<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>A colleague has just informed me that Aire Schippers passed away last month -- I am sure that many of us have read and appreciated his research and publications.</div><div><br></div><div>Here is a link to an obituary:<br></div><div>

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<a href="https://www.uva.nl/shared-content/faculteiten/nl/faculteit-der-geesteswetenschappen/nieuws/2023/08/in-memoriam-arie-schippers.html?origin=%2B7YC65paRuOyt615%2BPOF5A&cb" id="m_5702208956406380805LPlnkOWALinkPreview" target="_blank">https://www.uva.nl/shared-content/faculteiten/nl/faculteit-der-geesteswetenschappen/nieuws/2023/08/in-memoriam-arie-schippers.html?origin=%2B7YC65paRuOyt615%2BPOF5A&cb</a></div>

</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Dwight</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>******************************************************************<br></div>Dwight F. Reynolds, Distinguished Professor<br></div>Arabic Language &  Literature<br></div>Department of Religious Studies<br></div>University of California, Santa Barbara<br></div><<a href="mailto:dreynold@ucsb.edu" target="_blank">dreynold@ucsb.edu</a>><br><div>******************************************************************<br></div></div></div></div></div>