IN CLASS Marketing students add real-life boardroom experience to their resumes. -- Mercury Rising: Unsettled by escalating global temperatures and worldwide pollution, UI student activists campaign for environmental responsibility right here at...
Egyptian author and 1977 IWP resident Mohamed Fouad Badawi reads one of Peter Nazareth's short stories in Arabic. Then discusses translation in general, and historical and political influences on his work.
Egyptian author and 1977 IWP resident Mohamed Fouad Badawi reads from the Koran in Arabic. He then discusses his experience in the IWP, the Arabic language, Egypt and the "brotherhood" and reflective nature of writers.
Egyptian author and 1977 IWP resident Mohamed Fouad Badawi discusses Egypt's relations with Isreal and "Black Africa," the difference between Arabic and Western literature and what it means to be "Arab."
Nadia Abduljabbar stresses the need to address the similarities between Islam, Judaism, and Christianity, considering "different religions as different windows toward Heaven." Nihad Sirees addresses the concept of Jihad in Islam, and the...
Ghada Abdel Aal of Egypt begins the panel by discussing how she made the leap from blogging to professional writing. She explains that she began blogging as a way to express her feelings and observations in a “safe” forum. In closing, she...
Meena Kandasamy of India discusses the problems she has faced with her official first name, Ilavenil. She discusses the political and religious origins of her name and that after wishing for a long time that she had a different surname, concludes...
"The School of Fine Arts of the State University of Iowa, in connection with its Seventeenth Annual Fine Arts Festival, presents ... this collection of significant works by noted contemporary artists ... brought together by Edith Halpert, Director...