When asking Google what a word cloud is, this definition appeared: A word could is an image composed of words used in a particular text or subject, in which the size of each word indicates its frequency or importance. I…
Tag: Arabic
Students reflect on visit to the Beinecke Library
During Summer Session B, class of Arabic 120 (Summer 2017) visited the Beinecke Library to get a close look and a detailed account of a variety of Arabic manuscripts amongst the collection available in the library. After the class visit…
Spring ’16 Yale World CLASS festival
Text and images by Minjin Hashbat, Tarana Jafarova, and Gregg Lauer On Wednesday, May 18, the Yale World CLASS (Culture and Language After School Studies) program for high school students concluded the 9-month long program on Yale campus during which…
Arabic Script Calligraphy Workshop
Calligrapher Elinor Holand accepted my invitation to give a workshop on Arabic script calligraphy. We, our summer students of Beginner Arabic I as well as our guests from the Yale community learned a lot, experienced a lot and of course appreciated the…
“So when y’all meet, what do you speak?”
“So when y’all meet, what do you speak?” As a faculty who teaches Arabic, I always hear this question from my students in their attempt to shed light on the mysteries of the many dialects of Arabic (Arabic has a Standard…
MESA 2014/ Washington DC
The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) brings together scholars, educators and all those who are interested in studies (language, literature, culture, politics, etc.) related to that area of the world from all over the world. It holds a yearly meeting in the…
Language Fair Spring ’14
We held our first Language Fair for students to showcase the wealth of language courses taught at Yale and to show students what can be done with foreign language skills. All language departments participated in the fair and it was…