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Abou El Fadl" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Khaled M. Abou El Fadl </dt> <dd class="position">Professor</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item arabic lecturers hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/kinda-al-rifae/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Kinda-e1568752968832-280x280-1.jpg" alt="A photo of Kinda Al Rifae" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Kinda Al Rifae </dt> <dd class="position">Lecturer in Arabic</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item core-faculty egyptology hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/solange-ashby/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/231130_SolangeAshby-7-002-e1702948172546-280x280.jpg" alt="A photo of Solange Ashby" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Solange Ashby </dt> <dd class="position">Assistant Professor</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item archeology core-faculty hebrew-jewish hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/carol-bakhos/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/CarolBakhos_thmb-280x210.jpg" alt="A photo of Carol Bakhos" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Carol Bakhos </dt> <dd class="position">Professor</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item emeriti hebrew-jewish jewish-studies hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/arnold-band/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/BD809858-B5B4-44CC-8E2D-55DD8486512220210404_678-e1733264283540-280x280.jpg" alt="A photo of Arnold Band" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Arnold Band </dt> <dd class="position">Professor Emeritus</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item hebrew-jewish lecturers hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/sariel-birnbaum/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/sarielnelc-e1641930454633-280x280.jpg" alt="A photo of Sariel Birnbaum" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Sariel Birnbaum </dt> <dd class="position">Lecturer in Hebrew</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item ancient core-faculty hebrew-bible hebrew-jewish hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/catherine-bonesho/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Bonesho-Headshot-2022-e1685656936348-280x280.jpg" alt="A photo of Catherine Bonesho" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Catherine Bonesho </dt> <dd class="position">Assistant Professor</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item affiliated-faculty islamic hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/aomar-boum-2/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/boum_medium-e1500577818916.jpg" alt="A photo of Aomar Boum" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Aomar Boum </dt> <dd class="position">Professor</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item ancient archeology emeriti semitics hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/giorgio-buccellati/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/buccellati-280x280.jpg" alt="A photo of Giorgio Buccellati" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Giorgio Buccellati </dt> <dd class="position">Professor Emeritus</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item ancient archeology islamic lecturers hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/katherine-burke/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/KB.jpg" alt="A photo of Katherine S. Burke" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Katherine S. Burke </dt> <dd class="position">Lecturer</dd> <dd class="interest">Islamic Archaeology of the Middle East</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item ancient archeology core-faculty hebrew-jewish hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/aaron-burke/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/IMG_0467_sq-280x280.jpg" alt="A photo of Aaron A. Burke" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Aaron A. Burke </dt> <dd class="position">Professor, Kershaw Chair of Ancient Eastern Mediterranean Studies</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item ancient archeology emeriti hebrew-jewish iranian hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/elizabeth-carter/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/38899_7758b_32eeb077-a3ca-4d5c-967a-be8834431173-prv-280x280.jpg" alt="A photo of Elizabeth Carter" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Elizabeth Carter </dt> <dd class="position">Professor Emerita of Iranian Archaeology</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item ancient archeology core-faculty egyptology hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/kara-cooney/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/images.jpg" alt="A photo of Kathlyn (Kara) Cooney" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Kathlyn (Kara) Cooney </dt> <dd class="position">Chair, Professor</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item arabic core-faculty islamic hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/michael-cooperson/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/images-2.jpg" alt="A photo of Michael Cooperson" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Michael Cooperson </dt> <dd class="position">Professor</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item armenian core-faculty hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/peter-cowe/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/download-1.jpg" alt="A photo of S. Peter Cowe" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> S. Peter Cowe </dt> <dd class="position">Distinguished Professor, Narekatsi Chair of Armenian Studies</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item lecturers turkish hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/zeynep-durmus/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/pic2-280x280.jpeg" alt="A photo of Zeynep Durmus" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Zeynep Durmus </dt> <dd class="position">Lecturer in Turkish</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item ancient archeology core-faculty iranian hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/lara-fabian/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Fabian_Photo-e1691017218479-280x280.jpeg" alt="A photo of Lara Fabian" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Lara Fabian </dt> <dd class="position">Assistant Professor of Iranian Archaeology</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item arabic emeriti hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/michael-fishbein/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/download-2.jpg" alt="A photo of Michael Fishbein" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Michael Fishbein </dt> <dd class="position">Lecturer Emeritus</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item arabic core-faculty islamic hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/nouri-gana/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/nouri-gana-280x280.jpg" alt="A photo of Nouri Gana" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Nouri Gana </dt> <dd class="position">Professor</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item affiliated-faculty islamic hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/nile-green/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/nile-e1733266905367.jpg" alt="A photo of Nile Green" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Nile Green </dt> <dd class="position">Professor</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item emeriti iranian hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/latifeh-hagigi/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/latifeh-e1733266450497.jpg" alt="A photo of