Middle East Institute & American-Tunisian Association are honored to co-host Professor Granara to discuss "Culture and Politics as Reflected in Modern Tunisian Literature." Granara teaches Arabic language and literature and directs the Arabic language program at Harvard University. He studied Arabic at Georgetown University and received his PhD in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania . He is the former executive director of the Center for Arabic Study at the American University in Cairo and the former director of the Arabic Field School of the U.S.