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CCAS Announces Appointment of Dr. Fida Adely as First Holder of the Maksoud Chair in Arab Studies
Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) has announced the appointment of Dr. Fida Adely as the first holder of the Clovis and Hala Salaam Maksoud…
September 7, 2007
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Making Hummos bi Tahini in School
Hummos is the word for chick peas in Arabic. Hummos bi Tahini means chick peas with tahini. Tahini is sesame seeds ground up into a paste; it is available at Middle Eastern food…
September 3, 2007
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Inaugural Year of Interfaith Arts Festival
From April 17-21, 2007, the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies joined other campus groups to launch the inaugural year of the Children of Abraham Interfaith Arts.…
April 20, 2007
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Islamist Politics: Contemporary Trajectories in the Arab World
This year's annual symposium brings together a group of distinguished scholars and specialists from the Middle East, Europe and the United States to explore different dimensions…
April 15, 2007
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Iraq Remembrance Week
On the morning of March 19, 2007, Red Square was covered with chalk tracings of more than fifty human bodies and large block letters spelling out "Iraq Remembrance 2007," while…
March 19, 2007
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Arabic Flashcards
One of my classmates here in Qatar often asks me, “Why do you know such random words?” She can’t understand how I came to know the Arabic word for “rowing.” It’s, …
March 5, 2007
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Abu-Lughod counters stereotypes of Arab women
With wire-framed glasses atop her nose, a halo of brown curls framing her face, and her right arm in a sling, Columbia Professor Lila Abu-Lughod captivated a crowd of almost 200…
March 4, 2007
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An American Teacher in Saudi Arabia
It could easily have been mistaken for a scene from A Thousand and One Arabian Nights: woven carpets spread under the open night sky with a crescent moon setting on the late…
February 21, 2007
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Event Celebrating Naguib Mahfouz’s Work
Join the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, in collaboration with the Egyptian Embassy in Washington DC, the American University in Cairo, Georgetown University’s Lannan…
November 8, 2006
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One Student’s Experience in Qatar
Qatar is not a tropical fruit. It’s not a musical instrument, and it has nothing to do with sewage systems. And if you take into account how active the country is these days in…
September 24, 2006