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SPLEND Naples SPLENDORS of SICILY Naples to Valletta Aboard HARVARD STUDY LEADER WILLIAM GRANARA is Professor of the Practice of Arabic on the Gordon Gray SPLENDORS OF SICILY T HARVARD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION E V 601 Endowment at Harvard University where he teaches Arabic language and literature D N, AG O. ST 2016 WORLDWIDE TRAVEL PROGRAM and directs the Arabic language program. He is also the director of the Center for TO ST ID Naples to Valletta Aboard Sea Cloud II T N Middle Eastern Studies and founding director of the Harvard Summer School program PA PO “Mediterranean Crossings: France and the Arab World” in Aix-en-Provence, France. PRSR U.S. URLING October 14 to 23, 2016 PERMIT B Granara studied French and Arabic at Georgetown University and received his PhD in Arabic and Islamic studies from the University of Pennsylvania. He is the former executive director of the Center for Arabic Study at the American University in Cairo and the former director of the Arabic Field School of the U.S. Department of State in Tunis, Tunisia. He has traveled extensively throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Granara specializes in the history and culture of Muslim Sicily. He has written on cross-cultural encounters between Islam and Christendom throughout the Middle Ages, as well as the poetry of Ibn Hamdis, Sicily’s most celebrated Arab poet. His study of “Ibn Hamdis and the Poetics of Exile” was published in the 1998 issue of Edebiyaat. In addition, he lectures and writes on contemporary Arabic literature and has published translations of Egyptian and North African fiction. His translation into English of the Algerian Arabic novel, The Earthquake, was published in March, 2000. Gramara’s work on literary criticism focuses on postcolonialism and cross cultural poetics. HIGHLIGHTS Naples ITALY • Educational program featuring lectures by William Granara and a Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Mediterranean • Leisurely hours of sailing Sea aboard the romantic three- Cathedral of Monreale masted Sea Cloud II Lipari Palermo • The 12th-century Palatine CIRCUMNAVIGATE SICILY, STEPPING STONE BETWEEN EUROPE AND Trapani Monreale Segesta Chapel in Palermo, with AFRICA, ON AN EIGHT-NIGHT CRUISE ABOARD THE ELEGANT SEA CLOUD II. Mazara del Vallo SICILY Strait of Messina its gleaming mosaics and Agrigento Porto Empedocle blend of Arab, Norman, From Naples, set sail for Lipari, largest of the Aeolian Islands and continuously Syracuse and Byzantine styles Noto inhabited since Neolithic times. Dock in Palermo to view the gleaming mosaics • An exclusive reception at the Malta of the Palatine Chapel in the Palace of the Norman Kings and enjoy a private Channel sumptuous Palazzo Gangi, Valletta MALTA where the ballroom scene 15 tour of the Regional Gallery. Explore Segesta’s Greek temple and still-used from Il Gattopardo was filmed theater, and visit either medieval Erice or ancient Mazara del Vallo, founded • An afternoon in Agrigento 20 by the Phoenicians. In Agrigento, roam the largest collection of Greek temples exploring the largest collection DAY! of Greek temples in the world in the world; and in Syracuse, discover a prized Caravaggio painting inside a church on Ortygia Island and visit a baroque palazzo for a private tour with • In Syracuse, a special welcome 6 NEXT JOURNEY NEXT SPLENDORS OF SICILY from the aristocratic owner of the owner, a Sicilian baron. Conclude with a walking tour in the hilltop village a baroque palazzo, who will lead Naples to Valletta Aboard Sea Cloud II of Noto, recognized by UNESCO for its honey-colored baroque buildings. us on a private tour Disembark in Malta, where an optional two-night postlude is offered. • Ortygia Island, studded with WITH WILLIAM GRANARA monuments and masterpieces, including a prized Caravaggio Professor of the Practice of Arabic on the Gordon Gray Endowment HAA TRAVELS HAA 6TH FLOOR STREET, AUBURN MOUNT 124 CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 YOUR BOOK TO THE HAA WITH CALL 800-422-163 painting and a cathedral built AT US VISIT OR ALUMNI.HARVARD.EDU/TRAVEL Ortygia Island (top left), Sea Cloud II (top right), and Noto (above) on the ruins of a Greek temple October 14 to 23, 2016 TOFOR BOOK DETAILED A TRIP, ITINERARIES, CALL 800.422.1636 VISIT ALUMNI.HARVARD.EDU/TRAVE OR VISIT ALUMNI.HARVARD.EDU/HAA/TRAVELL. TO BOOK A TRIP, CALL 800-422-1636 OR VISIT ALUMNI.HARVARD.EDU/TRAVEL HARVARD STUDY LEADER WILLIAM GRANARA is Professor of the Practice of Arabic on the Gordon Gray SPLENDORS OF SICILY T HARVARD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION E V 601 Endowment at Harvard University where he teaches Arabic language and literature D N, AG O. ST 2016 WORLDWIDE TRAVEL PROGRAM and directs the Arabic language program. He is also the director of the Center for TO ST ID Naples to Valletta Aboard Sea Cloud II T N Middle Eastern Studies and founding director of the Harvard Summer School program PA PO “Mediterranean