MARY ANN D. FADAE

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Born and raised in Louisville, KY. Parents emigrated from Lebanon.

 

Education

 

B.A., American University of Beirut, Lebanon. Major: ancient history and archaeology

 

M.A.,1980; Indiana University, Bloomington. Major: Arabic language and literature

 

Ph.D. 1988; Indiana University, Bloomington.Major: Arabic language and literature Minors: religion and history

 

M.L.S., 1994: School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington

 

 

Professional Experience

 

2000-present,Continuing Education Coordinator, Ivy Tech State College, Indianapolis.

 

1997-present, Adjunct Professor of Arabic, Department of Foreign Languages and Cultures, IUPUI.

 

1988-96,Assistant Librarian for Middle Eastern Studies, Indiana University Library.

 

1988‑89,Adjunct Professor, Department of History, IUPUI. Taught History of Western Civilization.

 

1988-89, Visiting Lecturer in Arabic, Indiana University, Bloomington.

 

1981‑1988����������������������� Program Coordinator, Middle Eastern Studies Program, Indiana University, Bloomington.

 

Publication

 

1996��� The Key to Salvation: A Sufi Manual of Invocation (Miftah al‑Falah wa Misbah al‑Arwah); a translation with introduction and notes of a l3th‑century work on Islamic mysticism by Ahmad Ibn `Ata'Allah al-Iskandari. Cambridge, England: The Islamic Texts Society. (dissertation)

 

1996���� �The Arab Monetary Fund" in Guide to Country Information in International Governmental Organization Publications, edited by Marian Shaaban; Bethesda, MD: Congressional Information Service.

 

1995�� Translated The Lives of Yemeni Women by Raoufa Hassan for publication.���

 

1986            Translations from French into English of "Abd al-Jabbar," Georges C. Anawati, Encyclopaedia of Religion, I (New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 3-4); and "Attributes of God: Islamic Concepts," by Georges C. Anawati, Encyclopaedia ofReligion, I (New York; Macmillan Publishing Co.,) 512-519.

 

1986 Review of The Path of God's Bondsmen from Origin to Return (Mersad al‑'ebad men al‑mabda' ela'l‑ma'ad): A Sufi Compendium by Najm al‑Din Razi, Known as Daya, translated by Hamid Algar, in Iranian Studies, Journal of the Society for Iranian Studies, Spring 1986, XIX, No. 2, 201‑203.

 

 

Conference Papers���������

 

"The Importance of the Dhikr in Spiritual Healing in Sufism", Midwest American Academy of Religion in Chicago, 1995

 

"Shadhili Practices and the Centrality of the Dhikru'llah in Islam", University of Georgia, Department of Religion, 1992.

 

"Shadhili Practices: Past and Present", American Academy of Religion Annual Conference, 1991.

 

"Ibn `Ata'Allah: His Life and Thought", American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE), Cairo, Egypt, 1991.

 

"The Technique of the Dhikru'llah inSufism," Middle Eastern Studies Association annual conference, 1984.

 

Public Lectures �����

 

�Islam and the West Bank,� Messiah Lutheran Church, Brownsburg, IN, October 29, 2001.

 

�The Religion of Islam,� Quaker Friends Meeting House, Indianapolis, IN, October 21, 2001.

 

"Islam: Path to Peace or Call to War?" The Church of the Brethren, Manchester, IN, May 10, 1994

 

"The Religion of Islam," lecture given at Crane Naval Base, April 3, 1992.

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"Islam and Women in the Middle East," DePauw University, March 10, 1992.

 

"Islam as a Religion and Way of Life," Indiana University's Continuing Studies Public Discussion

Luncheon Series, Bloomington, October 29, 1991.

 

"Islam in the Contemporary World," Trinity Episcopal Church, October 13, 1991.

 

"Islam as an Abrahamic Faith," Trinity Episcopal Church, October 6, 1991.

 

����������������� "Islam and Women in the Middle East," sponsored by ICIP (International Consortium for International���� `Programs), Nashville, IN, September 27, 1991.

 

"Islam: The Last of the Abrahamic Traditions," Meadowood Retirement Community, Bloomington,

July 22, 1991.

 

���� "Stretching Our Horizons: A Look at Middle Eastern Women," First Presbyterian Church, Bloomington, April 27, 1991.

 

���������������� "The Mystical Way of Islam: Sufism," Bellarmine College, Louisville, KY, April 11, 1991.

 

���������������� "The View of Jesus in Islam," First Presbyterian Church, Bloomington, September 13, 1987.

 

"Sufism: The Essence of Islam," Unitarian Universalist Church, Bloomington, February 8, 1987.

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"Islamic Beliefs and Practices," St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Terre Haute, February, 1985.

 

 

Workshops

 

"Islam: Distinguishing Between Religion and Rhetoric," annual convention of the Indiana Council for the Social Studies in Terre Haute, 1987

 

�Teaching about the Middle East,� Indiana area high school teachers, IU, 1986.

 

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Awards/Grants�����������������

 

����������������������� 1993-94���������� Scholarship, the School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington

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1993 Grant, the American Institute for Yemeni Studies (AIYS) to translate from Arabic a work on Yemeni women

 

1990����������� Arabic Translation Prize, Translation Center, Columbia University, New York

1985����� ����������� First Prize for Arabic translation in nonliterary category, Middle Eastern Studies Association Annual Conference.

 

1976���������������������� NDFL Title VI Fellowship for Arabic����������

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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 

American Association of Teachers of Arabic

Middle Eastern Studies Association (MESA)

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