
A Reading and Translation of Ibn Zaydun’s ‘Nuniyya’
by Michael Sells Michael Sells is the John Henry Barrows Professor of Islamic History and Literature in the Divinity School, University of Chicago. MP3 Originally recorded May 25, 2007
An Introduction to Arabic Music
by Issa Boulos Issa Boulos is director of the Middle East Music Ensemble. MP3 Originally recorded May 4, 2007
The experience of the poet Fadwa Toukan in the rise to freedom
by Munira Misbah MP3 Originally recorded April 27, 2007
The Writing on the Wall: Locating Palestinian Voices of Resistance in Western Agency Photography of the Separation Barrier
by Amahl Bishara MP3 Originally recorded April 20, 2007
The Slums of Cairo
by Amina Mohamed Amina Mohamed is a Lecturer of Arabic at the University of Chicago. MP3 Originally recorded April 13, 2007
Pages from the Life of Gibran Khalil Gibran
by Osama Abu-Eledam Osama Abu-Eledam is Lecturer of Arabic at the University of Chicago. MP3 Originally recorded March 30, 2007
Recent Arabic Novels in Egypt
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 February 7, 2007
Memories of a Modern Azhari
by Muhammad Eissa Muhammad Eissa is a Lecturer of Arabic at the University of Chicago. MP3 Originally recorded January 18, 2007
A Personal Reading of ‘Season of Migration to the North’ by al-Tayyib Saleh
by Kay Heikkinen Kay Heikkinen is a Lecturer of Arabic at the University of Chicago. MP3 – Part 1 MP3 – Part 2 Originally recorded January 12, 2007
