CRN	93302	Distribution	D
Course No.	ARAB 101
Title	Beginning Arabic
Professor	Hezi Brosh
Schedule	Tu Th 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm LC 115 Wed 1:30 pm – 2:50 pm LC 118

The course is an introduction to Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) as it is used in Arab countries today. It presents Arabic script andpronunciation, and essentials of basic Arabic structures, syntax and vocabulary. All these are reinforced by reading graded texts. Differences between MSA and educated spoken Arabic as well as significant aspects of Arab culture will be highlighted. Open to students with no previous knowledge in Arabic and to others in consultation with the instructor.

CRN	93664	Distribution	D
Course No.	ARAB 201
Title	Intermediate Arabic
Professor	Sanaa Mounir Sadek
Schedule	Mon Tu Wed 3:00 pm – 5:20 pm PRE 128

This course will focus on the functional use of Arabic in a natural communication setting. The four basic linguistic skills will be dealt with simultaneously. Active and passive lexicon as well as advanced grammatical structures will be taught through exposure to a wide range of texts. Aspects of Arab culture and differences between Modern Standard Arabic and the spoken language will be highlighted. Conducted mainly in Modern Standard Arabic.

CRN	93668	Distribution	D
Course No.	ARAB 205
Title	Twentieth-Century Egypt: From Colonialism to Socialism
Professor	Sanaa Mounir Sadek
Schedule	Tu Th 11:30 am – 12:50 pm ROSE 108

This course will focus on the Egyptian novelist and short-story writer Nagib Mahfouz who received the Nobel Prize in

Literature in 1988. Hailed as both “clear-sightedly realistic and evocatively ambiguous,” his works will introduce students not only to the richness and complexity of modern Egyptian society and culture but also to the Arab world in general and the conflicts that mark the intersection between East and West. Readings to include Miramar, Mahfouz’s novel re-examining an Egypt that has just undergone the Socialist Revolution, and his epic masterwork of colonial Egypt, the so-called Cairo Trilogy, Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, and Sugar Street. Course material to include cinematic adaptations of selected works. Taught in English.