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Date: 12 Jan 2013
From:"Mb. Lo" <m.bashir.lo at gmail.com>
Subject:Duke in the Arab World: Summer 2013

Colleagues,

Please, share this information with students who might be interested in a
culturally edifying, yet intellectually entertaining program. The study
abroad program of Duke In the Arab Word (Egypt and Morocco) will continue
for the second year in a row. We are inviting non-Duke students to apply.
The program offers two classes: religious citizenship in the Arab world and
Dardasha Masriyyah: Egyptian dialect and culture class. A full description
of the program is below. There is also a link to the program site and the
application process.

http://globaled.duke.edu/Programs/Summer/Duke_in_the_Arab_World

Cheers,

Mbaye,

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Mbaye Bashir Lo, PhD
Assistant Professor of the Practice
Coordinator, The Arabic Program
Program Director, DukeEngage Cairo
Co-director, Duke In the Arab World

Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Duke University



Duke in the Arab World: Summer 2013: May 15 to June 26
Summer 2013

Based in Egypt and Morocco, this program provides students with the
opportunity to explore not only the socio-political development and
intricacies of the Arabia and the Maghreb regions, but also to gain real
life experiences through interaction, observation, field visits and
homestay. Additionally, the program exposes participants to aspects of
continuity and changes, communalities and differences within both Egypt and
Morocco while enabling them to improve their Arabic language skills.

Cairo is the seat of an ancient civilization boasting the pyramids, Nile
vistas, Al Azhar University, and a resilient Coptic (Christian) community
in the most populous Arab capital city of the contemporary Muslim world.
Its buildings, including bridges across the Nile, reflect an ongoing
Pharaonic taste for the massive and elegant demands of modernity.

One of the world's few remaining medieval cities, the historic medina of
Fez is Morocco’s cultural and spiritual capital, a must visit for any
student of Arabic and Islamic studies. Fez is the seat of an ancient city,
home to one of the oldest universities in the world, Al-Qarawiyyin is the
oldest continuously functioning madrasa of modern time and in one of the
world's largest car-free urban area.

In combining the best of these divergent sites of the Arab world, the
program will examine the meanings of citizenship, minority rights,
religious identities, gender, and political changes in ‘Royal’ Morocco and
revolutionary Egypt. These key issues are explored in theory and practice
along with a number of extracurricular activities: sail boating excursions
in Cairo, and a visit to Alexandria. In Morocco, a homestay with a Moroccan
family, a trip to Moulay Idriss and Meknes, a visit to Marrakesh, a desert
excursion, explorations of Roman ruins, study in Fez’s ancient madina, and
an Arabic calligraphy workshop.

Partners in Morocco: The Arabic Language Institute in Fez (ALIF), in Egypt:
The American University In Cairo (AUC), and The Arab Academy.


Program Directors:
Mbaye Bashir Lo & Ellen McLarney, Duke University

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