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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Arab Expressions honors cultural heritage through poetry, song and traditional food

May 3, 2023

The rhythms of Dabke dance, the scents of Mansaf and warak enab, and the sounds of poetry and song filled the Louis Room at the Norris University Center on Friday evening as students celebrated Arab American...

Notebook with Arabic script in it.

‘Why not Arabic?’: MENA Languages program to launch Arabic minor in Fall Quarter

April 23, 2023

The Middle East and North African Languages program will launch an Arabic minor this upcoming Fall Quarter, the result of years of effort from students and the Arabic language faculty. The program currently...

Globe with purple arrows pointing from North America toward where Egypt and Palestine are located. Flags of Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon, Kuwait are pictured at the bottom in left to right order.

New petition calls on Global Learning Office to increase study abroad programs in MENA region

March 31, 2023

In 2011, Northwestern suspended its study abroad programs with The American University in Cairo and American University in Beirut after the start of the Arab Spring movement. Though the closings came...

ASG students sit and look at laptops from a side profile.

ASG votes to not change MENA Student Association’s funding tier in the Student Activities Finance Committee

May 12, 2022

The Associated Student Government Senate voted not to change the Middle Eastern North African Student Association’s funding tier from the Student Activities Finance Committee on Wednesday. The MENA...

The illustration shows the silhouette of five MENA students in front of a map of the Middle East and North Africa.

MENA Student Association leads efforts to increase MENA visibility on campus

May 4, 2022

When Weinberg sophomore Sara Ibrahim first arrived at Northwestern as a freshman, she said she struggled to adjust to a community with a smaller Middle Eastern and North African presence than her hometown.  “I...

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