May 31, 2011
Professor of the Practice of Arabic William Granara wrote an opinion piece in the Commencement 2011 issue of the Harvard Crimson reminiscing about his first time in Egypt. In the article, he compares his experience studying Arabic in Cairo in 1973 with that of Harvard students heading off to the Middle East for language study this summer.
You can read the article, "Reflections on an Earlier Cairo," on the Crimson website.