Nevenka Korica Sullivan has taught Arabic at Harvard University and the American University in Cairo and in Middlebury's summer program, specializing in teaching the advanced level learners. She is the co-author of Media Arabic: A Coursebook for Reading Arabic News (Revised and Updated Edition) (AUC Press, 2014) and Umm al-Dunya, Advanced Egyptian Colloquial Arabic (AUC Press, 2012).
1. Introduction
2. Discussion 1: Should Antiquities Be Repatriated?
3. Discussion 2: Should the Medium of Instruction at Arab Universities be
Arabic or English?
4. Discussion 3: What Are The Pros and Cons of Advertising?
5. Discussion 4: Are you for or against Banning Books?
6. Discussion 5: Is Graffiti Art or Vandalism?
7. Discussion 6: Are You for or against Zoos?
8. Discussion 7: Do Universities Need Dress Codes?
9. Discussion 8: What is More Effective in Fighting Injustice: Violence or
Non-Violence?
10. Discussion 9: Are Talent Shows Good or Bad?
11. Discussion 10: Can Rap Music Be an Agent of Change?
12. Discussion 11: Should Dangerous Sports Be More Regulated?
13. Discussion 12: Do Celebrities Have Privacy Rights?
14. Discussion 13: Should Dangerous Sports Be More Regulated?
15. Discussion 14: Why Do People Believe in Conspiracy Theories
16. Discussion 15: Is Alternative Medicine Science or Quackery?
17. Discussion 16: Is Economic Development More Important than the
Protection of the Environment?
