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Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys is a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities

The Qur'an and the Establishment of a Nation

The Qur'an and the Establishment of a Nation

Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 3:00 p.m.
PK Auditorium
Purdy-Kresge Library
5265 Cass Avenue
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Dr. Muhamed Tarek El-Sharkawi is an Assistant Professor of Arabic Language in the Department of Classical and Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures, and also teaches courses in the History and Development of Arabic in the Linguistics Department, Wayne State University.  His most recent book, Linguistic Conquests, was published in 2013 by At-Tanwir publishers in Cairo.  His latest publication in English, The Ecology of Arabic:  A Study of Arabicization was published by Brill in 2010.

Professor El-Sharkawi will eplore the Qur'an as a cultural product and delineate its influence on the establishment of the Arabs as a nation conscious of its identity, heritage and language.  He will trace the development of the Arab sciences to the Qur'an, and show how it brought together the different old Arabic dialects to form one common language.

Koran by Heart: Once Chance to Remember

The Muslim Journeys Bookshelf

These books were obtained through a Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), conducted in cooperation with the American Library Association.  Support was provided by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York.  Additional support for the arts and media components was provided by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art.

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The Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys is a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities, conducted in cooperation with the American Library Association, the Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University, Oxford University Press, and Twin Cities Public Television. Support was provided by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York. Additional support for the arts and media components was provided by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art.

Selected Books by Muhamed El-Sharkawi

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                                                  Bridging Cultures: Muslim Journeys Events                     

The Qur'an and the Establishment of a Nation            Thursday, November 21, 2013  3:00 p.m.
    Dr. Mohamed Tarek El-Sharkawi                                Kresge Auditorium (Room 110)
    Koran by Heart: One Chance to Remember             Purdy-Kresge Library
    Film Showing 4:00 p.m.                                              Wayne State University
   

Snow, by Orhan Pamuk (Book Discussion)                 Thursday, December 5, 2013  3:30 p.m.
    Karen Liston, Librarian                                               Community Room (3rd Floor)     
                                                                                       
  Adamany Undergraduate Library
                                                                                          Wayne State University Library                       

  

Contact Librarian Karen Liston at AQ8554@wayne.edu or (313) 577-5596

Bridging Cultures: Muslim Journeys is a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities, conducted in cooperation with the American Library Association, the Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University, Oxford University Press, and Twin Cities Public Television. Support was provided by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York. Additional support for the arts and media components was provided by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art.

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Muslim Journeys Logo

The Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys is a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities, conducted in cooperation with the American Library Association, the Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University, Oxford University Press, and Twin Cities Public Television. Support was provided by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York. Additional support for the arts and media components was provided by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art.