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
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