arabic @ swat

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<p>Swarthmore has a new Islamic studies program that is being developed in partnership with Bryn Mawr and Haverford. </p>

<p>For now, first-year Arabic and second-year Arabic courses are listed under the Swarthmore religion department. I think this is the third year they have been taught.</p>

<p>In addition to the Mellon funding referenced in the Phoenix article, Swarthmore has recently received two additional $1 million gifts towards a target $5 million endowment for the Islamic studies program. Here’s a bit more information:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.swarthmore.edu/news/releases/05/islamic.html[/url]”>http://www.swarthmore.edu/news/releases/05/islamic.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;