User:Steven Clark Bennett

Hello, I'm Steven, a junior at the University of South Carolina. I currently live in Columbia South Carolina and lived near Lynchburg Virginia (up near the mountains-used to hike a lot in them) for some years. My primary interest is the history of the Islamic world (though the rest of the planet is pretty interesting too). I'm also into politics (I'm very much a leftist). Right now, I'm mostly interested in writing about the Arab world and South and Central Asia.

Besides English, I'm learning to speak Arabic, and have studied French (which I plan to take up again) and Spanish (which I've more or less abandoned, though I can still translate simple sentences). I plan to study Persian at some point too (assuming I can find someplace that offers classes in it). My hobbies include reading (mostly history and fantasy/science fiction-my favorite author is Tolkien), browsing Wikipedia for hours, and listening to classical Rock and Roll.

I've been rather inactive recently-tons of life stuff, just moved, etc. hopefully I'll start working again soon.

Articles I have started or substantially contributed too

• Aramaic
• Arabic
• Arab-Israeli Conflict
• Lebanon
• Kuwait
• Egypt
• Iran
• Maronite Church
• Mount Lebanon
• Druze
• Mediterranean Sea
• Middle East
• Syria

Steven Clark Bennett Status    last updated May 15th    [edit plan here] Get your own infobox! • Group Status ~ Plans ~ Short term plans 1. Begin Syria 2. Edit Lebanon to keep pace with current events. 3. Maybe work on Iran 4. Finish Arab-Israeli Conflict Longer-term plans 1. Expand Iran and Egypt 2. Write article on Arabic language 3. Write articles on Iraq and Saudi Arabia. 4. Expand Middle East article 5. Improve general coverage of the Middle East and Islamic world on CZ ~ Roles and notes ~ Roles in the system 1. None really. I'm interested in the Mideast and want to improve CZ's coverage of the region. Notes to self Click edit above to start these notes Public notes :