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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.