Arabic-L:PEDA: Results of the First Waheed Samy Excellence in Arabic Writing Contest

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1) Subject:  Results of the First Waheed Samy Excellence in Arabic Writing
Contest

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Date: 25 Sep 2013
From: "Al-Batal, Mahmoud M" <albatal at austin.utexas.edu>
Subject:  Results of the First Waheed Samy Excellence in Arabic Writing
Contest

Dear Collegaues,

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.

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.

We would like to congratulate Omid for this outstanding achievement and we
feel privileged to have someone of this caliber in our field.

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)

David Bashirian Bishop (Cornell University)
Paul Cuno-Booth (CASA/University of Texas, Austin)
Cameron Cross (CASA II/ University of Chicago)

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.

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
https://sites.google.com/a/aucegypt.edu/arabic-writing-contest/home

Wishing you all a very successful year.

Members of the selection committee
Dr. Dalal Abou El-Seoud
Dr. Mahmoud Al-Batal
Ustaadha Azza Hassanein
Dr. Iman Soliman
Dr. Zeinab Taha


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