Bringing Arabic to U.S. / Canadian / U.K. High Schools.

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Growing Number of Organizations Seek to Introduce Arabic Curriculum.

By: Akhtar H. Emon

President,

Arabic Language Institute Foundation (ALIF)

Rancho Palos Verdes, California, 90275-4601, USA.

INTRODUCTION:

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We must make Arabic as prevalent in the United States as Spanish. Or at least as commonplace as French, and German. Therefore, the Arabic Language Institute Foundation (ALIF), a Los Angeles-based organization is committed to introducing the teaching of the Arabic language into public high schools.

The necessity for a greater number of Arabic speakers is obvious, given the amount of trade the United States, Canada, and U.K do with countries in the Middle East and that region’s growing economic importance in world trade. Many big companies have business over there, and all this requires knowledge of Arabic.

While many Arab nations have gone to great lengths to introduce English in their countries, the United States is still behind in following suit with Arabic. However, there are a growing number of colleges and universities that have included Arabic as part of their curriculum, including e.g, UCLA, California State University, U.C. Berkeley and the University of California at Santa Barbara on the West Coast. There are also a few high schools that teach Arabic, but they are only in regions that have high concentrations of Arab-Americans such as Michigan and California. The main goal of ALIF is to have Arabic offered in high schools in the same manner that Spanish, German and French languages are normal parts of the high school curriculum.

While we clearly acknowledge the importance of teaching Spanish, we must question why Arabic courses aren’t at least as prevalent as German and French, given the large number of countries where Arabic is the primary language. An estimated 1.2 billion people including 22 Arab countries revere Arabic, as opposed to roughly 100 million German speakers around the world.

The American educational system gives you an option of learning a language as a high school requirement. Students take two to four years of a foreign language in order to graduate. We should take advantage of the system to include Arabic as part of that repertoire.

BACKGROUND:

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According to the United States census, there are about 10 million people including Muslims (80%), interested in Arabic Language in the United States. Accordingly, the school systems should reflect that diversity in their curriculum.

As Arab nations gain more of a global presence, especially in non-oil related economic areas, knowing Arabic and understanding the Arab culture will be more valuable for American businesses seeking to tap that growing market.

In the Middle East a lot of jobs, especially in banks, require knowledge of Arabic. Europeans are closer to the Middle East and have been ahead in terms of teaching Arabic. While the U.S. has lagged in introducing Arabic and in recognizing its importance in future trade ties with the Middle East, European countries have not, partly a result of their proximity to the Middle East and also their shared history with the region resulting from Europe’s colonial past.

Europeans are more apt to learn new languages, since many European countries require their students to learn several languages. For example, schools in Switzerland teach German, English, French and Italian as part of normal curriculum.

Getting Arabic into American schools will be a more difficult task, but it could prove to be beneficial. Knowledge of Arabic will promote investments here since there are a lot of revenues from oil. The lack of knowledge has stagnated investments into this country.

CULTURAL SENSITIVITY:

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The U.S. has also been slow to react because of the dominance of English in international finance. Additionally, bias against Arabs continues to permeate American media and other influential groups. But as the Internet in Arabic script becomes more prominent in Arab countries, the use of Arabic will be more necessary to do business in the Near East.

If you want to do business or work for a corporation that does business in Arab countries, then it is helpful. Knowing another language puts you in a better position. Beyond a potential economic benefit, a growing number of organizations are promoting Arabic education as a way to permeate Muslim traditions and Arab culture in second and third generation Arab-Americans.

"It is important to have our children identify with their culture”, says Sakeena Mirza, the Research and Education Director for the Southern California chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR). “It will give them more self-confidence in their cultural heritage.”

THE ALIF PROJECT:

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At this point, ALIF is only a dream, but ALIF is steadily gaining support among a greater number of Arab-American organizations. ALIF has already received support from Arabic and Muslim advocacy groups such as CAIR, the Arab American Business, Chambers of Commerce, and the Islamic Shura Councils of major cities. ALIF has also received support from several public and private universities such as UCLA, USC, California State University at Fullerton, Universities of Wisconsin, and Michigan, as well as major Universities

in Canada such as McGill, and various Universities in U.K.

