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<span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Arabic-L: Fri 21 Mar 2014</span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <</span><a href="mailto:dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu" style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu</a><span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">></span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
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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><font face="arial, sans-serif">Waheed Sami Award for Excellence in Arabic Writing for Advanced Learners</font><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:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">21 Mar 2014</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:13px">"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><font face="arial, sans-serif">Waheed Sami Award for Excellence in Arabic Writing for Advanced Learners</font><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">To all Arabic teachers: We would like to ask you to share this announcement with your colleagues and advanced-level students. Shukran</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">The Waheed Samy family and friends, The American University in Cairo (AUC), and the Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) are happy to announce the 2014 competition for 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">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">This award was established in 2013 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. In addition, he authored “Basic Arabic: A Grammar and Workbook” that is scheduled to come out in May 2014.<</span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Arabic-Grammar-Workbook-Workbooks/dp/0415587735/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395319721&sr=8-1&keywords=waheed+samy" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Arabic-Grammar-Workbook-Workbooks/dp/0415587735/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395319721&sr=8-1&keywords=waheed+samy</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">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">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The award is 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">
<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"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">§ Applicant must possess a minimum of Advanced-High (2+) proficiency or higher in Arabic.</span><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 500 and 1500 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">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">§ Applicant needs to submit a 750 word essay addressing the 2014 writing topic. The writing topic and submission guidelines are included at the bottom of the Apply page on the web site (see link below).The essay must be an individually-composed piece written with no editorial support in any form.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">§ Applicant needs to request a letter of endorsement from an Arabic teacher familiar with her/his writing. The teacher’s letter should discuss the applicant’s accomplishments in writing and verify that the samples submitted are reflective of the applicant’s abilities in writing. The letter must be sent directly to the committee using the following email address: </span><a href="mailto:w.samy.writing.contest@gmail.com" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">w.samy.writing.contest@gmail.com</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><mailto:</span><a href="mailto:w.samy.writing.contest@gmail.com" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">w.samy.writing.contest@gmail.com</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">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">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">§ Students interested in participating need to visit the Waheed Samy Award web site at </span><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><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> where they can download the application form, complete it, and send it to the following email address:</span><a href="mailto:w.samy.writing.contest@gmail.com" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">w.samy.writing.contest@gmail.com</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><mailto:</span><a href="mailto:w.samy.writing.contest@gmail.com" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">w.samy.writing.contest@gmail.com</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">§ Students need to send their writing portfolio including the three writing samples and the individual essay addressing the 2014 topic to the above email address with "writing portfolio of ( name here).</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">§ Letters of endorsement from teachers must be sent directly by the teacher to the same e-mail address.</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 June 15, 2014.</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 September 2014</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.utexas.edu" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">albatal@austin.utexas.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.utexas.edu" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">albatal@austin.utexas.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/" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/a/aucegypt.edu/arabic-writing-contest/</a><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">Mahmoud Al-Batal</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Professor of Arabic</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Director, UT Arabic Flagship Program (AFP)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Acting Director, Center for Arabic Study Abroad</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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