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Like the committee on religion, the department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization (NELC) grew more popular in the wake of the attacks. NELC has nine concentrators in the Class of 2005. This is a notable increase from past years for a concentration that usually attracts only joint-concentrators and graduate students, according to William E. Granara, professor of the practice of Arabic on the Gordon Gray Endowment...
...NELC: Not Even a Language Concentration
...pray for mercy and healing for him,” said Taha Abdul-Basser ’96, a graduate student in Near Eastern languages and civilizations (NELC) who is the Islamic Society representative at Harvard’s United Ministry...
...Matalon, an assistant NELC professor, said that while he disagrees with Arafat’s politics, he hopes “people who are sympathetic toward Palestinians or Israelis—or both, as in my case—will not embarrass themselves by making a spectacle of vengeance...
These are just some of the issues that need addressing. There are many more that a thorough examination of the department would reveal. Of course, NELC is not entirely inadequate. There are currently more than a hundred students in NELC, with 19 undergraduate concentrators (including myself). However, the advantages I enjoy—small concentration size and flexibility in choosing classes—are more and more offset by the antiquated doctrine on which the department is based. Reexamining the department will allow for a better and more valuable academic experience for those interested in the Middle East...