Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Arabic is one of the most spoken languages in the world, with over 400 million speakers.

Arabic is a shockingly popular language. It’s the official language of most Arab countries. That includes approximately 1.8 billion people. It’s also one of the six official languages of the United ...

Monroe County Public Library provides opportunities for local residents to read, learn, connect and create. The downtown library is at 303 E. Kirkwood Ave. and the Ellettsville branch is at 600 W.

Shawnee Mission South High School is home to one of the country's oldest high school Arabic programs. Every Friday, nearly a dozen students sit in chairs circled around their classroom — no desks in ...

Forced to leave their homes for unfamiliar communities, refugees often struggle to secure very basic survival necessities. But with a unique knowledge of the culture and language from which they were ...

Coming of age during the 9/11 attacks and war in Iraq, some of the students in UCLA’s advanced Arabic class want to launch diplomatic or military careers. Others seek to delve into the Koran and ...

Israeli public schools require students to study Arabic, but the instruction is often either poor or doesn’t stick, and most Jews retain none or very little of it. An increasing number, though, are ...

I was extremely nervous to begin studying Arabic at Georgetown University. Like most people who study Arabic, I had some valid concerns about learning a language radically different from my first ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Learning another language can be difficult. In the military, Soldiers are often required to familiarize themselves with a foreign language indicative to the region they will deploy ...

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