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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Novel by Professor Adapted to TV Series, Set To Stream on Hulu

Novel by Professor Adapted to TV Series, Set To Stream on Hulu

By Annalise Myre February 21, 2020

A TV adaptation of “Baghdad Central,” a novel authored by Georgetown University professor Elliott Colla, is set to stream on Hulu in March.  The series originally aired on Channel 4 in the...

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Brekelmans, 25, Leaves Textured Legacy

By Katherine Richardson September 1, 2015

By all accounts, Nina Brekelmans (GRD ’15) was a brilliant student, an exceedingly proficient Arabic and Spanish speaker and an avid long-distance runner. She graduated with a near-perfect GPA in Georgetown’s...

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Saleh Abdel Jawad spoke about Palestinian perceptions of the Ottoman Empire during WWI on Monday as part of the Middle East Lecture Series.

Scholar Discusses Palestinian Perceptions

By Sydney Winkler April 15, 2014

Saleh Abdel Jawad delivered a lecture about Palestinian perceptions of Ottomans during World War I in an event sponsored by the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and the Georgetown Institute for...

Former Arab Studies Chair Dies

By Matthew Strauss May 14, 2012

Professor Barbara Stowasser, former chair of the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, died Sunday at Sibley Memorial Hospital. Stowasser, who was also a former director of the Center for Contemporary...

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