Across Europe, North America, and beyond, many learners are heritage speakers or descendants of Arabic-speaking families. Their motivation is deeply personal: connecting with grandparents, ...

For many years, SUNY Cortland students interested in studying abroad to learn Arabic were directed to American University in Cairo, Egypt. The Arab Spring of 2011, which resulted in a revolution and ...

There’s something happening in the Middle East that’s changing how we connect, learn, laugh, and reflect. No, it’s not another app or trend-of-the-month… it’s something far more personal, far more ...

Thus spoke my Lebanese-born cousin when I made the fatal mistake of saying the word for chicken in fus-ha, or formal Arabic, rather than in the Levantine dialect. Though this happened six years ago, ...