Arabic

The Arabic Department invites the Middlebury College community to enjoy Arabic food at “Shawarma Night.” This is a chance to gather to celebrate Arab culture and share wonderful food.

The Arabic Department invites the Middlebury College community to enjoy Arabic food at “Shawarma Night.” This is a chance to gather to celebrate Arab culture and share wonderful food.

The Arabic Department invites the Middlebury College community to enjoy Arabic food at “Shawarma Night.” This is a chance to gather to celebrate Arab culture and share wonderful food.

The Arabic Department invites the Middlebury College community to enjoy Arabic food at “Shawarma Night.” This is a chance to gather to celebrate Arab culture and share wonderful food.

The Arabic Department will be hosting an Arab-Jewish Seder to share and engage in the rich Passover traditions of Jews from across the Arab World. No Arabic or prior knowledge of Judaism is needed. Open to all Middlebury ID Card Holders.

Abstract: This presentation explores how Arab intellectuals during the Nahda—the so-called Arab cultural renaissance—engaged with Chinese culture, its anti-colonial struggle, constitutional revolution, and women’s rights. 

Mapping the Evolution of Arabic Literary Representations of China: 1880-1940

This presentation explores how Arab intellectuals during the Nahda—the so-called Arab cultural renaissance—engaged with Chinese culture, its anti-colonial struggle, constitutional revolution, and women’s rights.

Mariam Ghani is an artist, writer, and filmmaker. Her work examines places, spaces, and moments where social, political, and cultural structures manifest in visible forms, encompassing video, sound, installation, photography, performance, text, and data. 

Join Nadim Maghzal, MNSA (Wake Island Duo) and guests performers for a special edition of their NYC party series, Laylit at the Bunker on March 28. Highlighting SWANA dance music and EDM, Laylit is a high energy performance by world class DJs you don’t want to miss.  Read more about Laylit here, and check out Nadim and MNSA performing with Boiler Room here. Open to the public. No bags allowed.

Amira Hass, Jerusalem born and daughter of two Jewish holocaust survivors,  joined Haaretz daily in 1989 and has been the paper’s correspondent in the Occupied Palestinian Territory since 1993.    She lived in Gaza between 1993-1997 and since then in El-Bireh, the West Bank.   Her book “Drinking the Sea at Gaza” was published by Henry Holt in 2000.  Two other books, in various languages, are compilations of her articles in Haaretz and the Italian weekly Internazionale.