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After an initial drop in enrollment numbers for beginning Arabic, interest increased the second semester, interest that the department could not accommodate because it did not offer an introductory course then, said William Granara, director of undergraduate studies for the Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (NELC) department...
...teachers have all been great,” says Oussama Zahr ’04. “[Professor of the Practice of Arabic] William Granara is really laid-back and casual and approachable. He is so helpful and was willing to do anything to help me get my joint [concentration].” Both the faculty and the concentrators are described as eager and supportive. For Yuri Vendenyapin ’04, the love affair with NELC began two years ago when he ate breakfast with Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature Ruth R. Wisse at Au Bon Pain...
...University has been responsive and generous in funding extra TFs for Arabic instruction, according to Professor of the Practice of Arabic William Granara, but the new funds were still badly needed...
...Using so many graduate students is not the way to do business,” Granara said...
...Granara suspects that because the year-long class started only a day after Sept. 11, most students who took an interest in Arabic because of the attacks were unable to sign up in time...