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About the Award

  1. Academics
  2. Arabic Language Instruction Programs and Courses
  3. Waheed Samy Award for Excellence in Arabic Writing
  4. About the Award

Every year, the Department of Arabic Language Instruction invites advanced-level students of Arabic language to submit two samples of their writing for consideration for the Waheed Samy Excellence in Arabic Writing award.

This award was established in 2013 in honor of Dr. Waheed Samy, who was a member of the Arabic faculty at the University of Michigan, the CASA program and the Arabic Language Institute at AUC. During his teaching tenure at these institutions, Dr. Samy devoted much of his time and energy to teaching writing and he authored “Arabic Writing for Style: al-kitaba wa-l-‘uslub” (1999) as a resource for prospective Arabic writers. In addition, he authored “Basic Arabic: A Grammar and Workbook”, which came out in May 2014.  

Dr. Samy passed away in 2011 causing the field of Arabic to lose a teacher of great talents and remarkable commitment and devotion. It is our hope that this award will help commemorate Dr. Samy's memory and enhance the position of writing as a main component of Arabic learning.

The award is presented annually to a student of Arabic as a world language who has distinguished herself/himself in writing.

Board Members

The current members of the award board are Mahmoud Al-Batal, Iman Soliman and Mary Kickham-Samy. 

We thank our community of Arabic language learners and teachers, as well as patrons and promoters who support this educational initiative.

Award Support

To receive information on how to contribute to this project or to make suggestions on how to promote it, contact the members of the award board at info.waheedsamyaward@aucegypt.edu.