Author Archives: namiller

Well this wraps up the Arabic Circle for the year, but we’ll be back in October, إن شاء الله!   وداعا من هنا … إلى اللقاء هناك: فاروق مصطفى: ثلاثون عاما من الزمالة والصداقة MUHAMMAD EISSA Farewell From Here . … Continue reading →

Two young Egyptians, Sherine and Abdelghany, here at the University of Chicago as Sawiris scholars to study economics and political science, discuss their impressions of Chicago and America in very clear Arabic! Listen here!

By Daniel Bannoura, of the Divinity School. Listen here! And here are the texts discussed, with translation: Quran 78 Psalm 104

Dina Rashed — Political Science, University of Chicago A Map of Post-Revolutionary Egyptian Politics Listen here!

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →