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Maha Houssami

Maha Houssami

Senior Lecturer of Arabic Language in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
maha.houssami@duke.edu
222 Franklin Center, Box 90414, John Hope Franklin Center, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Presentations & Appearances

Go Animate in Arabic 408 - CIT Annual Showcase · October 2014 Invited Talk CIT at Duke, Washington Duke
Discourse and Deeds: Building Bridges between university students and Arab refugees - Fourth Annual Conference on Arab Philanthropy and Civic Engagement · June 4, 2014 Other TAKAFUL, American University of Beirut- Beirut, Lebanon

presented this paper as part of a panel with Dr Darla Deardorff, executive director, AIEA and Ms Jennifer Stratton, PhD Lab in Digital Knowledge Manager
Role of Community in FL classroom: A Service Learning Perspective · April 26, 2014 Other 17th conference of the National Council of the Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCLTCOL) Chicago, IL

Presented this paper as part of a panel with Premlata Vaishnava (Hindi Lecturer) and Shelli Plesser (Hebrew lecturer) from AMES
Second Language Acquisition: Challenges and Best Practices - Third Annual Duke Foreign Language Share Fair · November 8, 2013 Invited Talk Duke
Using Ipads for Collaboration in Arabic 306 - CIT Annual Showcase · April 2013 Invited Talk CIT at Duke, Washington Duke
“Innovations in language teaching through new community-based learning initiatives” - 2013 Pathways to Achieving Civic Engagement (PACE) Conference · February 13, 2013 Other Elon University

Presented a paper in the panel “Innovations in language teaching through new community-based learning initiatives” (McManus & Houssami - Duke University/Parkins & Venere - UNC Chapel Hill)

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

Service Learning Class - AMES 320S · January 2018 - May 2018 Service Learning NaTakallam
DukeEngage Program Leader - Supporting local development in the changing Middle East · May 2017 - August 2017 Service Learning flag Jordan
Instructor - DukeEngage in Jordan · 2012 Service Learning SIT Study Abroad, Amman, Jordan flag Jordan Students work with local organizations in and around Amman, Jordan, focused on educational, environmental, economic, health, refugee, and social issues.The services themes of the program include immigration/refugees, environment/conservation and education/literacy.