Ryan Fan: Signed Language Diversity in the Arab World – ريان فان: التنوع في لغات الإشارة بالعالم العربي

Since the middle of the twentieth century, scientific research has demonstrated that signed languages are full linguistic systems, unrelated to and independent of the spoken languages in their environments. The bulk of linguistic and anthropological research on deaf communities and signed languages has been concentrated in the USA and Western Europe, while hardly any attention has been paid to the Middle East and North Africa. In this talk on signed language diversity in the Arab world, I discuss pathways of signed language migration, the linguistic structure of signed languages, and the importance of language rights as human rights for deaf signing communities.

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Conference Announcement and Call for Presentations Jews and Muslims of Morocco: Uncommon Commonalities

Conference Announcement and Call for Presentations Jews and Muslims of Morocco: Uncommon Commonalities June 17-19, 2019 Center for Jewish History, 15 W 16th St., New York, NY 10011 The American Sephardi Federation’s Institute of Jewish Experience in conjunction with Association Mimouna and the Institute of Semitic Studies, Princeton, NJ announce our second annual scholarly and … Read more Conference Announcement and Call for Presentations Jews and Muslims of Morocco: Uncommon Commonalities


Tangier Youmein Creative Media Festival — Firas Hamdan and “Cabaret”

Today’s podcast featuring Jordanian architect Firas Hamdan and Columbia University anthropologist Audi George Bajalia was recorded as part of Tangier’s fourth annual Youmein Creative Media Festival in August, 2018.

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Sharon C. Smith​: “Documenting the Built Environment: Why and How?”

This episode was recorded on April 12, 2018 at the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies, as part of TALIM’s annual April Seminar, organized annually in partnership with the Office Chérifien des Phosphates. This year’s seminar program was organized in collaboration with the Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT (AKDC@MIT).

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Michael A. Toler: “Documenting the Cultural Heritage a Society in Transition”

This episode was recorded on April 12, 2018 at the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies, as part of TALIM’s annual April Seminar, organized annually in partnership with the Office Chérifien des Phosphates. This year’s seminar program was organized in collaboration with the Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT (AKDC@MIT).

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Mhammad Benaboud​: “Documenting the Cultural Heritage of the North Moroccan Medinas”

This episode was recorded on April 12, 2018 at the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies, as part of TALIM’s annual April Seminar, organized annually in partnership with the Office Chérifien des Phosphates. This year’s seminar program was organized in collaboration with the Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT (AKDC@MIT).

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Jordi Mas Garriga​: “Towards valuing Tangier’s Alawite heritage”

This episode was recorded on April 12, 2018 at the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies, as part of TALIM’s annual April Seminar, organized annually in partnership with the Office Chérifien des Phosphates. This year’s seminar program was organized in collaboration with the Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT (AKDC@MIT).

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