In the Press

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New Publication Highlights Iranian Poetry in Translation
May 19, 2025
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“Collaboration was absolutely key to success”: Interview with Dr. Aria Fani, Director of the Persian and Iranian Studies Program
February 18, 2025
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Remembering Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi
September 16, 2024
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Prof. Fani’s First Book to be Published in Iran
August 30, 2024
Prof. Elkhafaifi's Award, a Libyan Clock
MELC Faculty Honored during Arab American Heritage Month
April 25, 2024
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MELC Updates 2023-2024
February 26, 2024
Alum awarded the Middle East Medievalists Book Prize
Alum awarded the Middle East Medievalists Book Prize
November 27, 2023
Mo Habib: Artwork by Amelia Ossorio, MELC student majoring in Persian
A Novel Prize for Persian Translation
August 21, 2023
Seattle’s First Iranian Theater Company - “The Forgotten History of Mastaneh”
Seattle’s First Iranian Theater Company - “The Forgotten History of Mastaneh”
February 6, 2023
Aria Fani
Aria Fani Interviewed by the Daily Texan on His Forthcoming Book
November 15, 2022
Dream image of a woman in the sky
Prof. Scott Noegel Interviewed on BBC's "The Forum"
September 22, 2022
Since 1948
Interview with Dr. Naomi B. Sokoloff on Since 1948: Israeli Literature in the Making 
March 21, 2022
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Interview with Scott B. Noegel on “Wordplay” in Ancient Near Eastern Texts
March 21, 2022
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New Book by Prof. Mika Ahuvia
November 23, 2021
Professor Aria Fani
Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Professor in Persian and Iranian Studies
October 12, 2020
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"Effu­sive ado­ra­tion of Hebrew": Prof. Naomi Sokoloff on Hebrew poetry in two publications
July 13, 2020
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Gary Martin on the "Trouble with Adultery in the Cairo Genizah Biblical Manuscripts"
February 13, 2020
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Naomi Sokoloff's co-edited volume wins the prestigious National Jewish Book Award
January 15, 2020