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Professor Ahmad Al-Jallad, the Sofia Chair of Arabic Studies, recently gave a TEDx Talk titled From History to Myth, and Back Again.

Why do myths of lost worlds, like Atlantis, fascinate us…

Professor Ahmad Al-Jallad, Chair in Arabic Studies, was featured in a Live Science article as he was the co-author of the study of a "Paleo-Arabic inscription on a boulder near an abandoned mosque…

Thank you to everyone who came to our Nowruz celebration on March 21st!

Nowruz ("new day" in Persian) is the Iranian New Year based on the astronomical vernal equinox. At our event, we…

Recent events that NESA has participated in hosting:

We would like to express our gratitude to Dr. Muhammad Habib for hosting an Arabic Calligraphy Workshop open to the public on October…

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