Arabic at GSU: ARAB 1002 student Evin Hughes is the winner of The 2012 Mohammed Ali Writing Award of Ethics

Thursday, September 27, 2012

ARAB 1002 student Evin Hughes is the winner of The 2012 Mohammed Ali Writing Award of Ethics

Congratulations to Evin Hughes for winning The Mohammed Ali Writing Award of Ethics for his essay "Float Like a Plane, Sting Like a Bomb". The award, co-sponsored by the Muhammad Ali Center and the Norman Mailer Center and Writers Colony, in partnership with the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), is given to the outstanding college student whose writing reflects Muhammad Ali’s legacy of living a life dedicated to high ethical standards.
Evin emerged as the winner among eight semi-finalists and four finalists from such universities as Columbia, Georgetown, Oregon State, George Washington, Notre Dame and Alabama.
Lonnie and Muhammad Ali, and director, screenwriter, and producer Oliver Stone will present Hughes the award and a check for $10,000 at the Norman Mailer Center’s fourth annual benefit gala on Thursday, Oct. 4, in New York City.
Here is a link to Evin's essay.
http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/About/Awards/Mailer/Hughes_Evin.pdf

2 comments:

AnonymousSeptember 30, 2012 at 9:02 PM
Thank you Dr. Salhi for the congratulations. See you in class!
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ACOctober 2, 2012 at 8:59 AM
Congratulations Najib! We are proud of you
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