To set up the ALIF program, it is estimated to cost between $3 to $4 million, depending on the project’s initial scope and reach. The money will be used to secure a facility, develop educational software, buy textbooks and train Arabic-proficient people to teach the language. The software would be used on the Internet to make it easier for instructors to teach and give them additional resources to tap.

Once funding is in place, we hope to enlist thousands of Arabic-speaking “weekend” teachers to make the program active. There are about 3,000 Islamic centers in the U.S and another 1,000 in Canada that have people who teach Arabic in the centers on the weekends. We are hoping to retrain this group to get them accredited and ready to teach in classrooms. We can also draw upon the strength of 300 Islamic organizations in U.K.

ALIF is already working with several Southern California high schools to get the program installed, though no classes are yet being taught. ALIF is encouraged by the initial interest in the program at some high schools, although a measurable demand by students will be necessary before the program can move forward. While this may be easy to achieve in areas where there are large concentrations of Arab-Americans such as Los Angeles and Detroit, it will be more difficult in other parts of the country.

"To get this going, community support is needed,” says CAIR’s Sakeena Mirza. “Not by an outside organization but by the community and the students”. It’s been a dilemma as we kick-off ALIF program. It’s like the chicken and the egg. You need the class for students to sign up, but you need students to sign up in order to get the class.

To foster this support, ALIF has launched a recruitment drive in which a mosque will “adopt” a high school, funding and providing an Arabic teacher. The retraining will be done by local universities that are interested in growing their Islamic studies programs.

Most of the universities we contacted, including UCLA, Berkeley, Harvard, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge, U of Michigan, UTA, USC and other schools, are excited about having students taught the Arabic language in high school. Once we get going, the program will be self-sufficient, due to potential revenues that will be generated by ALIF’s production of teaching materials, online education programs and by software sales.

SOURCES OF FUNDING:

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Already, there has been some success, although it has not been at the high school level. In Southern California, Arabic is recently being taught at California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) and at Coastline Community College. At high schools the Arabic program does not have the proper resources to teach the classes at the moment. We have excellent instruction material available, but it is meant for colleges.

ALIF proposal can be viewed at the web-site www.IslamiCity.com/Education . IslamiCity's Shakeel Syed is working with ALIF, www.ArabAcademy.com and www.Harf.com and negotiating to offer the Arabic teaching at all levels (Beginners, Intermediate, and Advanced) via downloading lessons through the internet. This approach will enable teaching of Arabic as a Distance Learning for students at High Schools, Colleges, and even individuals at home. Electronic teaching will be used as a supplement to live Arabic teachers and professors, to mitigate the shortage of Arabic teachers. The present cost is only $ 12 per month for all Arabic courses offered by www.ArabAcademy.com .

Initially Arabic Distance Learning services will be offered free or at a minimum cost in working with www.IslamiCity.com/Education . The drinking of Coffee became popular in U.S and Canada since it was offered for Free in the beginning when the Tea-drinking Europeans migrated here. Spanish as second language is more popular today as many youngsters e.g, can learn Spanish free from their Spanish nanny. How about Arabic ? You have to make Arabic much easier to learn by offering all sorts of options at a minimum or zero cost.

CONCLUSION:

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Similarly, about 30 years ago soccer was hardly known or played at public schools in North America. Today, soccer moms get to choose who will be the next U.S. President. The big automakers are competing to design cars in order to please the soccer moms. The AYSO organization deserves the credit. ALIF has a similar role to play for popularity of Arabic language like AYSO did the job for soccer in North America. We can do it in 30 years.

Very Sincerely,

Akhtar H. Emon

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President,

Arabic Language Institute Foundation (ALIF),

Rancho Palos Verdes, California, 90275-4601, USA.

Note: Arabic Language Institute Foundation (ALIF) is committed to promoting the

teaching of Arabic as a second language in all Public High Schools, similar to

the teaching of other languages such as Spanish, French, German, etc. being

currently taught in the U.S, U.K, and Canada. Please visit Web-site: www.IslamiCity.Com/Education

For ALIF Proposal in PowerPoint: http://www.islamicity.com/education/alif/default.htm

LEGEND:

------------ AYSO = American Youth Soccer Organization.

