Arabic Workshop

 

FSU's Arabic Workshop is a weekly meeting for advanced students, faculty, and native speakers of Arabic. We do close readings of a wide variety of specialized texts, often using material that is the subject of workshop members' research. The sessions are open to everyone, but a fair standard of Arabic is necessary to get the most out of the material. Texts are circulated and prepared in advance.

Fall 2011 meeting time and place

Fridays at 2:15, Strozier Scholars' Commons

Schedule

December 2, 9: First page of a 1911 police report of a suicide, over love lost. I've also posted a rough transcription.

October 14, 21, 18: 1885 police report from Alexandria PDF (six pages, including original, transcription, and consular translation). A clearer jpg of the letter itself is here.
We will concentrate on reading the handwritten document, and I'll show you some of the scribal shortcuts that pose difficulties. If you read the typed transcription and spend a bit of time with the handwritten document before the meeting, we will be able to do more with our time.

Previous Semesters

Friday, February 25, 2011
3:30 pm, Strozier Scholars' Commons
1885 police report from Alexandria PDF (six pages, including original, transcription, and consular translation). A clearer jpg of the letter itself is here.
Friday, February 4, 2011: Egypt graffiti and tweets
Friday, January 28, 2011: Egypt opposition slogans
Friday, February 18, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
3:30 pm, Strozier Scholars' Commons
1930 letterPDF
Friday, December 3, 2010
1:30 pm, Strozier Scholars' Commons
"Kamil al-Awsaf," 'Abd al-Halim HafizPDF
"Wa Darat al-Ayyam," Muhammad 'Abd al-WahhabLink
Friday, November 19, 2010
No meeting
Friday, November 26, 2010
No meeting
Friday, November 12, 2010
1:30 pm, Strozier Scholars' Commons
Concluding discourse #2 from al-Kitab al-Aswad, Ayman al-ZawahiriPDF
Friday, November 5, 2010
1:30 pm, Strozier Scholars' Commons
"Qurs al-Asbirin," Nizar QabbaniPDF
Friday, October 29, 2010
No meeting
Friday, October 22, 2010
1:30 pm, Strozier Scholars' Commons
Concluding discourses #3 from al-Kitab al-Aswad, Ayman al-ZawahiriPDF
Friday, October 15, 2010
1:30 pm, Strozier
Sharh Ibn 'Aqil 'ala Alfiyat Ibn Malik, pp. 13-24PDF
Friday, October 8, 2010
1:30 pm, Strozier
Seven mystery documents from Holocaust Documentation and Education Center in Hollywood, FlZIP containing 7 PDFs
Friday, October 1, 2010
1:30 pm, Strozier
"'Ali 'Abd al-Raziq," in al-Zirikli, Al-A'lam, vol. 4PDF
"Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab," in al-Zirikli, Al-A'lam, vol. 6PDF
Friday, September 24, 2010
1:30 pm, Strozier
"Muhammad Rasul Ullah," in al-Zirikli, Al-A'lam, vol. 6PDF
Friday, September 17, 2010
1:30 pm, Strozier
"Jamal al-Din al-Afghani," in al-Zirikli, Al-A'lam, vol. 6PDF
Tuesday, December 2, 2009
4 pm, Dodd 207
Ta'rif of Qur'anPDF
Monday, November 17, 2009
5 pm, Dodd 207
Three readings on khul' Ø®Ù"ع
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If you can't read this, try the JPEG originals:
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Source: Salwa 'Ali Milad, "Watha'iq al-Khul', Dirasa wa Nashr wa Tahqiq," Ruzname 2 (2004), 133-68.

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