Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization Contact Information tdeyoung@uw.edu (206) 685-7936 M-29C DEN Research Research Advised Raja Althobaiti. "In Defense of the Imagination: The Historical Reciprocity of Shahrazad and Modern Storytelling in Arabic Literature." Diss., 2021. Jamal Gabobe. "Elmi Bodari and the Construction of the Modern Somali Subject in a Colonial and Sufi Context." Diss., 2014. Nathaniel Greenberg. "Secrecy, Secularism, and the Coming Revolution in Naguib Mahfouz's Postwar Masterpieces (1952-1967)." Diss., 2012. Courses Taught Autumn 2024C LIT 322 A: Studies in Asian and Western LiteraturesC LIT 360 B: Topics in Ancient and Medieval LiteratureWinter 2024C LIT 362 A: Topics in Modern LiteratureWinter 2023C LIT 360 A: Topics in Ancient and Medieval LiteratureC LIT 360 B: Topics in Ancient and Medieval LiteratureAutumn 2022CMS 320 C: Cinema and NationSpring 2021C LIT 322 B: Studies in Asian and Western LiteraturesC LIT 362 B: Topics in Modern Literature