ALIF = Arabic Language Institute Foundation

APPENDIX – A

Introducing Partners in ALIF’s Objectives:

1. Arab Academy - General Information

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http://www.arabacademy.com

The Arab Academy, which is a privately owned non-religious institution, offers online Arabic language courses for all age groups (children and adults) and all language levels (beginners to advanced).  General Arabic courses as well as Arabic for Special purpose courses are available.  General Arabic courses include courses in Modern Standard Arabic & Colloquial Arabic.  Arabic for Special purpose courses include courses in Islamic Arabic (Quran, Sirah, Hadith & Stories of Prophets) as well as Business Arabic courses.  Business Arabic courses are under construction.

The Arab Academy serves individuals and institutions.  Individuals may subscribe to our courses and have the credit hours transferred to their schools or universities.  Institutions are welcome to use our courses and start offering online Arabic courses to their students. Schools and universities with ongoing Arabic language programs may subscribe to our library, which is a resource center with online interactive activities.

The different plans offered by the Arab Academy's school, university and library are found at:
http://www.arabacademy.com/registration_main_types_e.htm

The university's list of course offerings and fees is available from:
http://www.arabacademy.com/main/online/registrar_e.shtml

The school's list of course offerings and fees is available from:
http://www.arabacademy.com/school_courses_e.htm

The library's list of activities is available from:
http://www.arabacademy.com/Subscription_Resource_Center_e.htm

Our course requirements are available from:
http://www.arabacademy.com/course_requirements_e.htm

Our minimum system requirements are found at:
http://www.arabacademy.com/technical_requirements_e.htm

Our list of services is available from:
http://arabacademy.com/Services_e.htm

To get general information on the Arab Academy visit:
http://arabacademy.com/about_e.htm

To guide you to the following page which is a message from the founder to Educators:

http://arabacademy.com/welcome_academyeduc_e.htm

From that page, you will be able to download documents with detailed information on our programs.

For a list of FAQ go to:
http://arabacademy.com/overview_e.htm

Information about the Academy is found at:
http://arabacademy.com/schools_e.htm

Feedback of our students is found at:
http://arabacademy.com/main/Feedback_e.htm

Evaluation forms filled by our students is found at:
http://arabacademy.com/CGI-BIN/ADMIN/total_eval.pl

Professional Evaluations is found at:
http://arabacademy.com/main/Feedback_Teachers_e.htm

Please take a trial visit from:
http://arabacademy.com/demo_session_e.htm

To get information on how to be affiliated with us go to:
http://arabacademy.com/registration_main_partners_types_e.htm

Please contact Mrs. Sanaa Ghanem if you need further information:

Mrs. Sanaa Ghanem,

Director, www.ArabAcademy.com,

President, Edumagic

3, Alif El Nabataat Street

Garden City, Cairo, Egypt.

sanaa@edumagic.com

Sanaa@arabacademy.com
http://arabacademy.com/Ghanem.htm
Cell: + 2 012 218 0305

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Arab Academy - To Educators:

The following documents are for educators who are interested in the Arab Academy's interactive curriculum and are wondering how and in what ways to incorporate them into their programs:

I: Courses for adults:

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1. Proposal:
http://arabacademy.com/download/Outline/UnivDirector.doc
2. Curriculum of Standard Arabic Courses:
http://arabacademy.com/download/Outline/CurricUniv_ar.doc
3. Curriculum of Islamic Arabic Courses:
http://arabacademy.com/download/Outline/CurricUniv_islam.doc
4. User's Guide:
http://arabacademy.com/download/Outline/UserGuideUniv.doc

II: Courses for children:

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1. Proposal:
http://arabacademy.com/download/Outline/SchoolPr.doc
2. Curriculum:
http://arabacademy.com/download/Outline/CurricSc.doc
3. User's Guide:
http://arabacademy.com/download/Outline/UserGuideSc.doc

Subject: Arab Academy - Learn Arabic Online

By: Sanaa Ghanem

E-Learning is a new type of business that is booming like no other industry. According to John Chambers Cisco, the next big killer application for the internet is going to be education (EuroBusiness: July 2001). Without a doubt, E-learning has opened up new investment opportunities as a new type of consumer has emerged - a busy individual who needs to acquire new skills while maintaining a busy schedule.

