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AATA Administration

President
Abdulkareem Said Ramadan, Gettysburg College

Executive Director
Mohammad T. Alhawary, University of Michigan

Assistant Director
Abderrahim Er-Ragragi, University of Michigan

Al-'Arabiyya Editor
Mohammad T. Alhawary, University of Michigan

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Executive Director
Mohammad T. Alhawary, University of Michigan

AATA Executive Board

Abdulkareem Said Ramadan, Gettysburg College
Mohammad T. Alhawary, University of Michigan
Brahim Chakrani, Michigan State University   

Ahmed Ferhadi, New York University  

Manar Darwish, Bryn Mawr College 

Miled Faiza, Brown University 

Haruko Sakaedani, University of Tokyo

Adnan Fuad Haydar, University of Arkansas 

Mbarek Sryfi, University of Pennsylvania

Asmaa Taha, University of Houston

Listed by Final Year of Service:

2026
Manar Darwish, Bryn Mawr College  
Miled Faiza, Brown University 
Adnan Fuad Haydar, University of Arkansas 

2025
Brahim Chakrani, Michigan State University 
Ahmed Ferhadi, New York University 
Asmaa Taha, University of Houston 

2024
Mbarek Sryfi, University of Pennsylvania
Abdulkareem Said Ramadan, Gettysburg College
Haruko Sakaedani, University of Tokyo



Past Presidents

1965-66, George Makdisi, Harvard University
1967, C.A. Ferguson, Stanford University
1968, William Brinner, Berkeley
1969, Muhsin Mahdi, Harvard
1970-71, Peter Abboud, University of Texas
1972, Wallace M. Erwin, Georgetown Univ.
1973, Ernest McCarus, Univ. of Michigan
1974, Raji Rammuny, Univ. of Michigan
1975, Farhat Ziadeh, Univ. of Washington
1976, Mounah Khouri, Univ. of CA, LA
1977, Roger Allen, University of Washington
1978, Jeanette Wakin, Columbia University
1979, Frederic Cadora, Ohio State Univ.
1980, Salih Altomah, Indiana University
1981, Nicolas Heer, Univ. of Washington
1982, George Krotkoff, Johns Hopkins Univ.
1983, Issa Boullata, McGill University
1984, Carolyn Killean, University of Chicago
1985, Michael Zwettler, Ohio State Univ.
1986, Barbara Stowasser, Georgetown Univ.
1987, Nazih Daher, Notre Dame University
1988, Aleya Rouchdy, Wayne State University
1989, Mushira Eid, University of Utah
1990, Muhammad Eissa, Northwester Univ.
1991, Mahmoud Al-Batal, Emory University
1992, Adel S. Gamal, University of Arizona
1993, Aida Bamia, University of Florida

1994, Mona Mikhail, New York University
1995, Mohammed Sawaie, University of VA
1996, Dilworth B. Parkinson, Brigham Young
1997, Margaret Larkin, UC Berkeley
1998, William Granara, Harvard University
1999, Mahdi Alosh, Ohio State University
2000, Kristen Brustad, Emory University
2001, Aman Attieh, University of Texas
2002, Salah Din Hammoud, Air Force Academy
2003-2004, Zeinab Ibrahim, American Univ. in Cairo
2005-2006, Gerald Lampe, National Foreign Lang Center
2007-2008, Karen C. Ryding, Georgetown University
2009-2010, Mustafa Mughazy, Western Michigan University
2011-2012, Kirk Belnap, Brigham Young University
2013-2014, John Eisele, College of William & Mary
2015-2016, Mohammad T. Alhawary, University of Michigan
2017-2018, Ahmed Ferhadi, New York University
2019-2020, Brahim Chakrani, Michigan State University 

2021-2022, Ahmed Idrissi Alami, Purdue University

2023-2024, Abdulkareem Said Ramadan, Gettysburg College

2025-2026, Dris Soulaimani, San Diego State University 

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