Hasan earns Inspire Women award

Abla Hasan, professor of practice of Arabic language and culture, received the Inspire Women’s Excellence in Education Award for 2025. Hasan is the coordinator of the Arabic studies program at Nebraska and a leading scholar of Qur’anic interpretation, philosophy of language, and gender equality in Islam. Since joining the university in 2013, she has single-handedly built the Arabic studies program, developing an innovative curriculum offering three years of Arabic language instruction and culture-based courses in English. Hasan accepted the Excellence in Education award at the Inspire — Celebrating Women’s Leadership Awards ceremony Sept. 24 at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The event is presented by the Lincoln Journal Star.