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1)<br>Date: 08 Mar 2013<br>From:<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">"Al-Batal, Mahmoud M" <<a href="mailto:albatal@austin.utexas.edu" target="_blank">albatal@austin.utexas.edu</a>></span><br>
Subject:The Waheed Samy Award for Excellence in Arabic Writing<br>
<br><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">To all Arabic teachers: Please share this announcement with your colleagues and advanced-level students.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The American University in Cairo (AUC) and the Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) are happy to announce the launch of The Waheed Samy Award for Excellence in Arabic Writing for advanced learners of Arabic.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">This award is established in honor of Dr. Waheed Samy who was member of the Arabic faculty at the University of Michigan, the CASA program, and the Arabic Language Institute at AUC. During his teaching tenure at these institutions, Dr. Samy devoted much of his time and energy to teaching writing and he authored Arabic Writing for Style: al-kitaba wa-l-uslub (1999) as a resource for prospective writers of Arabic. Dr. Samy passed away unexpectedly in February 2011 causing the field of Arabic to lose a teacher of great talents and remarkable commitment and devotion. It is our hope that this award will help commemorate Dr. Samy's memory and enhance the position of writing as a main ingredient of Arabic learning.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The award will be presented annually to a student of Arabic as a Foreign/Second Language who has distinguished herself/himself in the area of writing. Competition for the award will be open to students in Arabic programs in the US and abroad. Recipient of the award will receive $1,000 dollars and a commemorative plaque in recognition of their outstanding achievement in Arabic writing.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">We invite all students of Arabic at the higher levels of proficiency to apply and we call upon teachers of Arabic worldwide to encourage their students to apply.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Requirements:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">§ Applicant must be enrolled in a regular academic program or an Arabic language program.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">§ Applicant must possess a minimum of Advanced-High (2+) proficiency or higher.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">§ Applicant needs to submit 3 representative samples of their writing. Each sample needs to be between 400 and 2500 words. Essays in different genres of writing (narrative, expository, persuasive, etc.) are highly encouraged to demonstrate breadth of writing abilities.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">§ Applicant will be required to sit for a proctored writing activity (about 2.5 hrs.) in which s/he will be asked to choose one of two topics and write about it.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Applications: Where and when?</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">§ Application forms are available at the following web site: </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/aucegypt.edu/arabic-writing-contest/" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/a/aucegypt.edu/arabic-writing-contest/</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">. Applicants can download the application and fill them out then send them to the e-mail address specified on the web site.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">§ A letter of endorsement from an Arabic teacher familiar with the student's writing needs to be sent to the committee via the e-mail address indicated on the website.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">§ Deadline for submitting applications and writing samples is April 20, 2013.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">§ Sit in writing activity is set for May 3, 2013.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">§ Award winner will be announced by June 30, 2013.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">§ Award will be presented in October 2013 at the MESA conference in New Orleans.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">For questions and inquiries, please contact Dr. Mahmoud Al-Batal at </span><a href="mailto:albatal@austin.uteaxs.edu" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">albatal@austin.uteaxs.edu</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">mailto:</span><a href="mailto:albatal@austin.uteaxs.edu" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">albatal@austin.uteaxs.edu</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">For further information and to download application and submit your writing samples, please visit the award's web site at:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/aucegypt.edu/arabic-writing-contest/application" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/a/aucegypt.edu/arabic-writing-contest/application</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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