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Pathbreakers of Arab America–Twelfth in Series: Hoda Kotb

September 6, 2023

By John Mason

This is the twelfth in Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series includes personalities from entertainment, business, sports, science, academia, and politics, among other areas. Arab America highlights our twelfth pathbreaker, Hoda Kotb, highly successful broadcast journalist, TV personality, main co-anchor of NBC News morning show Today and co-host of its entertainment-focused fourth hour, recipient of many awards, prolific author, and proud daughter of Muslim Egyptian parents, Samehi (“Sami”) and Abdel Kader Kotb.

New Arabic Major at Virginia Tech Offers More than Language Skills

September 19, 2020

By Ani Karapetyan

SOURCE: AUGUSTA FREE PRESS BY: LESLIE KING The students’ eyes track across the Arabic letterforms from right to left, reading, deciphering, understanding. Some of the undergraduates are in the class to submerse themselves in a new language, to augment other studies, or to learn about their heritage. Together they discover culture and community through the … Continued

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