Crossings: France and the Arab World” in Aix-en-Provence, France. PRSR U.S. URLING October 14 to 23, 2016 PERMIT B Granara studied French and Arabic at Georgetown University and received his PhD in Arabic and Islamic studies from the University of Pennsylvania. He is the former executive director of the Center for Arabic Study at the American University in Cairo and the former director of the Arabic Field School of the U.S. Department of State in Tunis, Tunisia. He has traveled extensively throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Granara specializes in the history and culture of Muslim Sicily. He has written on cross-cultural encounters between Islam and Christendom throughout the Middle Ages, as well as the poetry of Ibn Hamdis, Sicily’s most celebrated Arab poet. His study of “Ibn Hamdis and the Poetics of Exile” was published in the 1998 issue of Edebiyaat. In addition, he lectures and writes on contemporary Arabic literature and has published translations of Egyptian and North African fiction. His translation into English of the Algerian Arabic novel, The Earthquake, was published in March, 2000. Gramara’s work on literary criticism focuses on postcolonialism and cross cultural poetics. HIGHLIGHTS Naples ITALY • Educational program featuring lectures by William Granara and a Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Mediterranean • Leisurely hours of sailing Sea aboard the romantic three- Cathedral of Monreale masted Sea Cloud II Lipari Palermo • The 12th-century Palatine CIRCUMNAVIGATE SICILY, STEPPING STONE BETWEEN EUROPE AND Trapani Monreale Segesta Chapel in Palermo, with AFRICA, ON AN EIGHT-NIGHT CRUISE ABOARD THE ELEGANT SEA CLOUD II. Mazara del Vallo SICILY Strait of Messina its gleaming mosaics and Agrigento Porto Empedocle blend of Arab, Norman, From Naples, set sail for Lipari, largest of the Aeolian Islands and continuously Syracuse and Byzantine styles Noto inhabited since Neolithic times. Dock in Palermo to view the gleaming mosaics • An exclusive reception at the Malta of the Palatine Chapel in the Palace of the Norman Kings and enjoy a private Channel sumptuous Palazzo Gangi, Valletta MALTA where the ballroom scene 15 tour of the Regional Gallery. Explore Segesta’s Greek temple and still-used from Il Gattopardo was filmed theater, and visit either medieval Erice or ancient Mazara del Vallo, founded • An afternoon in Agrigento 20 by the Phoenicians. In Agrigento, roam the largest collection of Greek temples exploring the largest collection DAY! of Greek temples in the world in the world; and in Syracuse, discover a prized Caravaggio painting inside a church on Ortygia Island and visit a baroque palazzo for a private tour with • In Syracuse, a special welcome 6 NEXT JOURNEY NEXT SPLENDORS OF SICILY from the aristocratic owner of the owner, a Sicilian baron. Conclude with a walking tour in the hilltop village a baroque palazzo, who will lead Naples to Valletta Aboard Sea Cloud II of Noto, recognized by UNESCO for its honey-colored baroque buildings. us on a private tour Disembark in Malta, where an optional two-night postlude is offered. • Ortygia Island, studded with WITH WILLIAM GRANARA monuments and masterpieces, including a prized Caravaggio Professor of the Practice of Arabic on the Gordon Gray Endowment HAA TRAVELS HAA 6TH FLOOR STREET, AUBURN MOUNT 124 CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 YOUR BOOK TO THE HAA WITH CALL 800-422-163 painting and a cathedral built AT US VISIT OR ALUMNI.HARVARD.EDU/TRAVEL Ortygia Island (top left), Sea Cloud II (top right), and Noto (above) on the ruins of a Greek temple October 14 to 23, 2016 TOFOR BOOK DETAILED A TRIP, ITINERARIES, CALL 800.422.1636 VISIT ALUMNI.HARVARD.EDU/TRAVE OR VISIT ALUMNI.HARVARD.EDU/HAA/TRAVELL. TO BOOK A TRIP, CALL 800-422-1636 OR VISIT ALUMNI.HARVARD.EDU/TRAVEL HARVARD STUDY LEADER WILLIAM GRANARA is Professor of the Practice of Arabic on the Gordon Gray SPLENDORS OF SICILY T HARVARD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION E V 601 Endowment at Harvard University where he teaches Arabic language and literature D N, AG O. ST 2016 WORLDWIDE TRAVEL PROGRAM and directs the Arabic language program. He is also the director of the Center for TO ST ID Naples to Valletta Aboard Sea Cloud II T N Middle Eastern Studies and founding director of the Harvard Summer School program PA PO “Mediterranean Crossings: France and the Arab World” in Aix-en-Provence, France. PRSR U.S. URLING October 14 to 23, 2016 PERMIT B Granara studied French and Arabic at Georgetown University and received his PhD in Arabic and Islamic studies from the University of Pennsylvania. He is the former executive director of the Center for Arabic Study at the American University in Cairo and the former director of the Arabic Field School of the U.S. Department of State in Tunis, Tunisia. He has traveled extensively throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Granara specializes in the history and culture of Muslim Sicily.
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