Lecture - 1500 Years of Arabic before Islam - with Dr. Al-Jallad
Schedule
Fri, 26 Jan, 2024 at 05:00 pm
Location
Arab American Cultural & Community Center | Stafford, TX
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Lecture and Discussion at the Arab American Cultural & Community Center
by Professor Al-Jallad about the History of Arabic
“1500 Years of Arabic Before Islam”
Ahmad Al-Jallad, Ph.D., Professor and
The Ohio State University Sofia Chair of Arabic
Date: Friday, January 26, 2024
Reception: 5:00 pm
Lecture 5:30 pm
Location: Arab-American Cultural & Community Center
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston, TX 77299
This event is free and open to the public.
Parking is available onsite.
The Arab-American Educational Foundation, in collaboration with the Arab American Cultural & Community Center, invites Arabic language enthusiasts to come and meet an engaging speaker talking about the origin and history of Arabic!
Opportunity to mix and network before the lecture.
Ahmad Al-Jallad, Ph.D. Harvard University, with distinction, is the Sofia Chair of Arabic at Ohio State University. He is a philologist, epigraphist, and historian of language. His work focuses on the languages, writing systems, and cultures of pre-Islamic Arabia and the ancient Near East. His notable works include: The Religion and Rituals of the Nomads of Pre-Islamic Arabia (2022); the Damascus Psalm Fragment: Middle Arabic and the Legacy of Old Hijazi (2022); and an Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic inscriptions (2015).
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Arab American Cultural & Community Center, 10555 Stancliff Rd,Houston,TX,United States, StaffordEvent Location & Nearby Stays: