Author: Michel Nicola
Born: 1930
Died: 2010
Bio: <b>Michel Nicola</b> (1930–2010) was a Lebanese-American writer and educator, and author of the <i>Thousand and One Nights</i> graded reader for Arabic.  He served on the faculty of <a href="http://shimer.edu">Shimer College</a> from 1967 to 1981, helping to introduce Shimer's <a href="http://alumni.shimer.edu/s/1028/index.aspx?sid=1028&amp;gid=1&amp;pgid=252&amp;cid=1167&amp;ecid=1167&amp;crid=0&amp;calpgid=61&amp;calcid=772">semester project</a> system, and taught Arabic at the Defense Language Institute from 1981 until his retirement in 2006. Born in Lebanon, he held a bachelor's degree from the American University of Beirut and a master's degree from the University of California, Berkeley.  (from <a href="http://shimercollege.wikia.com/Michel_Nicola#Brief_description">Shimer College Wiki</a>)