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">------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Arabic-L: Thu 23 Oct 2008</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <<a href="mailto:dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu">dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu</a>></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To post messages to the list, send them to <a href="mailto:arabic-l@byu.edu">arabic-l@byu.edu</a>]</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:listserv@byu.edu">listserv@byu.edu</a> with first line reading:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; 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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Date: 23 Oct 2008</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From:"Al-Batal, Mahmoud M" <<a href="mailto:albatal@austin.utexas.edu">albatal@austin.utexas.edu</a>></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Subject:CASA I Announcement</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; ">ANNOUNCEMENT<br><br>CENTER FOR ARABIC STUDY ABROAD (CASA)<br><br><br>2009 Summer and 2009-2010 Full Year Programs<br><br>The Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) is pleased to announce that it will offer a number of fellowships for advanced Arabic language study at the American University in Cairo and Damascus University for the 2009-2010 academic year.<br><br>Two types of CASA fellowships are available:<br><br>1) Summer-Only Fellowships: (Cairo: June 4, 2009-July 26, 2009; Damascus: June 14, 2009-August 13, 2009)<br>These fellowships allow students to participate in an intensive seven-week summer language and culture program that includes 10 weekly hours of Egyptian Colloquial Arabic and 8 hours of Modern Standard Arabic plus a weekly tour in Arabic.<br><br>2) Full-Year Fellowships: (Cairo: June 4, 2009-May 21, 2010; Damascus: June 14, 2009-May 20, 2010)<br>These fellowships provide intensive language and culture training in Egyptian Colloquial or Syrian Colloquial and Modern Standard Arabic (reading, listening and writing) for three semesters (summer, fall and spring) and allow students in the spring semester to take courses in Arabic in their respective areas of specialization.<br><br>In 2008-2009, CASA offered 6 Summer-Only Fellowships, 25 Full-Year fellowships in Cairo, and 13 Full-Year fellowships in Damascus, and we expect to offer similar numbers in 2009-2010.<br><br>Successful applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents; enrolled in a graduate or undergraduate program or in between their undergraduate and graduate study; committed to a career in Middle Eastern Studies; have had a minimum of two to three years of college-level Arabic language study, and pass the CASA Selection exam which will be administered to all applicants at a school in their locality on Friday, February 6, 2009. Please note that non-U.S. citizens are also welcome to apply to CASA, and if accepted, may participate on a Pay-Your-Own-Way basis.<br><br>Those interested in applying to CASA may also wish to apply for a Fulbright fellowship that would provide them with funding to participate in CASA. A Fulbright fellowship would enable the student to participate in CASA and provide a higher level of funding. Fulbright fellowships have October deadlines; thus students must submit their Fulbright fellowships well before they submit the CASA application.<br><br>The CASA fellowship award covers round-trip airfare, tuition and a maintenance allowance of 2,100 Egyptian pounds per month. A non-refundable program fee is required of each CASA fellow once an award has been accepted. (See website for details on program fees)<br><br>For detailed descriptions of the CASA programs, or to download application forms, please visit the CASA web site at: <a href="http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/casa">www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/casa</a><br><br>*Application deadline for 2009-2010 programs is January 9, 2009*<br><br>All questions and applications should be addressed to:<br>Selina Keilani<br>Center for Arabic Study Abroad<br>1 University Station, F9400<br>Austin, TX 78712-0527<br>Telephone: 512.471.3513<br>Email: <a href="mailto:utcasa@austin.utexas.edu">utcasa@austin.utexas.edu</a><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">End of Arabic-L: 23 Oct 2008</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>