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Go topSOURCE: EURONEWS BY: ALICE CUDDY Thousands of people gathered in Tel Aviv this week for what has been dubbed the “world’s largest Arabic lesson”, held in response to a controversial new law that removed Arabic’s status as an official language in the country. The “nation-state” law, passed on July 18, declared Hebrew the language of … Continued
SOURCE: MADA MASR BY: SHERIF ABDEL SAMAD About half a dozen French graphic novels are currently being translated into Arabic, awaiting publication by the end of 2018. The first to come out in this series, facilitated by the French Cultural Center and translated by Mona Sabri, was Golo’s Proud Beggars (2009), an adaptation of Albert … Continued
SOURCE: HAARETZ BY: ZVI BAR’EL Near the exit from one of the Arab villages in the Galilee, the local council put up a sign reminding drivers to buckle up. The sign is entirely in Hebrew, as if only Hebrew-speakers left the village every day on their way to work or school. Further down the road, … Continued
Ironically, amid the discussion of Israel’s ‘Jewish and democratic values,’ a section of the law that might have called for preserving Arabic’s official status would have been the only part of it to be both Jewish and democratic SOURCE: HAARETZ BY: YONATAN MANDEL The nation-state law is stirring fierce debate among both Jews and Arabs … Continued
SOURCE: AL-FANAR MEDIA BY: M. LYNX QUALEY Two decades ago, scarcely enough material existed to teach a course on Arabic literature in translation. Most comparative literature departments lacked a focus on Arabic, and most Arabists focused on teaching literature in the original. Perhaps most importantly, far fewer students in the United States were enrolled in … Continued
Randa Necola/Arab America Contributor Writer Stickers and Emojis became very popular for smartphones. However, Arabs pioneered creating Arab stickers and emojis to give the chats and message an Arab and fun twist or as we say, SPICE! The Arab emojis and stickers are about countries, religions, and dialects in the Arab world. They … Continued
SOURCE: KHALEEJ TIMES BY: AFKAR ABDULLAH China has launched ‘The Books’ – the largest website of Arabic e-books – which contains more than 10,000 ‘official’ titles, during the ongoing Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF). The Chinese government chose the emirate Sharjah as a platform to launch the website, because it is the capital of Arabic … Continued
SOURCE: BREITBART BY: VIRGINIA HALE The Qatar Foundation International (QFI) — a nonprofit founded by Qatari royal and Al Jazeera creator Sheikh bin Al Thani — is donating the money to a British Council initiative aimed at increasing the number of UK schools which offer Arabic as a foreign language. According to The Times, £70,000 of … Continued
SOURCE: CORNELL CHRONICLE BY: LINDA B. GLASER A new initiative by Cornell’s Department of Near Eastern Studies (NES) to provide continuing education opportunities for local K-12 teachers launched Sept. 26. The collaboration with Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga Board of Cooperative Educational Services (TST-BOCES) offers teachers a six-session professional learning opportunity focusing on the relationship between the United States … Continued
SOURCE: LANGUAGE MAGAZINE When it was first published in 2005, Mourad Boutros’s classic work Arabic for Designers was the first of its kind, an authoritative guide for English-speaking designers working with the cultural and design complexities of Arabic. Extensively illustrated, it addressed the rise in global awareness of Arab cultures and provided a framework for … Continued
BY: Nadine Ismail/Ambassador Blogger Marhaba! My name is Nadine and I am an Arab American mom. I remember a time when I said, “Of course my kids will be fluent in Arabic! We will only speak Arabic at home.” Those were my thoughts seven years ago, when my daughter Alya was nicely sheltered in my … Continued
Press release: Arab American Civic Council and Activate Labs The Refugees Welcome Guidebook, a project by the Arab American Civic Council and Activate Labs, was officially released at the Refugees Welcome Ramadan Iftar dinner on Wednesday, June 21. The event, which was attended by more than 170 people including 28 refugees, took place at Olive Tree Restaurant in Anaheim’s … Continued
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