Muslim scholar to visit Buena Vista College this fall
Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2008
STORM LAKE, Iowa -- The Storm Lake community will have a unique opportunity to gain an understanding of today's Muslim world this fall when a visiting scholar from Israel is on the Buena Vista University campus for six weeks.
STORM LAKE, Iowa -- The Storm Lake community will have a unique opportunity to gain an understanding of today's Muslim world this fall when a visiting scholar from Israel is on the Buena Vista University campus for six weeks.
Dr. Ahmad Ghabin, an Israeli Muslim Arab who lives in the Galilee village of Tur'an, will be at BVU from Aug. 20 to Sept. 30, said Dr. Peter Steinfeld, BVU professor of religion who has coordinated the university's application for this program.
"Buena Vista University is thrilled to welcome our first Fulbright visiting specialist to campus next fall," said Dr. Michael Whitlatch, interim vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty. "He will provide our campus and the Storm Lake community the opportunity to engage in meaningful dialogue on a whole host of issues confronting the Middle East and the world today."
Ghabin, 52, is part of the "Fulbright Visiting Specialists Program: Direct Access to the Muslim World" which seeks to build Americans' understanding of Islamic civilization and the history, politics and culture of the contemporary Muslim world. The program is overseen by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars in Washington, D.C.
Ghabin earned his master's degree in Islamic civilization in 1985 and his Ph.D. in Islamic art in 1994 from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He did post-doctoral studies at the University of Haifa where he previously had earned his bachelor's degree in history and political science in 1979.
He is a teacher of Islamic art and civilization at both the Academic Arab College for Education in Israel and al-Qasemi Academy in Baqa al-Gharbiyya, Israel.
STORM LAKE, Iowa -- The Storm Lake community will have a unique opportunity to gain an understanding of today's Muslim world this fall when a visiting scholar from Israel is on the Buena Vista University campus for six weeks.
Dr. Ahmad Ghabin, an Israeli Muslim Arab who lives in the Galilee village of Tur'an, will be at BVU from Aug. 20 to Sept. 30, said Dr. Peter Steinfeld, BVU professor of religion who has coordinated the university's application for this program.
"Buena Vista University is thrilled to welcome our first Fulbright visiting specialist to campus next fall," said Dr. Michael Whitlatch, interim vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty. "He will provide our campus and the Storm Lake community the opportunity to engage in meaningful dialogue on a whole host of issues confronting the Middle East and the world today."
Ghabin, 52, is part of the "Fulbright Visiting Specialists Program: Direct Access to the Muslim World" which seeks to build Americans' understanding of Islamic civilization and the history, politics and culture of the contemporary Muslim world. The program is overseen by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars in Washington, D.C.
Ghabin earned his master's degree in Islamic civilization in 1985 and his Ph.D. in Islamic art in 1994 from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He did post-doctoral studies at the University of Haifa where he previously had earned his bachelor's degree in history and political science in 1979.
He is a teacher of Islamic art and civilization at both the Academic Arab College for Education in Israel and al-Qasemi Academy in Baqa al-Gharbiyya, Israel.
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bloozman wrote on Apr 15, 2008 9:42 AM: