Arabic-L:PEDA:Conference on Teaching Arabic and Arabic Literature

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1) Subject:Conference on Teaching Arabic and Arabic Literature

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Date: 01 Jun 2009
From:Taoufiq Ben Amor <tb46 at columbia.edu>
Subject:Conference on Teaching Arabic and Arabic Literature

Conference Exploring Intersections between Language and Literature  
Pedagogies

“TEACHING ARABIC LITERATURE: A PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION”

May 28, 2009, THE NEW SCHOOL, 66 West 12 Street, #510



Breakfast (9:30-10:00)



Introductions and Opening (Muhsin al-Musawi and Nargis Virani)



Diverse Tools for Teaching Arabic  (10:30-11:45)

“Perspectives on Teaching Arabic” Elizabeth Holt (Bard College)

“Teaching Arabic Through Films” Boutheina Khaldi (American University  
of Sharjah)

“Are There Difficulties in Teaching Arabic” Shawkat Toorawa (Cornell  
University)

“Teaching Arabic Poetry: The Modernist Lyric” Teirab Ashshareef  
(American University of Sharjah)



Role of the Classical Texts (12:00-1:15)

“Arabic Through an Andalusian Text” Alexander Elinson (Hunter College,  
CUNY)

“Arabic Through the Qur’anic Text” Nargis Virani (The New School)

Is the Arabian Nights a Viable Text for Teaching Arabic? Muhsin al- 
Musawi (Columbia University and American University of Sharjah)

Teaching a Classical Text in Arabic, The Lisan al-'Arab, Tarik El- 
Ariss (University of Texas, Austin)



Lunch (1:15-2:15)



Role of Regional Texts (2:15-3:15)

“Teaching a Palestinian Text” Nadir Uthman (New York University)

“Teaching Iraqi Writers in English and in Translation” Shakir Mustafa  
(University of New Hampshire?)

“Teaching Advanced Arabic Through Texts” Taoufiq Ben Amor (Columbia  
University)



General Discussion, Next Steps (3:30-4:30)

Facilitated by Muhsin al-Musawi and Nargis Virani



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