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November 2011
By
Zoya Waliany
One of the most notable features of Arabic literature is that it almost always has a sad ending. Whether the story features a beautiful heroine from the time of Nasser, an elderly man reflecting back on his life, or a young child learning valuable life lessons, you’ll leave with a feeling of the deepest sorrow Read More...
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12
September 2011
By
Zoya Waliany
If you want me to tell you how I finally made the transition from pronouncing my “jeems” as “geems,” how I learned to precisely describe breakfast tacos in Arabic, or how I heard about the famous Egyptian holiday Sham el-Nessim, my answers will all be the same: my AFP language partner taught me. One of Read More...
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By Charles Nwaogu I found myself one night trekking towards a small shop in a derelict Moroccan neighborhood in search of a cheap meal. People sat around the local gated mosque conversing in a dialect from which I could only process certain words. On my left lay a great field of rubble where children gleefully Read More...
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3
May 2011
By
Leah Gilman
“I never, ever, have to put this CD in my computer again if I don’t want!” My roommate, a fellow Arabic student, is yelling from the kitchen. Everybody else in the house has no idea what he’s talking about or why he’s so happy. But I do. Arabic thaalitha students, this is the end of Read More...
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28
February 2011
By
Zoya Waliany
The 2010 Arabic Language Summer Institute had all of the right advertising buzzwords: selective, prestigious, intensive & free food. After reading those, I was instantly hooked! I first learned about this program when a couple of Summer Institute alumni visited my first year Arabic class. They briefly explained that this program would give you a Read More...
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