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MELC Faculty and Student News 2025-2026
February 7, 2026
Students in Morocco during the 2025 study abroad in front of a landmark
Morocco and Enchantment: Arabic and Islamic Studies 2026
February 7, 2026
View from Tel Azekah towards the southwest
Stories from the Ancient Middle East (HBANES 2026)
February 7, 2026
Zuhal Olcay with the audience at her talk
Exploring Complex Identities: Turkish and Ottoman Studies 2026
February 6, 2026
An open air church built by Lalibela in Ehiopia
Horn of Africa Studies 2026
February 6, 2026
Reflection: Turkish 101/511 Session at TurkFest 2025
Reflection: Turkish 101/511 Session at TurkFest 2025
October 21, 2025
Hamza
Prof. Hamza Zafer featured in “Ways of Knowing Episode 3: Ge’ez"
June 4, 2025
SHAI BEN AMI
Interview with Shai ben Ami: Middle Eastern Studies and the Environment
February 18, 2025
ARABIC AND ISLAMIC NEWS
What is happening in the Arabic and Islamic Studies Unit?
February 18, 2025
Bolel
Ladino Day 2024
February 18, 2025
Mehari
Introducing Mehari Worku and Our New Horn of Africa Program at UW
February 18, 2025
Melike's course
Oral History of Immigrants from the Middle East: How Can Students Get Involved?
February 18, 2025
Svoboda
The Svoboda Diaries: An Inside Look at the Late Ottoman Empire
February 18, 2025
hoa
MELC Event Celebrates The Horn of Africa @ UW
February 6, 2025
Business Language - Persian
Global Business Center Awards Grant for Persian Business Language Curriculum
May 16, 2024
Creative Approaches
February 21, 2024
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Tech-Enhanced Language Learning: Navigating Innovative Platforms for MELC language Courses
February 21, 2024
The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca
MELC Summer Study Abroad: Arabic Language and Culture in Morocco!
January 6, 2024
MELC Students discuss their Turkish language experience at UW
June 12, 2023
Persian 401
Dr. Naghmeh Samini brings Theater Workshop to the Classroom
June 12, 2023
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Meet and Hear From our Language Students
March 1, 2023
Turkey in Seattle Oral History Project
Turkey in Seattle Oral History Project
February 27, 2023
Naomi Sokoloff
Letter from the Chair (2023)
February 27, 2023
"Turkey in Seattle"
Launch Event for "Turkey in Seattle: An Oral History Project"
November 30, 2022
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NELC Students and Theatre Group Bring Shahnameh into Life
June 7, 2022
Gateway to NELC image
A Gateway Worth Walking Through
March 21, 2022
hebrew meter
"Effu­sive ado­ra­tion of Hebrew": Prof. Naomi Sokoloff on Hebrew poetry in two publications
July 13, 2020
A brochure of the various language classes offered by the NELC department for the summer of 2020
UW-NELC Online: Language Teaching During the Lockdown
May 7, 2020