Latifeh Hagigi" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Latifeh Hagigi </dt> <dd class="position">Senior Lecturer Emerita</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item emeriti hebrew-jewish jewish-studies hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/lev-hakak/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/lev.jpg" alt="A photo of Lev Hakak" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Lev Hakak </dt> <dd class="position">Professor Emeritus</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item arabic lecturers hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/abeer-hamza-mohamed/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/abeer.jpg" alt="A photo of Abeer Hamza (Mohamed)" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Abeer Hamza (Mohamed) </dt> <dd class="position">Lecturer in Arabic</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item armenian lecturers hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/tereza-hovhannisyan/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Terezanelc-e1641930892807-280x280.jpg" alt="A photo of Tereza Hovhannisyan" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Tereza Hovhannisyan </dt> <dd class="position">Lecturer in Armenian</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item core-faculty iranian islamic hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/domenico-ingenito/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ingenito-portrait-280x280.jpg" alt="A photo of Domenico Ingenito" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Domenico Ingenito </dt> <dd class="position">Associate Professor of Iranian Studies and Persian Literature</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item emeriti turkish hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/ralph-jaeckel/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ralph-e1733266075230.jpg" alt="A photo of Ralph Jaeckel" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Ralph Jaeckel </dt> <dd class="position">Lecturer Emeritus</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item adjuncts iranian hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/ahmad-karimi-hakkak/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ahmad.jpg" alt="A photo of Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak </dt> <dd class="position">Adjunct Professor of Persian Literature</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item ancient core-faculty hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/gina-konstantopoulos/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Konstantopoulos_Faculty-Photo-e1636398212644-280x280.jpg" alt="A photo of Gina Konstantopoulos" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Gina Konstantopoulos </dt> <dd class="position">Associate Professor; Undergraduate Advisor</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item armenian lecturers hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/hagop-koloujian/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/hagop-e1733265816106-280x280.jpg" alt="A photo of Hagop Kouloujian" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Hagop Kouloujian </dt> <dd class="position">Senior Lecturer, Kachigian Family Lecturer in Armenian Language and Culture</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item adjuncts ancient archeology iranian hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/ali-mousavi/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ali.jpg" alt="A photo of Ali Mousavi" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Ali Mousavi </dt> <dd class="position">Adjunct Assistant Professor of Iranian Archaeology</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item iranian lecturers hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/nahid-pirnazar/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/6257E82B-AA08-42A7-9501-B21AA327B9F3-280x280.jpeg" alt="A photo of Nahid Pirnazar" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Nahid Pirnazar </dt> <dd class="position">Lecturer in Judeo-Persian</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item arabic emeriti islamic hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/ismael-poonawala/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ismail.jpg" alt="A photo of Ismail K. Poonawala" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Ismail K. Poonawala </dt> <dd class="position">Professor Emeritus</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item iranian lecturers hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/banafsheh-pourzangi/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/471540_10150620308281736_643272172_o-280x280.jpg" alt="A photo of Banafsheh Pourzangi" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Banafsheh Pourzangi </dt> <dd class="position">Lecturer in Persian</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item emeriti hebrew-bible hebrew-jewish hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/yona-sabar/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/yona-sabar.jpg" alt="A photo of Yona Sabar" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Yona Sabar </dt> <dd class="position">Professor Emeritus</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item arabic core-faculty islamic hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/asma-sayeed/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/asma.jpg" alt="A photo of Asma Sayeed" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Asma Sayeed </dt> <dd class="position">Associate Professor; Program Director of Islamic Studies</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item ancient core-faculty hebrew-bible hebrew-jewish jewish-studies semitics hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/william-schniedewind/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/schniedewind.jpg" alt="A photo of William Schniedewind" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> William Schniedewind </dt> <dd class="position">Professor; Graduate Advisor; Sady and Ludwig Kahn Director | Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item iranian lecturers hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/sahba-shayani/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_5483-e1681258367448-280x280.jpg" alt="A photo of Sahba Shayani" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Sahba Shayani </dt> <dd class="position">Lecturer in Persian</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item ancient core-faculty iranian hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/m-rahim-shayegan/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Shayegan-headshot-280x280.jpg" alt="A photo of M. Rahim Shayegan" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> M. Rahim Shayegan </dt> <dd class="position">Professor, Amuzegar Chair in Ancient Iranian; Director, Iranian Studies; Director, Pourdavoud Institute</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item arabic core-faculty islamic hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/susan-slyomovics/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Susan-Slyomovics-e1733264813666.jpg" alt="A photo of Susan Slyomovics" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Susan Slyomovics </dt> <dd class="position">Distinguished Professor</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item ancient hebrew-bible hebrew-jewish lecturers semitics hover"> <a href="https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/jeremy-smoak/"> <img src="https://nelc.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Smoak-1-e1733267072889.jpg" alt="A photo of Jeremy Smoak" class="photo circle"/> <dl> <dt class="name"> Jeremy Smoak </dt> <dd class="position">Senior Lecturer, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures</dd> </dl> </a> </li> <li class="person-item 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