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About the Award

  1. Academics
  2. Arabic Language Instruction Programs and Courses
  3. Waheed Samy Award for Excellence in Arabic Writing
  4. About the Award

Every year, the Department of Arabic Language Instruction invites advanced-level students of Arabic language to submit two samples of their writing for consideration for the Waheed Samy Excellence in Arabic Writing award.

This award was established in honor of Dr. Waheed Samy, who was a member of the faculty at the University of Michigan in the Near Eastern Studies Department and at AUC in the Arabic Language Instruction. During his teaching tenure at these institutions, Dr. Samy placed much focus on teaching writing and authored Arabic Writing for Style: al-Kitaba wa-l-uslub (1999) as a resource for writers of Arabic. It is our hope that this award will not only commemorate Dr. Samy’s work as a teacher of Arabic writing but will also bring attention to Arabic writing as the main ingredient of Arabic learning.

Board Members

The current members of the award board are Mahmoud Al-Batal, Iman Soliman and Mary Kickham-Samy. 

We thank our community of Arabic language learners and teachers, as well as patrons and promoters who support this educational initiative.

Award Support

To receive information on how to contribute to this project or to make suggestions on how to promote it, contact the members of the award board at [email protected].