Learning Languages online has been the new 'in' thing. English, Spanish, French, Korean, Chinese and Japanese sites have emerged. According to Dr. Nabil Ali, a renown Arabic language specialist "The language that does not have a presence on the Internet is one that is going to be obsolete in the next century". Arabic was not left out. EduMagic, a software company in Egypt, has developed the Arab Academy, which is a web site that specializes in teaching Arabic language and culture. "The Arab Academy is superior to most other web sites that teach foreign languages", said Indrani Ibrahim, a Spanish language teacher in Pennsylvania.

Arabic is a language that is of interest to at least 25% of the 7 million American Muslims in the US. It is an important major language in the whole world and is one of the UN's five languages. It is a language that is spoken by over 200 million Arabs living in 21 Arab countries. In spite of that, only 5,000 students study Arabic at American universities whereas three times as many students study Latin - not a living language! How could this be explained?

"I believe that the grassroots of the problem lie in Arabic not being easily accessible to students at school. It is not available as an option to satisfy Foreign Language Requirements at high school, whereas a large number of other languages are. Hence, students who study German or Spanish, continue with the same language at the college level. In order to promote the study of Arabic, we need to spread Arabic at high schools. The Arab Academy's online program could be the solution." Ghanem said. "The Arab Academy makes it possible for school children to be supervised by professionals in the field of teaching Arabic from Cairo, Egypt. It offers an interactive curriculum within a sophisticated online school system that allows student tracking and interaction between teachers and students."

"What is needed is to develop an awareness of the importance of Arabic as a language. As Arabic spreads in the US, this will promote tolerance and understanding between East and West", Ghanem said. This is a step that we hope Arab Americans would take. We need to have Arab families subscribe their children at the Arab Academy and ask their schools to accept the transfer of the credit hours. In response to the need to develop more respectability for Arabic, Akhtar Emon of Los Angeles has established ALIF, an organization that aims at spreading Arabic at high schools. "We need to have institutional support from Arab American organizations in the form of sponsorships of needy students", Emon said. The Internet has provided Arab Americans with the tools needed to promote Arabic, so will we be able to stand together and make our requests heard?

To support the Arab Academy's efforts, contact:

Sanaa Ghanem

Director, Arab Academy

3, Alif El Nabataat Street

Garden City,

Cairo, Egypt.

Cell: + 2 012 218 0305

sanaa@arabacademy.com

Attention: EDUCATORS:

The following documents have been prepared for educators who are interested in the Arab Academy's interactive curriculum and are wondering how, and in what ways to incorporate them into their programs:

To: Chairs, Directors, Coordinators, and Faculty of Arabic Language

Departments (College/University Level)

1. Proposal:

http://arabacademy.com/download/Outline/UnivDirector.doc

2. Curriculum of Standard Arabic Courses:

http://arabacademy.com/download/Outline/CurricUniv_ar.doc

3. Curriculum of Islamic Arabic Courses:

http://arabacademy.com/download/Outline/CurricUniv_islam.doc

4. User's Guide:

http://arabacademy.com/download/Outline/UserGuideUniv.doc

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COURSES

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EMAIL: info@arabacademy.com

WEB: www.arabacademy.com

Arabic Programs in the U.S. and Around the World

Programs (outside the Middle East)	Programs (in the Middle East)
Language Course Finder	Summer/Intensive Programs
*Pre-college / Private Instruction*	Online Learning

Programs (outside the Middle East)

Institution	State	URL	email
Alabama, U of, at Tuscaloosa	AL	http://www.as.ua.edu/clc/	rrobel@woodsquad.as.ua.edu
Samford U	AL	http://www.samford.edu/schools/artsci/wlc/criticallanguages/criticalpic.htm	mfallgoo@samford.edu
U of South Alabama	AL	http://www.southalabama.edu/bulletin/artfor.htm	bquinn@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
Arkansas St. Univ.	AR	http://www.clt.astate.edu/languages/intro.htm	rbaum@astate.edu
U of Arkansas, Fayettville	AR	http://www.uark.edu/depts/mesp/index.html	sesmith@uark.edu
American Grad Sch of Intl Management	AZ	http://www.t-bird.edu/index.htm	staczekj@t-bird.edu
Arizona SU (Tempe)	AZ	http://www.asu.edu/languages/index.htm	Languages@asu.edu
Arizona, U of	AZ	http://w3fp.arizona.edu/neareast/	neareast@ccit.arizona.edu
Mesa Comm. C.	AZ	http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/academic/for_lang/index.shtml	gardeta@mc.maricopa.edu
California SU, Fullerton	CA	http://hss.fullerton.edu/fll/index.html	cswanson@fullerton.edu
California, Berkeley, U of	CA	http://neareastern.berkeley.edu/	hendel@socrates.berkeley.edu
California, L.A, U of	CA	http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/nelc/nelc.html	fishbein@humnet.ucla.edu
California, Santa Barbara	CA	http://www.religion.ucsb.edu/	gchan@alishaw.ucsb.edu
Defense Language Institute	CA	http://www.dli.army.mil/pages/dliflc.htm	clifforr@pom-emh1.army.mil
Grossmont C	CA	http://grossmont.gcccd.cc.ca.us/foreignlanguages/	johannes.bruestle@gcccd.net
Monterey Institute of International Studies	CA	http://www.miis.edu/lang-ilp-langs-arabic.html	khakim@miis.edu
Monterey Peninsula C	CA	http://www.mpc.edu/humanities/foreign_language/index.htm
Riverside Comm C	CA	http://www.academic.rccd.cc.ca.us/foreignlanguages/	rsarkis@rccd.cc.ca.us
San Diego City C	CA	http://www.city.sdccd.cc.ca.us/	Mharms@sdccd.net
San Francisco St. Univ.	CA	http://www.sfsu.edu/	mmckeon@sfsu.edu
San Joaquin Delta C	CA	http://www.sjdccd.cc.ca.us/div/socsci/Foreign%20Lan.html	procha@sjdccd.cc.ca.us
Southern California, U of	CA	http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/LANG_CTR/arabic.html	nouhi@usc.edu, hhassan@usc.edu
Stanford U	CA	http://cyclone.stanford.edu/%7Enimh/arabic//	khalil@stanford.edu
University of the Pacific	CA		gprice@uop.edu
Aurora, Comm C of	CO	http://www.parks-college.com/parks/programs509.htm
Colorado Sch of Mines	CO	http://www.mines.edu/	hamery@mines.edu
Denver, U of	CO	http://www.du.edu/langlit/	langs-lits@du.edu
US Air Force Academy	CO	http://www.usafa.af.mil/flash/index.html	salah.hammoud@usafa.af.mil
Connecticut, U of	CT	http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~wwwmcl/Programs/Undergraduate/uCR/uCR.htm	ebenson@uconnvm.uconn.edu
Hartford Seminary	CT	http://macdonald.hartsem.edu/	macd-ctr@hartsem.edu
Trinity College	CT	http://www.trincoll.edu/pub/academics/departments/modern_languages.html	Gary.Reger@trincoll.edu
Yale U	CT	http://www.yale.edu/nelc	Maureen.Draicchio@yale.edu
American University	DC	http://www.american.edu/academic.depts/cas/lfs/lfs_home.html	griley@american.edu
Catholic U of America	DC	http://arts-sciences.cua.edu/semitics/	oconnorm@cua.edu
George Washington U	DC	http://128.164.127.251/~csll/home.htm	eaf@gwu.edu
Georgetown U	DC	http://www.georgetown.edu/departments/arabic/	arabic@gusun.georgetown.edu
