by eyges | Nov 30, 2021 | Features - Fall 2021
Ahead of the Curve: One hundred years of coeducation at AUB A Brief History of Coeducation Notable Women Alumni Above: Double-veiled and accompanied by her husband, Ihsan Shakir (BA ’29) came to campus from Egypt in 1924 as the first Muslim woman to enroll at...
by eyges | Nov 30, 2021 | Features - Fall 2021
Features Published & Produced By MainGate Staff Fall 2021 Written Word The Arsonists’ City (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021) by Hala Alyan (BA ’08). This family saga centered on their struggles to save the ancestral home in Beirut tells the story of both a family...
by eyges | Nov 18, 2021 | Features - Fall 2021
Features The Cultural Weight of Arabic Calligraphy by Najib Chowdhury Fall 2021 Arabic calligraphy was born in reverence to writing the Qu’ran but has grown in its life outside the holy text. It exists beyond the page and is found on the domes of mosques, the...
by eyges | Nov 18, 2021 | Features - Fall 2021
Features The University Scholarship Program Celebrates its 10th Anniversary by Eric Eyges Fall 2021 During California’s COVID-induced lockdown, Khaled Al Kurdi (BS ’16) did much of his work as a chemist from his home office in a luxury high-rise in downtown San...
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