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Your search for courses · during 2023-24 · taught by zhaidar · returned 7 results
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ARBC 100 Arabs Encountering the West 6 credits
The encounter between Arabs and Westerners has been marked by its fair share of sorrow and suspicion. In this seminar we will read literary works by Arab authors written over approximately 1000 years–from the Crusades, the height of European imperialism, and on into the age of Iraq, Obama and ISIS. Through our readings and discussions, we will ask along with Arab authors: Is conflict between Arabs and Westerners the inevitable and unbridgeable result of differing world-views, religions and cultures? Are differences just a result of poor communication? Or is this “cultural conflict” something that can be understood historically?
Held for new first year students
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ARBC 100.00 Fall 2023
- Faculty:Zaki Haidar 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- M, WWeitz Center 136 9:50am-11:00am
- FWeitz Center 136 9:40am-10:40am
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ARBC 101 Elementary Arabic 6 credits
This is the first course in the Elementary Arabic sequence. This sequence introduces non-Arabic speakers to the sounds, script, and basic grammar of Arabic-the language of 200 million speakers in the Arab world and the liturgical language of over a billion Muslims. Students will develop basic listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in Modern Standard Arabic. Classes will incorporate readings and audio-visual material from contemporary Arabic media, as well as popular music.
- Fall 2023
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ARBC 101.00 Fall 2023
- Faculty:Zaki Haidar 🏫 👤 · Yaron Klein 🏫 👤
- Size:20
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 330 1:50pm-3:00pm
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 330 3:10pm-4:15pm
- FLanguage & Dining Center 330 2:20pm-3:20pm
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ARBC 102 Elementary Arabic 6 credits
This course sequence introduces non-Arabic speakers to the sounds, script, and basic grammar of Arabic–the language of 200 million speakers in the Arab world and the liturgical language of over a billion Muslims. Students will develop basic listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in Modern Standard Arabic. Classes will incorporate readings and audio-visual material from contemporary Arabic media, as well as popular music.
- Winter 2024
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Arabic 101 or equivalent
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ARBC 102.00 Winter 2024
- Faculty:Zaki Haidar 🏫 👤
- Size:20
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 244 9:50am-11:00am
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 244 9:30am-10:35am
- FLanguage & Dining Center 244 9:40am-10:40am
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ARBC 103 Elementary Arabic 6 credits
This course sequence introduces non-Arabic speakers to the sounds, script, and basic grammar of Arabic–the language of 200 million speakers in the Arab world and the liturgical language of over a billion Muslims. Students will develop basic listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in Modern Standard Arabic. Classes will incorporate readings and audio-visual material from contemporary Arabic media, as well as popular music.
- Spring 2024
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Arabic 102 or equivalent
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ARBC 103.00 Spring 2024
- Faculty:Zaki Haidar 🏫 👤
- Size:20
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 330 9:50am-11:00am
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 330 9:30am-10:35am
- FLanguage & Dining Center 330 9:40am-10:40am
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ARBC 204 Intermediate Arabic 6 credits
In this course sequence students will continue to develop their reading, writing, listening and speaking skills, while building a solid foundation of Arabic grammar (morphology and syntax). Students will develop their ability to express ideas in Modern Standard Arabic by writing essays and preparing oral presentations. Classes will incorporate readings and audio-visual material from contemporary Arabic media, as well as popular music.
- Fall 2023
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Arabic 103 or equivalent
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ARBC 204.00 Fall 2023
- Faculty:Zaki Haidar 🏫 👤 · Yaron Klein 🏫 👤
- Size:20
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 242 11:10am-12:20pm
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 242 10:45am-11:50am
- FLanguage & Dining Center 242 12:00pm-1:00pm
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ARBC 206 Arabic in Cultural Context 6 credits
In this course students will continue to develop their Arabic language skills, including expanding their command of Arabic grammar, improving their listening comprehension, reading and writing skills. In addition to more language-focused training, the course will introduce students to more advanced readings, including literary texts (prose and poetry, classical and modern) and op-ed articles from current media. Class discussions will be in Arabic.
- Spring 2024
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Arabic 205 or equivalent
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ARBC 206.00 Spring 2024
- Faculty:Zaki Haidar 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 243 8:30am-9:40am
- FLanguage & Dining Center 243 8:30am-9:30am
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ARBC 211 Colloquial Levantine Arabic 6 credits
In this course we will focus on acquiring conversational and listening comprehension skills, and building vocabulary in the Levantine/Shami dialect of spoken Arabic, spoken throughout bilad al-Sham or “Greater Syria.” Building upon the foundation of Modern Standard Arabic, we will focus upon points of grammatical and semantic convergence and divergence, and work to develop strategies for fluidly navigating our way between and within these two linguistic registers. We will study the language systematically, but we will also incorporate a range of written and audiovisual materials–music, films, television and web series–as well as other popular culture from the region.
- Winter 2024
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Arabic 204 or equivalent
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ARBC 211.00 Winter 2024
- Faculty:Zaki Haidar 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 205 8:30am-9:40am
- FLanguage & Dining Center 205 8:30am-9:30am