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<br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">1) Subject: </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"> Results of the First Waheed Samy Excellence in Arabic Writing Contest</span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
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<span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">1)</span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Date: </span><span style="font-size:13.63636302947998px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">25 Sep 2013</span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">From: </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">"Al-Batal, Mahmoud M" <<a href="mailto:albatal@austin.utexas.edu" target="_blank">albatal@austin.utexas.edu</a>></span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Subject: </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"> Results of the First Waheed Samy Excellence in Arabic Writing Contest</span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Dear Collegaues,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">The members of the Waheed Samy Excellence in Arabic Writing Award selection committee are happy to report to you the results of the 2013 competition. The committee received nine outstanding applications and writing portfolios from advanced-level students of Arabic in Arabic programs in the US and abroad.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">The committee decided to present the 2013 award to Dr. Omid Ghaemmaghami who participated in the competition as a student in the CASA program in Cairo. Dr. Ghaemmaghami earned his PhD in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies from the University of Toronto and holds an MA in Islamic and Near Eastern Studies from Washington University in St. Louis. He has taught Arabic at the University of Toronto and the Arabic School at Middlebury College and is now pursuing a second MA in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (TAFL) at the American University in Cairo. His research interests include Qur'anic exegesis and Islamic messianism.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">We would like to congratulate Omid for this outstanding achievement and we feel privileged to have someone of this caliber in our field.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Given the outstanding quality of the writing portfolios submitted, the selection committee decided also to present certificates of distinction to three finalists whose portfolios demonstrated outstanding writing skills in Arabic. These certificates were granted to the following students (in alphabetical order)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">David Bashirian Bishop (Cornell University)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Paul Cuno-Booth (CASA/University of Texas, Austin)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Cameron Cross (CASA II/ University of Chicago)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">The committee extends a very warm alf mabruuk to all these outstanding students and their programs and to the Arabic faculty members who helped them reach such distinguished levels of proficiency in Arabic writing. We are fortunate to have such a group of excellent writers in our midst and we look forward to seeing more of their ibdaa`aat in Arabic writing in the future.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">We encourage all teachers of Arabic at the higher levels to bring this award to their students' attention. The 2014 competition will take place in May 2014 and more information will be available in Spring 2014. For information about the application and requirements please visit </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/aucegypt.edu/arabic-writing-contest/home" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/a/aucegypt.edu/arabic-writing-contest/home</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Wishing you all a very successful year.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Members of the selection committee</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Dr. Dalal Abou El-Seoud</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Dr. Mahmoud Al-Batal</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Ustaadha Azza Hassanein</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Dr. Iman Soliman</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Dr. Zeinab Taha</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
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