{"id":4952,"date":"2024-03-14T11:35:38","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T07:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/?p=4952"},"modified":"2026-05-11T12:46:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:46:50","slug":"alumnus-returns-for-arabic-poetry-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/2024\/03\/14\/alumnus-returns-for-arabic-poetry-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumnus returns for Arabic poetry event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Bissane El Sayed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNIVERSITY CITY, SHARJAH \u2014 American University of Sharjah alumnus Ahmed Al-Akhras returned to campus for the Feb. 20 \u201cEvening of Arabic Poetry,\u201d which also featured poet and journalist Nizar Abu Nasser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al-Akhras graduated from AUS in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering. He recited five poems, including <em>Ghareeb Howa Alhob<\/em> (Love is Strange) and <em>Untha Al Nay <\/em>(The Female of the Flute).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The session was held by the Department of Arabic and Translation Studies and included musical performances. It was originally scheduled for Feb. 15 but was rescheduled due to heavy rains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Afterwards, Al-Akhras and Abu Nasser signed dozens of copies of their books at a \u201cdedication\u201d segment, during which refreshments and snacks were provided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Bissane El Sayed UNIVERSITY CITY, SHARJAH \u2014 American University of Sharjah alumnus Ahmed Al-Akhras returned to campus for the Feb. 20 \u201cEvening of Arabic Poetry,\u201d which also featured poet and journalist Nizar Abu Nasser. Al-Akhras graduated from AUS in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering. He recited five poems, including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[19,33,30],"class_list":{"0":"post-4952","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news","8":"tag-alumni","9":"tag-aus","10":"tag-cas"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}