Spoken Arabic in Greater Syria

by Thomas Salem Manganaro, James Rumsey-Merlan, and Rafi Mottahedeh

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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.

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Originally recorded October 12, 2007

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Baghdad Yesterday

by Sasson Somekh

Sasson Somekh is a professor emeritus of Modern Arabic Literature at Tel Aviv University.

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Originally recorded October 5, 2007

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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.

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Originally recorded May 25, 2007

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An Introduction to Arabic Music

by Issa Boulos

Issa Boulos is director of the Middle East Music Ensemble.

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Originally recorded May 4, 2007

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The experience of the poet Fadwa Toukan in the rise to freedom

by Munira Misbah

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Originally recorded April 27, 2007

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The Writing on the Wall: Locating Palestinian Voices of Resistance in Western Agency Photography of the Separation Barrier

by Amahl Bishara

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Originally recorded April 20, 2007

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The Slums of Cairo

by Amina Mohamed

Amina Mohamed is a Lecturer of Arabic at the University of Chicago.

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Originally recorded April 13, 2007

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Pages from the Life of Gibran Khalil Gibran

by Osama Abu-Eledam

Osama Abu-Eledam is Lecturer of Arabic at the University of Chicago.

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Originally recorded March 30, 2007

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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.

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Originally recorded February 7, 2007

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