Announcements

Freeman Awards
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Undergraduate Students

Freeman Awards for Study in Asia (Freeman-ASIA) provides scholarships for U.S. undergraduate students with demonstrated financial need to study abroad in East or Southeast Asia.
Egyptians, Americans and Perceptions of Israel
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Secondary Level

Michael Yoder, A participant of the 2007 Fulbright Hays Group Projects Abroad

Objectives

• Students will be able to compare and contrast American and Egyptian attitudes toward the State of Israel.
• Students will be able to analyze why Israel is a polarizing topic.
• Students will compare and contrast news and articles from American and
Arabic sources.
• Students will synthesize events in the past 50 years that have brought us to this point.
Discover Islamic Art
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At the invitation of the Museum With No Frontiers, 14 countries from around the Mediterranean and the European Union have agreed to collaborate on producing a virtual museum on the Internet that explores Islamic art and material culture in the Mediterranean region. Drawing on the participation of 42 museums, this Web site has images of 1,235 paintings, art objects and manuscripts that you can download, print, or paste for free.
Different Types of Marriage in Islam
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Secondary Level

Tracy Flynn, social studies teacher, Hickory High School, participants on 2007 Fulbright Hays Group Projects Abroad

As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:
Council on Islamic Education
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Primary, Middle School and Secondary Levels

CIE provides a number of services, resources and research-based tools to K-12 school textbook publishers, state education officials and policymakers, curriculum developers, and teachers. Specifically, they assist education professionals in covering world history and related subject matter in a balanced, comprehensive and sensitive manner.
Contemporary Egyptian Voices: Studying Literature to Learn about Modern Life and Culture in Egypt
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Middle and Secondary Levels

Author: Lynn Marsico, Participant of the 2009 Fulbright Hays Group Project Abroad
Islamic Studies Conferences Worldwide
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A cataloging of upcoming conferences related to Islamic Studies.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Fellowship Program
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For Students
Building a Better World : Exploring Architecture as a Window into the Past
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Secondary Level

Author: John Werkmeister, Participant on the 2009 Fulbright Hays Group Projects Abroad to Egypt
Islamic Law In Our Times: A Realistic Assessment of Islamic Law in Today’s World or Foam From a Camel's Mouth, Spewing and Subsiding
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Haider Ala Hamoudi, associate professor of law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, has launched the blog "Islamic Law In Our Times: A Realistic Assessment of Islamic Law in Today’s World" The blog contains commentary, articles, book reviews, links, etc, related to Islamic law.

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