Archive: News Story

• Congratulations to Abdul Rahman Mustafa on becoming a Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Divinity at Edinburgh University

  Abdul Rahman Mustafa has officially accepted the position of Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Divinity at Edinburgh University. Abdul Rahman is a former Georgetown Ph.D. student. His research

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• Faculty Member Dr. Sylvia Onder presented, "Women and Girls in Black Sea Culture" at Boğaziçi University.

  Dr. Sylvia Önder gave a talk at Boğaziçi University on "Women and Girls in Black Sea Culture" in conjunction with the recent French-Turkish movie "Mustang" which was given the Best Foreign Language Os

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• Graduate Student Ann Gaul presented "A New Kitchen for a Modern Egypt: Domestic Science and Egyptian Cuisine, 1915-1970." in France

  On June 1st, 2017, Anny Gaul participated in a panel at the Third International Conference on Food History and Cultures in Tours, France. Her paper was titled "A New Kitchen for a Modern Egypt: Domest

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• 2017 Graduate Spotlight: Tuve Floden

  Tuve Floden graduated with a Ph.D. in Islamic Studies. He is currently an independent scholar and freelance writer, with a variety of academic and non-academic publications.Tuve wrote his dissert

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• 2017 Graduate Spotlight: Alex Ridley

  Alex Ridley graduated with a Bachelor's of Arts degree with a double Major in Arabic and French. Alex has received a Fulbright grant to research comparative literature in Muscat, Oman. He will leave

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• Professor Ghayda al-Ali Awarded 2017 CIBER Business Language Research and Teaching Grant

    Dr. Ghayda al-Ali, an Associate Teaching Professor in the department, has received a 2017 CIBER Business Language Research and Teaching Grant. Professor al-Ali received the grant to facilitate the d

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• Congratulations to the 2017 Arabic & Islamic Studies Graduates!

  The department proudly celebrated the graduation of Undergraduate Majors Madison Fisher, Christopher Oswald, Alex Ridley, and Citlalli Velasquez. Andrew Slater celebrated his completion of the Master

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• 2017 Graduate Spotlight: Nabil Al-Hage Ali

  Nabil Al-Hage Ali graduated with a PhD in Islamic Studies. He has been named the Executive Director of Vertivis Solutions. He wrote his dissertation on "Rebel Preachers: The Making of Islamic Activis

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• 2017 Graduate Spotlight: Heba Arafa

  Heba Arafa graduated with a PhD in Arabic & Islamic Studies. She wrote her dissertation on "Dreams of Alternative Modernities on the Nile". Prior to joining the PhD program at Georgetown, Heba was a

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• 2017 Graduate Spotlight: Seraj Assi

  Seraj Assi graduated with a PhD in Islamic Studies. He is an Adjunct Professor of Arabic at George Mason University and also a Visiting Researcher at the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (AC

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