Howard U	DC	http://www.founders.howard.edu/modlang/	jdavis@howard.edu
Johns Hopkins (SAIS)	DC	http://www.sais-jhu.edu/depts/mideast/index.html	MJRing@mail.jhuwash.jhu.edu
Daytona Beach CC	FL	http://www.dbcc.cc.fl.us/fsweb/htm/foreignl.htm	carmonj@dbcc.cc.fl.us
Florida St. Univ.	FL	http://www.fsu.edu/~modlang/divisions/arabic/	modlang@www.fsu.edu
Florida, U of	FL	http://web.aall.ufl.edu/	abamia@aall.ufl.edu
Miami, U of	FL	http://www.fll.miami.edu/fll/	dre@miami.edu
South Florida, U of	FL	http://nosferatu.cas.usf.edu/languages/	languages@nosferatu.cas.usf.edu
U of Central Florida	FL	http://www.cas.ucf.edu/forlang/	forlang@mail.ucf.edu
Emory U	GA	http://www.cc.emory.edu/NES/Faculty.html	jsertel@emory.edu
U of Georgia	GA	http://www.arches.uga.edu/%7Egodlas/Arabic.html	godlas@arches.uga.edu
Chicago, U of	IL	http://humanities.uchicago.edu/depts/nelc/	mtuttle@midway.uchicago.edu
DePaul U	IL	http://www.depaul.edu/~mol/	pcheselk@wppost.depaul.edu
Illinois (Urbana), U of	IL	http://www.linguistics.uiuc.edu/arabic/	deptling@uiuc.edu
Loyola U, Chicago	IL	http://www.luc.edu/depts/modern_lang/arabic.html	drockwe@orion.it.luc.edu
Northwestern U	IL	http://www.cli.northwestern.edu/lang.html	flys@nwu.edu
Illinois (Chicago), U of	IL	http://www.uic.edu/las/clas/	j-ramsey@uic.edu
Indiana U (Bloomington)	IN	http://www.indiana.edu/~nelcmesp/	nelcmesp@indiana.edu
Indiana U, Purdue U at Indianapolis	IN	http://www.iupui.edu/~flac/Arabic.html	hbrant@iupui.edu
Notre Dame, U of	IN	http://www.nd.edu/~col/	AL.Classics.1@nd.edu
Purdue U, West Lafayette	IN	http://www.sla.purdue.edu/academic/fll/	FLL@sla.purdue.edu
Kansas SU	KS	http://www.ksu.edu/mlangs/	modlang@ksu.edu
U Kansas	KS	http://www.ku.edu/%7Elctls/Arabic/index.html	nomar@ku.edu
U of Kentucky, Lexington	KY	http://www.uky.edu/AS/RAE/	gjanecek@uky.edu
Grambling St. Univ.	LA	http://www.gram.edu/COLA/Department_of_Foreign_Language.htm	Merkerr@alpha0.gram.edu
Louisiana SU & A&M	LA	http://www.artsci.lsu.edu/forlang/	slbati@lsu.edu
NE Louisiana U	LA	http://www.ulm.edu/languages/faculty.html	flmckeithen@ulm.edu
Tulane U	LA	http://www.tulane.edu/~intl/interprograms7.html	mldobie@tulane.edu
Amherst College	MA	http://www.amherst.edu/~asian/menu.html	lababb@amherst.edu
Boston College	MA		braude@bc.edu
Boston U	MA	http://www.bu.edu/mfll/	nhuckle@bu.edu
Brandeis U	MA	http://www.brandeis.edu/departments/nejs/	alawrence@brandeis.edu
Harvard U	MA	http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~nelc/	nelc@fas.harvard.edu
Massachusetts (Amherst), U of	MA	http://www.umass.edu/judaic/	judaic@judnea.umass.edu
Mount Holyoke	MA	http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/asian/	mmjiyad@unix.amherst.edu
Simon's Rock College of Bard	MA	http://www.simons-rock.edu/academics/divisions/languages/languages.html	gvasfar@simons-rock.edu
Smith C	MA	http://www.smith.edu/cflac/	klewinst@email.smith.edu
Tufts U	MA	http://www.tufts.edu/as/ger_rus_asian/index.html	vcirrone@tufts.edu
Wellesley College	MA	http://www.wellesley.edu/Religion/	bgeller@wellesley.edu
Johns Hopkins U	MD	http://www.jhu.edu/~neareast/	vwild@jhu.edu
Maryland, College Park, U of	MD	http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Colleges/ARHU/Depts/SLLC/	langweb@umail.umd.edu
