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Congratulations to PhD Student, Tesneem Alkiek, on Her Dissertation Fellowship

Please join us in congratulating PhD student, Tesneem Alkeik, on receiving the AAUW American Dissertation Fellowship for the academic year 2020-2021. AAUW’s Dissertation…

March 15, 2020

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Congratulations Professor Ahmad Alqassas on Receiving a Summer Academic Grant

Please join the department in congratulating Professor Ahmad Alqassas, as he has been awarded a 2020 Summer Academic Grant. Further details can be found here:  https:/…

January 28, 2020

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Congratulations to Professor Al Ali on Receiving a CIBER Fellowship for a Business Language Case Development

Please join the department in congratulating Dr. Ghayda Al Ali, an Associate Teaching Professor in the department, as she has received a 2019 GW CIBER Business Language Case…

May 16, 2019

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Congratulations Professors Suzanne Stetkevych and Jaroslav Stetkevych

Please join us in congratulating Professors Suzanne Stetkevych and Jaroslav Stetkevych who have been named as the winners of the 2019 Cultural Personality of the Year Award at…

April 4, 2019

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Congratulations to PhD Student Karen McNeil on Receiving an AIMS Grant

Please join us in congratulating PhD student, Karen McNeil, on being awarded an AIMS grant for her proposal titled “Material Acquisition for Tunisian Arabic Corpus.&…

March 28, 2019

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Congratulations to Professor Önder on Receiving a Vicennial Medal

Each year, academic faculty and staff are honored with Vicennial Medals for their 20 years at the university – gold for full-time service and silver for part-time. “There is…

March 21, 2019

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AIS at the American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting: Georgetown University

AIS at the American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting: Georgetown University, March 7-10, 2019 Prof. Elliott Colla presented “Contrapuntal Localism: Negm,…

March 7, 2019

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Congratulations to Professor Alqassas for His Book Grant

February 25, 2019 Please join us in congratulating our colleague Ahmad Alqassas upon being bestowed by the Provost’s Office with the Summer Academic Grant in support…

March 6, 2019

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Congratulations to Professor Colla on “Baghdad Central”; TV Adaption

The Arabic and Islamic Studies Department congratulates Professor Elliott Colla on the TV adaptation of his novel “Baghdad Central” on the UK’s Channel 4. An…

September 7, 2018

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Congratulations to Pamela Klasova on her New Position

Congratulations to Pamela Klasova, who recently defended her dissertation titled “Empire Through Language: Al-Hajjāj B. Yūsuf Al-Thaqafī and the Power of Oratory in…

September 6, 2018