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Arabic is America’s Fastest-Growing Language
The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) recently released Census Bureau data from the 2014 American Community Survey (ACS) showing that a record 63.2 million...
Startup Finds Arabic Language Jobs for Syrian Refugees
NaTakallam (we speak Arabic) is a new platform aimed at providing employment for Syrian refugees in Lebanon through teaching remote classes to Arabic language...
Are Arabic Schools in France Really Hotbeds for Radicalism?
Secret report accuses French heritage-language programs of ghettoizing and radicalizing French-born youth
French conservatives are in an uproar over a 2013 report that recently surfaced...
Arabic Promotion Pact
THE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the United Arab Emirates has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the Society for...
Arabic at Length
They may be at opposite ends of the Arab world but both Morocco and Oman offer international students the cultural experience of a lifetime...
Arabic for America
Carine Allaf outlines the benefits and challenges of learning Arabic at K–12
In a highly globalized world, in which country borders are increasingly permeable and...
Dec 18: Arabic Language Day
Celebrations are taking place across the Arabic-speaking world to mark World Arabic Language Day, which is observed on December 18 - the date on...
Spanish, Arabic, French & Chinese Most Needed in UK
UK Report Identifies Language Needs
Last month, the British Council published a report calling on UK policymakers to introduce a broader range of languages into...
Shabaka: World’s First Arabic Top-Level Domain
Beating out nearly 2,000 other applicants from around the world, Shabaka. (meaning “web” in English) will become the world’s first borderless new top-level domain and...
Arabizi Sparks Fears for Arabic’s Future
At a conference in Dubai last month, fears were raised that the trend among young Arabs to speak either a foreign language or a...
State Dept. Launches Open Book Project
Educational materials in the Arabic language, will be available for free online through the Open Book Project launched last month by the U.S. Department...
New Arabic Center in Beijing Symbolizes Chinese-Emirati Exchange
Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emitates (U.A.E.) celebrated the opening of a newly remodeled center for Arabic language and...