<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">------------------------------</span><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">------------------------------</span><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">------------</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Arabic-L: Sat 11 Oct 2014</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <</span><a href="mailto:dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu" style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu</a><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">></span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">[To post messages to the list, send them to </span><a href="mailto:arabic-l@byu.edu" style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">arabic-l@byu.edu</a><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">]</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:listserv@byu.edu" style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">listserv@byu.edu</a><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> with first line reading:</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">           unsubscribe arabic-l                                      ]</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">-------------------------</span><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Directory---------------------</span><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">---------------</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">1) Subject: </span><font face="arial, sans-serif">Waheed Samy Writing Award Results</font><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">-------------------------</span><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Messages----------------------</span><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">-------------</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">1)</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Date: </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">11 Oct 2014</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;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:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Subject: </span><font face="arial, sans-serif">Waheed Samy Writing Award Results</font><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Dear Colleagues,</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 members of the selection committee  for the Waheed Samy Excellence in Arabic Writing Award are happy to report to you the results of the 2014 competition.</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 recipient of the  2014 award is Mr. Michael Turner . Michael is originally from Elizabeth City, North Carolina. As an undergraduate he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he majored in International Studies and first began his journey with the Arabic language. After graduating, he volunteered with the United States Peace Corps in southern Morocco, spending two years working in a youth center in a rural community. In 2011 he enrolled as a graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures with a focus on the linguistic history of Arabic and Berber in North Africa.</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 would like to congratulate Mike for this outstanding achievement and wish him the best with his doctoral 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">The committee would also like to thank the Arabic faculty members who have helped all participants reach such remarkable 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:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">We encourage all teachers of Arabic at the higher levels to bring this award to their students' attention. The 2015 competition will take place in May 2015 and more information will be available in the spring.</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 information about the application and requirements please visit</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/aucegypt.edu/arabic-writing-contest/home" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/a/aucegypt.edu/arabic-writing-contest/home</a><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">Wishing you all a very successful year.</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">Members of the Waheed Samy Selection committee:</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. Dalal Abou El-Seoud</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Dr. Mahmoud Al-Batal</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Ustaadha Azza Hassanein</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Ustaadha Nevneka Korica-Sullivan</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Dr. Iman Soliman</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Dr. Zeinab Taha</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">--------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>End of Arabic-L: 11 Oct 2014</div></div>