Foreign Language Faculty Awarded Prestigious Malone Fellowship

November 17, 2015

Youssef Salhi, M.A., a Lecturer in Arabic in the Department of Foreign Languages, was one of five professors from American universities selected for the prestigious Qatar Exchange Fellowship/Malone Fellowship.

The Malone Fellowship has been offered by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations since 1984 and provides its participants with first-hand exposure to the region’s considerable cultural, economic, political, and social diversity.

Salhi will travel to Qatar with a scholarly delegation later this month and will meet with government officials, social and business leaders, educators, students, journalists, and artists. During the 2016-17 academic year, he will engage in a variety of activities, speaking engagements, and events pertaining to Qatari-U.S. relations and to Qatar’s role in regional and world affairs.

Salhi received his Master’s of Arts in Humanities with a concentration in Linguistics from the University of Louisville. Prior to Georgia Southern University, Salhi held full-time positions at Eckerd College and at the University of Tampa.

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