Category: Announcements

The Community-Engaged Alliance has awarded the IU Indy Arabic Studies Program a $4,000 grant to support the work of IU Indianapolis students and members of ADC Indiana, the Indiana chapter of the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), during the spring, 2025, semester. Their goal is to use art, legal advocacy, and community-building to prevent or mitigate the harm caused by the …

The Arabic Studies Program is happy to announce the creation of six scholarships for incoming and current IU Indianapolis students who minor in Arabic and Islamic Studies.  The Arabic Studies program will offer six (6) $4,000 scholarships ($1,000 per year up to four years) provided that the recipient continues to meet the criteria and has …

The Arabic Studies Program at IU Indianapolis welcomes Waad Alhbeish as its 2024-2025 program assistant and paid intern. Waad, an Arabic and Islamic Studies minor, will work with campus and community partners to develop and enhance the impact of the program. She will also gain valuable, practical experience in the everyday operation of a higher …

Edward Curtis, the new director of Arabic Studies program, has announced his three-year plan for the future of the program at IU Indianapolis. Curtis’ goals include the following: *Community Engagement. The program will rely on a soon-to-be-announced Community Advisory Board to identify opportunities for mutually-beneficial research, teaching, and service both on and off campus with …

“I wish my Arab granny were here to see this,” said Dr. Edward Curtis, the new director of the Arabic Studies program at the IU Indianapolis School of Liberal Arts. It’s been a long journey from his rural Southern Illinois hometown. Curtis, the William M. and Gail M. Plater Chair of the Liberal Arts and …

After more than twenty years at the helm of IUPUI’s Arabic Studies Program, Senior Lecturer Amira Mashhour (Ph.D., Cairo University) has retired from the faculty of the World Languages and Cultures Department. For decades, students consistently testified to her gentle, encouraging, and supportive approach to studying what is, for many Americans, an exceedingly difficult language. …