Poster Session

The poster session and exhibition includes projections, posters, and one art project on themes related to multilingualism in Lebanon. Hashtag: #MADAUB. ALL ARE WELCOME!

Translation Studies

Rula Baalbaki and her students present five translation projects from English 233: Introduction to (literary) translation. The posters will present translations of lyrics sung by Egyptian Abdel Halim Hafez, and presenters will discuss the process of this translation.

Arabic in Contact: 5 presentations

"Arabizi" in modern day advertisements, by Lama El-Bouz

Non-traditional Arabic-English mixing in advertisements

Arabic transliteration and Romanization in multilingual Lebanon, by Tala Fleyfel

Discussing and commenting on writing English in Arabic script and the romanization of Arabic

Mapping the borders of multilingualism in select Beirut neighborhoods, by Alice Kezhaya

Analyzing signage to discover the borders of languages in multilingual Beirut neighborhoods

Lebanese multilingualism on Twitter, by Sarah Khalil

The Arabic language on Twitter

3oumoumi: A journey on the red-plated cars of Lebanon, by Erica Moukarzel

Discovering the patterns of writing on buses

... and others

Perceptions of how foreign language anxiety affects achievement in Lebanese tertiary classrooms: The case of AUB, by Arcella Reyes

Scientific poster reporting on research in progress

If barriers could talk, by Seyedeh "Saba" Sadr

Sculpture series aiming to highlight the languages spoken by communities that have been persistent in Lebanon

For your inquiries, contact the organizers at mad2014beirut@gmail.com.