A new minor offered at Cal State Fullerton this fall was initiated by students, who proposed the idea to faculty members with research showing how it could be done. Middle East is primarily a Western term, explained Talia Boukhalil, who is a business administration student and now president of the SWANA student organization. “We saw that we already had classes in history, language and business that related to the SWANA region,” Boukhalil said. Chammas believes that the SWANA student organization and now the SWANA minor provide an important boost to Cal State Fullerton students whose families come from the region. When I first came to Cal State Fullerton, I had no one.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 08, 2024 18:09 UTC