The five-week Semitic Sisters class is funded by the university's Faculty Dialogue Innovation Fund, designed to promote ...

A new study shows Arabic has exploded in popularity on college campuses, shooting up to the tenth-most popular language studied. And 13 percent more college students are learning foreign languages — ...

Arabic classes may be coming soon to a high school near you. The federal government is increasing funding for teaching foreign languages in school, particularly those considered critical for national ...

As violence in the Middle East continues to escalate, and student interest in the region increases, the Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Department and colleges across the country are ...

Many of Yale’s language programs offer opportunities for students to practice their language skills with others over lunch at designated “language tables.” But for the first time, the Arabic program ...

Urrooj Habib Rehman, who wanted to be able to read the Koran in Arabic and to get more in touch with her Pakistani heritage, started taking Arabic at the University of Illinois in Chicago. “I wanted ...

Schools offering classes in Arabic and other Middle Eastern languages have been flooded with calls from people who are eager to help the U.S. government or want to better understand the region. From ...

The Northern Nevada International Center will be offering Arabic classes from Jan. 26 through April 24. Held on the University campus, the Arabic courses offered this spring are Arabic levels 1, 2 and ...