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ACOR Celebrates its 50th Anniversary in Washington, D.C.

Leave a Comment / ACOR, Life@ACOR, News & Event, أخبار وأحداث / April 23, 2019

Randolph B. Old, Abdelelah Al Khatib, Barbara A. Porter, and Edward W. Gnehm, Jr. at ACOR's 50th Anniversary Celebration in Washington, D.C. On April 4, 2019, ACOR gathered many of its long-time supporters and friends together at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. for our final 50th Anniversary Celebration. This special occasion provided opportunity …

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ACOR Celebrates its 50th Anniversary in Amman

Leave a Comment / ACOR, Life@ACOR, News & Event / July 9, 2018

ACOR staff, past and present, gathered at the Grand Hyatt in Amman together with more than 250 of our valued supporters, colleagues, and friends on June 25, 2018 to celebrate our first 50 years in Jordan. This was an occasion to look back on all we have accomplished together over the past half century and …

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The Distinguished Career of ACOR Chef Mohammed Adawi

Leave a Comment / Life@ACOR / December 21, 2015

Chef Mohammed Adawi received the W.F. Albright Service Award from Director Dr. Barbara A. Porter on 6 December 2015 in a ceremony at ACOR. The award recognizes his long and outstanding service to ACOR. Photo by S. Harpending. Since ACOR’s founding in 1968, Chef Mohammed (Abu Ahmed) Adawi has been preparing meals for ACOR fellows, …

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Research in Focus: Rewriting the History of the Great Arab Revolt

1 Comment / Life@ACOR, Research / November 15, 2015

Australian Military Historian Neil Dearberg in the ACOR Library in 2015. Photo S. Harpending A captain in the Australian army at the beginning of his career, Neil Dearberg has had a long interest in Australia’s military history, particularly the role ANZAC (Australia New Zealand Army Corps) forces played in supporting the Sinai and Palestine campaigns …

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Georgetown Students Study Arabic in Jordan

Leave a Comment / Life@ACOR / August 16, 2015

Georgetown students dance dabke during a visit to Umm Qays with young Syrian refugees. Dancers, left to right, are a Syrian youth, Zachary Currie, Andrew Wallender, Hamza Hussein, Maaz Ahmed, and Henry Woodrow. Photo courtesy of IRD Jordan. For eight weeks in the summer of 2015, the ACOR Hostel was home to a group of …

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Firas Bqa’in: Archaeologist, Academic, and ACOR Administrator

Leave a Comment / Life@ACOR / March 4, 2015

Firas Bqa'in studies a Kufic inscription from an Umayyad era mosque in Wadi Ramm Phone ACOR on a given workday, sometimes even long after the office has officially closed, and the call will likely be picked up by a cheerful man who helps visiting fellows and scholars arrange airport taxis, book rooms, and extend their …

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Surviving a Middle East Blizzard, ACOR style

1 Comment / Life@ACOR / February 24, 2015

A snowy view from the ACOR patio. Photo by former ACOR Groot fellow Blair Heidkamp. It’s 1 pm on February 18, 2015, and ACOR’s Chief Financial Officer, Nisreen Abu Al Shaikh, is pacing ACOR’s foyer, talking on a cellphone in Arabic. Behind her, a paper announcement reads that ACOR will close early the next day …

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