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The Arabic Circle is a weekly lecture in Arabic at the University of Chicago's Center for Middle Eastern Studies. This lecture series includes social, cultural and academic discussions about the Arabic-speaking world and is led by faculty, students and visiting scholars. The opinions of the speakers are their own. Background pattern created by ransie3.
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- 27 May 2016: Nora Zaki
- 22 Jan. 2016: Richard Nedjat
- 15 Jan. 2016: Mahmoud Saeed
- Three new recordings: Amani Aseel, Lakhdar (Elkhidr) Choudar, Hala El Badry
- 9 Oct. 2015: Tim Friese
- 2 Oct. 2015: Kay Heikkinen, Noha Forster, Hala Abdel Mobdy
- Montserrat Rabadán: Syrian refugees in Berlin
- Amir Toft: Onomatopoeia in Arabic
- Khalid Alhindi: Arabian scholarship before the Wahhabi movement
- Noha Forster: Nostalgic images of Egypt’s past
- Mariam Sheibani: Grammar of the heart
- Usama Canon: Learning Arabic in its various forms
- Orit Bashkin: Transit camps in early Israel
- Kevin Blankinship: Death and decay in poetry
- Nareman Taha & Rima Najia: Arab-American Social Services
- Ahmed Alqarni: What makes language beautiful?
- Kay Heikkinen: Some summer reflections from Egypt
- Muhammad Eissa: In Memory of Farouk Moustafa
- Sherine Yousef and Abdelghany Barakat
- A Psalmic Reading of Quran 78
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I Breathe You In, Yearning: A Poetry Reading
by Munira Misbah MP3 Originally recorded April 10, 2009
Arab Immigrants in Germany
by Montserrat Rabadàn MP3 Originally recorded March 6, 2009
Harf is Where the Heart Is
by Gregg Reynolds WMA Originally recorded February 27, 2009
Ibrahim al-Koni and His Works
by Kay Heikkinen Kay Heikkinen is a Lecturer in Arabic at the University of Chicago. MP3 Originally recorded January 30, 2009
Introduction to the Film Caramel
by Rana Mikati Rana Mikati is a graduate student in the department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago. MP3 Originally recorded January 23, 2009
Contemporary Egyptian Literature, Pt. 2: Gamal el Ghitani in New York
by Farouk Mustafa MP3 Link to the Youmiyat article here, or download a PDF version. Originally recorded January 16, 2009
Contemporary Egyptian Literature
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 January 9, 2009
Documentary Materials in Early Islamic Historical Narratives
by Widad Kadi MP3 Originally recorded November 21, 2008
Social Changes in Egypt
by Fatma el Sakhawy MP3 Originally recorded November 14, 2008
Women in Islam: A clarification of some misconceptions
by Manal Kotb MP3 Originally recorded November 7, 2008