Charles S Mott Comm C	MI	http://www.humanities.mcc.edu/	human@mcc.edu
Henry Ford CC	MI	http://www.henryford.cc.mi.us/programs/ForeignLanguage/ForeignLanguage.htm	webmaster@hfcc.net
Michigan (Ann Arbor), U of	MI	http://www.umich.edu/~neareast/faculty.html	alknysh@umich.edu
Michigan SU	MI	http://www.msu.edu/user/linglang/	balla@pilot.msu.edu
Michigan (Flint), U of	MI	http://www.flint.umich.edu/departments/cas/dept_progs/for.htm	podonnel@flint.umich.edu
Wayne Comm C	MI	http://www.wccc.edu/	info@admin.wccc.edu
Wayne SU	MI	http://www.langlab.wayne.edu/NearEast/NearEast.html	ad5006@wayne.edu
Western Michigan U	MI	http://www.wmich.edu/languages/	elaine.gaudio@wmich.edu
Luther Seminary	MN	http://www.luthersem.edu/catalog/01%2D03/course/lang.htm	mswanson@luthersem.edu
Minnesota, Twin Cities, U of	MN	http://www.afroam.umn.edu/	hkhalek@umn.edu
St. Louis Comm C (Forest Park)	MO	http://www.stlcc.cc.mo.us/fp/	fpinfo@stlcc.cc.mo.us
Washington U	MO	http://artsci.wustl.edu/~anell/index.html	bgrant@artsci.wustl.edu
Montana SU - Bozeman	MT	http://www.montana.edu/wwwml/	thawke@montana.edu
Davidson C	NC	http://www.davidson.edu/academic/lrc/index.html	jomckillop@davidson.edu
Duke	NC	http://www.duke.edu/web/aall/arabic/	mcw@duke.edu
NC, U of, at Chapel Hill	NC	http://www.unc.edu/depts/asia/faculty.html	yaqub@email.unc.edu
Shaw U	NC	http://www.shawuniversity.edu/academic/acad_prog/humanities_dept.htm	blewis@shawu.edu
U of North Dakota, Grand Forks	ND	http://www.und.edu/dept/lang/	walter_tschacher@und.nodak.edu
Darmouth College	NH	http://www.dartmouth.edu/~arabic/	Hussein.Kadhim@Dartmouth.edu
County C of Morris	NJ	http://www.ccm.edu/desl/	nkaddour@ccm.edu
Princeton U	NJ	http://www.princeton.edu/~nes/	hamori@Princeton.edu
Rutgers U Newark	NJ	http://rutgers-newark.rutgers.edu/cmll/other.html
New Mexico, U of	NM	http://www.unm.edu/~fll/	fll@unm.edu
Nevada (Las Vegas), U of	NV	http://www.unlv.edu/Colleges/Liberal_Arts/Foreign_Languages/	Sean702@LVCM.com
Bard College	NY	http://www.bard.edu/academics/undergrad/lang_lit/courses.shtml	brosh@bard.edu
Barnard C	NY	http://www.barnard.edu/amec/profiles/prof.html	rmcdermo@barnard.edu
Columbia U	NY	http://www.columbia.edu/cu/mealac/	gas1@columbia.edu
Cornell U	NY	http://www.arts.cornell.edu/nes/index.html	neareastern@cornell.edu
CUNY, City College	NY	http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/	foreignlang@ccny.cuny.edu
CUNY, Queens College	NY	http://forbin.qc.edu/cmal/arabic.html	sspqc@qcvaxa.qc.edu
Hamilton College	NY	http://www.hamilton.edu/academics/clp/	mbarth@hamilton.edu
Hofstra U	NY	http://www.hofstra.edu/Academics/HCLAS/CLL/index_CLL.cfm	cllnhd@hofstra.edu
Long Island U (C W Post CPS)	NY	http://www.cwpost.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/clas/forlang/forlang.htm	foreign.language@cwpost.liu.edu
Nassau Comm C	NY	http://www.sunynassau.edu/catalog/acaddepts/index.html	mannm@sunynassau.edu
New School University	NY	http://www.nsu.newschool.edu/spring02/03a06_lang.htm
New York U	NY	http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/mideast/	mideast.studies@nyu.edu
New York, SU of, at Binghamton	NY	http://classics.binghamton.edu/NearEast/Neareast.htm	vbrown@binghamton.edu
New York, SU of, at Buffalo	NY	http://wings.buffalo.edu/cas/world-languages/	wli@acsu.buffalo.edu
