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Whereas his predecessors Paul Bremer and John Negroponte often seemed remote to Iraqi politicians, Khalilzad, a secular Muslim who speaks Farsi and some Arabic, is informal and chatty. In meetings with Iraqi leaders, he sips sweetened black tea and indulges their speechifying without asking for translation. Iraqi leaders say they...
1:20 PM- During Jum’ah—or Friday prayers at Lowell Lecture Hall—the men occupy the first four rows of prayer mats, while Rauda Tewalli ’08 and the rest of the women kneel on the two rows placed a few...
The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (NELC) has its offices high up on the fifth floor of 1430 Mass. Ave. (better known as CVS). A narrow corridor leads to closet-sized rooms just big enough to fit a professor and an FM reporter. Framed, dusty posters in Arabic...
Several professors said they find accusations against the prince ludicrous. Professor of Arabic William E. Granara explains that the Saudi royal family comprises thousands of individuals, and that while Alwaleed’s distant relatives may have direct ties to the PLO or even terrorism, they are simply that: distant...
Hopefully these initial plans will increase undergraduates’ understanding of Islam. Record enrollment in Arabic language (a 20% increase in the past year alone) and Foreign Cultures classes on “Islamic understanding” reflects Harvard students’ awareness of Islam as a global issue and...