User talk:Aytakin

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Yeah, trying to learn more of the languages and history Middle East and Central Asia. Unfortunately my university does not offer Azeri language...

 - Metonyme

My university does offer Farsi. As a matter of fact within Middle Eastern Studies I am officially designated as specializing in Persian. When I applied to this M.A. program there was a list of options in the application for choosing which program (i.e., Mathematics, Economics, Middle Eastern Studies, Psychology, etc.) and then a submenu that asked me to select a subspecialization. So I chose "Persian." Other options included Arabic and Islamic Civilization. Ironically though, I have not been able to take Farsi this semester because the classes conflict with a required course and a history course having to do with Central Eurasian nomadism. However, for that class I am writing my term paper about kinship structures among the Ghilzai and other nomadic Pakhtun tribes of Afghanistan. Unfortunately I don't know Pakhto and I hear that it's very different from Dari, which I know a few words of through Persian. What do you do? Are you a student too?

 - Metonyme