#  Arabic Lecture Series 

 



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 The Arabic Lecture Series seeks to incorporate Arabic culture into the broader University community, to connect students with authentic culture, and to bring Arabic language across the curriculum.

 **Chair:** [Nader Uthman](mailto:naderuthman@fas.harvard.edu)



 

##  Academic Year 2024–25 

 



  [### Talk in Arabic: For the Love of Qahwa: Qahwa as a Social Beverage from Wine to Tea

 ](/event/talk-arabicfor-love-qahwa-qahwa-social-beverage-wine-tea?occ_id=0)September 26, 2024

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 5:00PM - 6:30PM EDT 

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 CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138 

 

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 The CMES Arabic Lecture Series presents Hacı Osman Gündüz, PhD Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University Please note: this talk will be given in Arabic. In this talk, I explore the transformation of the term qahwa, which... 

 

 

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   [### Talk in Arabic: To be a Jerusalemite in Jerusalem

 ](/event/talk-arabic-be-jerusalemite-jerusalem?occ_id=0)October 10, 2024

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 4:30PM - 6:00PM EDT 

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 William James Hall, Rm 105, 33 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138 

 

 In Person 

 The CMES Arabic Lecture Series presents Prof Camelia Suleiman, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Linguistic, Languages, and Cultures, Michigan State University Please note: this talk will be given in Arabic. Camelia Suleiman (Ph.D. Linguistics... 

 

 

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   [### Book talk: "The Queer Arab Glossary"

 ](/event/book-talk-queer-arab-glossary?occ_id=0)October 30, 2024

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 5:00PM - 6:30PM EDT 

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 CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138 

 

 In Person 

 The CMES Arabic Lecture Series presents a book talk on The Queer Arab Glossary, Marwan Kaabour (Editor) and Haitham Haddad (Illustrator) with Marwan Kaabour Note: this talk will be in English Also, this book is available at the Harvard Book Store and Mr... 

 

 

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   [### Talk in Arabic: The Corruption of the Arab City Between Reality and Imagination: Reading the Dystopic Arabic Novel

 ](/event/corruption-arab-city-between-reality-and-imagination-reading-dystopic-arabic-novel?occ_id=0)February 12, 2025

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 6:00PM - 7:30PM EST 

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 CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138 

 

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 The CMES Arabic Lecture Series presents Dr. Aya Khalaf Preceptor in Arabic, Dept of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University Please note: this talk will be given in Arabic. The lecture delves into urban corruption in contemporary... 

 

 

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   [### Talk in Arabic: Language, Identity, and Integration: A Tale of Two Yemeni Diasporas

 ](/event/talk-arabic-language-identity-and-integration-tale-two-yemeni-diasporas?occ_id=0)March 26, 2025

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 5:00PM - 7:00PM EDT 

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 CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138 

 

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 The CMES Arabic Lecture Series presents Dr. Abdulgaleel Ahmed Affiliate, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University; Middle East Project Specialist, Harvard Library; Research Fellow, The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Global Academy... 

 

 

   ![Abdulgaleel Ahmed](/sites/g/files/omnuum9116/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-03/screenshot_2025-03-13_at_12.37.23_pm.png?h=8effc976&itok=myb1aTxI) 

 



 

 

  

 

 

 

 

##  Archive 

 [View the past events in this series.](/calendar/past_events/eventseries/arabic-lecture)