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.
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.