Kurowski, Noah

I am currently in the BA program in Near and Middle East Studies at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Munich. The first relevant regional language I started learning was Arabic, the second is Hebrew. My interest in the Middle East was sparked in 2019, when visiting the region of Iraqi Kurdistan and first coming into contact with the hospitality and diverse culture of a Middle Eastern nation. Since then I have been in love with the Arabic language, the cultures connected to it, and most of all, the people living in and coming from the region. Because of this, I am trying to develop a skill set that allows me to do research – not so much about the big political and historical developments (although knowledge about them is needed, of course) – but about the people themselves and how they live. Most recently I’ve become interested in the material culture and media practices of the Arab world in general, and also more specifically in Iraqi Kurdistan. Since February 2022, I have been working as a student assistant, responsible for administrative tasks.