Halal, Arabic and French among the skills Kansas town honed to be good hosts to the Algerians

Halal, Arabic and French among the skills Kansas town honed to be good hosts to the Algerians

Amal El Haimaur (right), assistant professor of African and African American Studies at the University of Kansas, stands with Aya Fayed, a PhD student and Arabic lecturer at KU (Photo by Emma Noble). LAWRENCE — Bidding for a spot as a host city seemed nearly impossible. Until it wasn’t. The University of Kansas, Explore Lawrence, Rock Chalk Park, and Lawrence city government teamed to argue that  their small city could play, or host, on the Worl…