Arabic Culture Club

02/13/2020

Marhaban, everyone!

Missed us? Stay tuned for updates on the Arabic Culture Club's return!

Our friends at the club Roots of Palestine are holding a meet and greet tomorrow (Feb 13) in TFDL 320, beginning at 5 PM! Get to the know the team, members, and about future events over coffee, kunafa, and other treats!

Be sure to RSVP at the link below.

Event location: TFDL 320 Date: Thursday, February 13, 2020. Start Time: 5PM Come join us as we introduce the club, our executive team, and speak of our next event. We will have Knafe (among other arabic treats) and pretzels from Wetzles Pretzels, served with Arabic coffee! This will be a perfect opp...

09/20/2019

We're directly in front of the Stor!

03/25/2019

Come down and join the Orphan Sponsorship Program in collaboration with the the Arabic Culture Club, the Pakistani Student Society, Italian club, the Indian Student's Association in promoting diversity and cultural literacy on campus!

02/08/2019

Happening tonight!! Come on down and have some delicious food, meet some new people or eat with old friends. We look forward to seeing you 🎊😊

Come have some fun this coming Friday! Enjoy some good food, company, music and games!
Entry: Snack to share or $2
Confirm your attendance here:
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02/02/2019

Come have some fun this coming Friday! Enjoy some good food, company, music and games!
Entry: Snack to share or $2
Confirm your attendance here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSev5TbpS2KX9ZEFU5LWutntm6ajuJlvQ1kuKh2jTGsb3y9lzA/viewform?usp=sf_link

11/13/2018

Thank you to everyone who came out and joined us for our Meet N' Greet!

Stay tuned for our next event 😊🎊

10/18/2018

Marhaban, everyone! Ever wondered how Arabic came to be so incredibly rich and diverse in its registers and dialects? Tomorrow the Language Research Centre will be hosting Dr. Alexander Magidow, a scholar of Arabic at the University of Rhode Island, to give a lecture on the linguistic history of the Arabic language, and in particular the relationship between the dialects and Standard Arabic.

The lecture will be held tomorrow at Craigie Hall D 420, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, and is titled, "Arabic Language Diversity Across Time and Space with Dr. Alexander Magidow."

The Arabic language is much closer to a language family than a single language. United, much as European languages once were, by a shared Standard language, Arabic displays an incredible diversity of dialects, including pidgins, creoles and mixed languages. This talk will begin with a tour of the li...