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Lecturers : People

NAMEZaineb Istrabadi

  • Lecturer, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
  • Director of Arabic Language Instruction, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • B.A. at Indiana University, Bloomington, 1978, Arabic Language and Literature
  • Ph.D. at Indiana University, Bloomington, 1988, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures

Research Interests

  • Teaching Arabic as a Second Language
  • Interfaith dialogues
  • Community Outreach
  • Sufism

Contact Information

zistraba@indiana.edu
Goodbody Hall, 302
(812) 856-0372

Courses Recently Taught

  • Qur'anic Arabic
  • Advanced Arabic
  • Arabic Dialects - Iraqi

Publication Highlights

  • “For Reconciliation in Iraq,” (Arabic) al-Hayat, July 21, 1997; (English) The Newsletter of the Institute of Near Eastern & African Studies, Spring 1997; Zenda, August 18, 1997.
  • “Our Tyranny is Better than Yours?” As-Salamu ‘Alaykum, July 1999.
  • “Remembering Edward Said,” Fellowship, March/April 2004; (Turkish) in Zaman, September 29, 2003.