Word: asani
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...include Literature and Arts 51: “Virgil,” taught by classics professor Richard F. Thomas; a modified version of Humanities 18: “For the Love of God and His Prophet,” taught by Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations professor Ali S. Asani; Foreign Cultures 70: “Islam,” also taught by Asani; and a new course called “Poetry Without Borders,” to be taught by Slavic Languages and Literatures professor Stephanie Sandler...
...Indo-Muslim languages and culture professor Ali S. Asani ’77, who teaches the popular course Foreign Cultures 70, “Understanding Islam and Contemporary Muslim Societies,” described a “religious and cultural illiteracy” about Islam at Harvard, which he said extends to segments of the faculty and administration. He said students have complained to him about discrimination and prejudice from professors...
...It’s hidden, not overt, but it’s there,” said Asani, who serves on the faculty advisory committee to the Harvard Foundation...
...film screening was followed by a panel discussion with Allibhai, Emmy award-winning director Bill Cran, Islamica Magazine deputy editor Firas Ahmad, and Professor of Indo-Muslim Languages and Culture Ali Asani...
...names recommended by professors. The Undergraduate Council selected three student representatives, and Harris said he requested that the group contain at least one international student and at least one student benefiting from the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative. The faculty members are Indo-Muslim languages and cultures professor Ali S. Asani ’77, Slavic languages and literature professor Julie A. Buckler, former provost and political economy professor Jerry R. Green, philosophy professor Edward J. Hall, history professor Evelyn B. Higginbotham, government professor Jennifer L. Hochschild, natural history professor Andrew H. Knoll, molecular genetics professor Andrew W. Murray, and engineering...