Red Sea at Aqqaba, Jordan; courtesy Andie Duplantis

News & Media

Four U of A Students Earn Federal Scholarship to Study Language Abroad, Arkansas Newswire, 06/11/18

Army ROTC Commissions 11 Second Lieutenants, Arkansas Newswire, 05/30/18

Fulbright College Celebrates 2018 Scholars Who Graduated With a 4.0 GPA, Arkansas Newswire, 05/04/18

Criminal Justice Major Receives Boren Scholarship to Study at Hebrew UniversityArkansas Newswire, 04/27/18

[AUDIO] Better Understanding the Middle East, Ozarks at Large, KUAF 91.3, 03/15/18

Geosciences Professor Named Fellow of the Prestigious Explorers ClubArkansas Newswire, 01/29/18

Swedenburg Elected to MESA BoardArkansas Newswire, 12/14/15

NOVA Show on Petra Featuring U of A Professor Scores PBS' Highest RatingsArkansas Newswire, 10/15/15

Paradise Named Director of King Fahd Center for Middle East StudiesArkansas Newswire, 09/20/15

U of A Press, Arab American Writers Establish Etel Adnan Poetry PrizeArkansas Newswire, 07/22/15

Fulbright College Announces 2015-16 Class of Sturgis International FellowsArkansas Newswire, 06/01/15

Nine U of A Students and Recent Alumni Receive NSF FellowshipsArkansas Newswire, 04/23/15

U of A Student in Arabic Translation Awarded Prestigious Language FellowshipArkansas Newswire, 04/15/15

Five Mines students receive NSF Graduate Research FellowshipsColorado School of Mines Newsroom, 04/06/15

Two U of A Students Selected as Truman Scholarship FinalistsArkansas Newswire, 04/02/15

[VIDEO] U of A Students Hold Vigil For Slain Chapel Hill StudentsKNWA News, 02/19/15

Candlelight vigil planned in Fayetteville to honor Muslim murder victims in Chapel HillFayetteville Flyer, 02/18/15

Professors on PBS TV Programs Boost UA ProfileArkansas Business, 02/16/15

[AUDIO] Ozarks at Large for Monday, February 16, 2015 feat. Tom Paradise, KUAF Ozarks at Large, 02/16/15

The Temples of Doom: Professor’s research helps save rediscovered citiesNorthwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 02/13/15

Paula Haydar's 'June Rain' Translation Highly Commended by Prestigious AwardArkansas Newswire, 02/12/15

U of A Geosciences Professor Featured on NOVA Series Building Wonders of the WorldArkansas Newswire, 02/11/15

Winners of the 2014 University of Arkansas Arabic Translation Award AnnouncedArkansas Newswire, 01/22/15

Top Middle East novels of 2014The Daily Star, 12/30/14

Paradise in Petra: U of A Professor Leads Research for PBS DocumentaryArkansas Newswire, 11/11/14

Middle East Studies Program Announces Spring 2015 Course Line-UpArkansas Newswire, 11/10/14

[AUDIO] Racial Politics of Ebola feat. Joel Gordon, KUAF Ozarks at Large, 10/29/14

[VIDEO] Sulphur Springs Mayor Posts 'Joke' About Muslims feat. Joel Gordon, KNWA News, 09/11/14

[VIDEO] What Is ISIS? Local Veteran & Syrian Professor Weigh In feat. Mounir Farah, KNWA News, 09/10/14

[VIDEO] WEB EXTRA: UA Professor & Syrian Explains The History of ISIS feat. Mounir Farah, KNWA News, 09/10/14

Middle East Cinema Series Announces Fall 2014 Line-UpArkansas Newswire, 08/25/14

History Graduate Student Awarded U.S. Department of Education FellowshipArkansas Newswire, 05/13/14

Anthropology Student Wins National FellowshipArkansas Newswire, 05/08/14

Historians Receive 2013-14 Hudson Doctoral FellowshipArkansas Newswire, 04/22/14

Geosciences Professor Explores the Mysteries of PetraArkansas Newswire, 04/17/14

Upcoming Documentary Features UA ProfessorThe Arkansas Traveler, 03/05/14

Nadi Cinema Announces Spring 2014 Line-UpArkansas Newswire, 01/15/14

Kahf to Participate in Call for Hunger Strike to Bring Attention to Starvation in SyriaArkansas Newswire, 01/10/14

2013 Winners of the U of A Arabic Translation Award AnnouncedArkansas Newswire, 11/22/13

Author speaks on Syrian peace movementsThe George-Anne, 11/12/13

Non-Violent movements in Syria brings GSU togetherThe George-Anne, 11/12/13

[AUDIO] Local Experts Invite Community to Discuss The Arab Spring, Three Years Later feat. Dhia Ben Ali, KSMU Ozarks Public Radio, 11/04/13

Ferial Ghazoul and John Verlenden Win the 2013 University of Arkansas Arabic Translation AwardArabic Literature (in English), 10/25/13

King Fahd Center backs UA international travel policyRazorback Reporter, 09/19/13

[VIDEO] Joel Gordon: Bassem Youssef, Mohammad Morsi, and the Egyptian Revolution's Last LaughMiddle East Discussion Group at the University of Denver's Josef Korbel School of International Studies, 09/26/13

[VIDEO] Local Expert Breaks Down Turmoil in Middle East feat. Joel Gordon, KNWA News, 09/03/13

Syrian Professor Warns Against US Military ActionThe Arkansas Traveler, 09/11/13

Nadi Cinema Announces Fall 2013 Line-UpArkansas Newswire, 08/26/13

2013 Fisher Fellow Yuliya UryadovaCenter E-News, 07/01/13

[AUDIO] Bab al-Hadid: Yousef Chahine’s Cinematic Classic feat. Joel Gordon, Diwaniyya 25, 05/21/13

[AUDIO] Syrian Opposition panel discussion feat. Mohja Kahf - 'Today' China Radio International, 04/03/13

Dinner celebrates diversity, breaking of Ramadan fastThe Arkansas Traveler, 09/28/07

American Law InstituteArkansas Newswire, 02/28/07

UA Middle East Studies professor contributes to new English Al-JazeeraThe Arkansas Traveler, 11/27/06

A Woman True to HerselfArkansas Newswire, 10/16/06

UA film club screens Islamic foreign filmsThe Arkansas Traveler, 09/18/2006

Risk RecallArkansas Newswire, 09/07/06

UA forum addresses U.S. role in Israeli, Lebanese War, The Arkansas Traveler, 09/01/06

New Leadership at King Fahd CenterArkansas Newswire, 05/17/06

Satellite images used to find ancient citiesThe Arkansas Traveler, 04/21/06

Middle Eastern movie club grows, shows ‘Paradise Now’ in Giffels tonightThe Arkansas Traveler, 04/20/06

UA Experts Available to Comment on Threat of TerrorismArkansas Newswire, 01/19/06