He still managed to graduate, and from 1951 to 1952 studied Arabic at the Oriental Institute in Moscow, a branch of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.
hiː stˈɪl mˈænɪdʒd tə ɡɹˈædjuːˌeɪt, ænd fɹʌm nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti wˈʌn tə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti tˈuː stˈʌdid ˈæɹɐbˌɪk æt ðɪ ˌoːɹɪˈɛntəl ˈɪnstɪtˌuːt ɪn mˈɑːskoʊ, ɐ bɹˈæntʃ ʌvðɪ ɐkˈædəmi ʌv sˈaɪənsᵻz ʌvðə sˈoʊviət jˈuːniən.