PHILADELPHIA – Ten journalists from the Arab world visited the FactCheck.org headquarters at the University of Pennsylvania and met with the director of Penn’s Middle East Center in October as part of the U.S. State Department’s Arabic-language Election 2012 tour.
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University of Pennsylvania a Stop on Arab Journalists’ Tour as They Cover U.S. Elections
Journalists from Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Yemen covering the U.S. election speak with FactCheck.org's Rob Farley, center.
Six Penn Students Receive U.S. State Department Critical Language Scholarships
PHILADELPHIA – Six University of Pennsylvania students have been awarded U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarships for study this summer:
A Year Later, Bouazizi’s Legacy Still Burns
December 17, 2011
Marwan Kraidy of the Annenberg School for Communication discusses how Mohamed Bouazizi was “definitely the catalyst of the Tunisian revolt, which due to its success catalyzed the Egyptian uprising.”
Article Source: CNN
The Arab Uprisings: Now Comes the Hard Part
October 27, 2011
Ian Lustick of the School of Arts and Sciences comments on the Ennahda political party in Tunisia.
Article Source: National Public Radio
