About Page | Elara Strand and Rana Yousef Abu-Ghosh

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I have a BA in Cultural Anthropology from the College of William and Mary, I graduated from there in December 2005. I am currently in the Masters of Modern Europen History program at George Mason University, in the Applied, New Media track. After I complete this MA in History I want to go for a Masters of Library Science and become a librarian.

I work at the Arlington Campus Library of GMU as a Graduate Research Assistant, a job I'm very happy at and one that's helped me decide I want to be a librarian.

I studied Arabic at the College of William and Mary for three years, and I spent a summer studying Arabic in Morocco. The vast majority of my experience is in FusHa. I have a miniscule amount of dialect, although I’m trying to learn more of the Jordanian dialect before our trip there this summer, when we go to stay with Rana and her family!

Let's see...I'm very happily married, we have two dogs, Chrissy and Ginger (both small, Cavalier King Charles Spaniels to be exact), and we also have three cats, Miss Kitty, Martin, and Madin. When I'm not studying or working (which isn't often) I love to cook, that's probably one of my favorite things.