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Iliana Montauk ’06, one of this year’s NSEP grant winners, will head to Egypt for two months this summer to study the dialect of Arabic spoken in Egypt.
Montauk, who is also a Crimson editor, has studied Arabic for the past four years and has recently focused her attention on the spoken dialects of Arabic, rather than the Modern Standard Arabic that is usually taught in schools including Harvard.
Montauk has already helped revive a Harvard study group in Moroccan Arabic, and she said she has helped lobby Harvard to teach more spoken dialects of Arabic.
Montauk, who said she is unsure what she will do after college but “know[s] Arabic will come in somehow,” said that working for the government for two months after college will help her explore possible careers.
NSEP grants were also awarded to Waheed A. Gardezi ’07 to study Arabic, Daniel A. Kahn ’06 to study Russian and Cristina M. Valverde ’06 to study Arabic and Moroccan culture.