New York, SU of, at Cortland	NY	http://www.cortland.edu/ipgms.html	studyabroad@cortland.edu
Rochester Inst of Tech	NY	http://www.rit.edu/~690www/	ammgla@osfmail.isc.rit.edu
Skidmore College	NY	http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/fll/department.html	gfaustin@skidmore.edu
U of Rochester	NY	http://www.rochester.edu/College/REL/	ema1@mail.rochester.edu
US Military Academy NY	NY	http://www.dean.usma.edu/dfl/	gm7302@usma.edu
Vassar College	NY	http://silp.vassar.edu/index.html	celt@vassar.edu
Yeshiva U	NY	http://www.yu.edu/yeshivacollege/departments/semiticlanguages/semcourses.html	webmaster@ymail.yu.edu
Cincinnati, U of	OH	http://asweb.artsci.uc.edu/judaic/	judaic.dept@uc.edu
Kent SU	OH	http://dept.kent.edu/mcls/hrtg/index.html	rnewton@kent.edu
Ohio SU (Columbus)	OH	http://www.cohums.ohio-state.edu/NELC/arabic.htm	alosh.1@osu.edu
Ohio University	OH
Toledo, U of	OH	http://www.forlang.utoledo.edu/
Tulsa Comm C	OK	http://www.tulsa.cc.ok.us/
U of Oklahoma	OK	http://www.ou.edu/cas/modlang/	modlang@ou.edu
University of Oregon	OR	http://babel.uoregon.edu/ylc/selfstudy.html	ylc@darkwing.uoregon.edu
Portland SU	OR	http://www.fll.pdx.edu/	dirgham@nh1.nh.pdx.edu
Bryn Mawr College	PA	http://www.brynmawr.edu/academics/index.shtml	info@brynmawr.edu
Haverford C	PA	http://www.haverford.edu/deptinfo/Academics.html	webmaster@haverford.edu
Indiana U of Pennsylvania	PA	http://www.chss.iup.edu/dept.htm	blcarter@grove.iup.edu
Lincoln U	PA	http://www.lincolnu.edu/~english/	jonesg@lincolnu.edu
Penn State U (main campus)	PA	http://www.psu.edu/bulletins/bluebook/$lamenu.htm	mxs2@psu.edu
Pennsylvania, U of	PA	http://www.sas.upenn.edu/ames/	moderski@sas.upenn.edu
Phildelphia, Comm C of	PA	http://www.ccp.cc.pa.us/home/programs/la_international.html	jgay@ccp.cc.pa.us
Pittsburgh (main campus), U of	PA	http://www.linguistics.pitt.edu/lctl/lctl.html	linguist@pitt.edu
Temple U	PA	http://www.temple.edu/CLA/	spectalk@vm.temple.edu
Villanova U	PA	http://www.classicalmodernlanglit.villanova.edu/	mercedes.julia@villanova.edu
Brown U	RI	http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Comparative_Literature/index.html	msv@brown.edu
Rhode Island College	RI	http://www.ric.edu/mod-lang/apge.html
Charleston, C of	SC	http://www.cofc.edu/languages/arabic.html	famg@cofc.edu
SC, Columbia campus, U of	SC	http://www.cla.sc.edu/GERM/	resch@sc.edu
South Dakota SU	SD	http://www3.sdstate.edu/Academics/CollegeOfArtsAndScience/ModernLanguages/	Philip_Baker@sdstate.edu
Rhodes C	TN	http://server.forlang.rhodes.edu/LCenter/forlang.html	morrell@rhodes.edu
U of Memphis	TN	http://www.people.memphis.edu/~forlanglit/flhome.html	ralbanese@memphis.edu
Tennessee (Knoxville), U of	TN	http://web.utk.edu/~asc/
Baylor U	TX	http://www.baylor.edu/MFL/	Manuel_Ortuno@baylor.edu
Rice U	TX	http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~csl/	csladmin@rice.edu
Texas, U of, at Austin	TX	http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/melc/html/index.html	ckruzie@mail.utexas.edu
Brigham Young U	UT	http://humanities.byu.edu/AsiaNE/department.html	Dilworth_Parkinson@byu.edu
Utah, U of	UT	http://www.hum.utah.edu/languages/	t.richard.chi@mail.hum.utah.edu
C of William and Mary	VA	http://www.wm.edu/FAS/modlang/arabic/	dxcher@facstaff.wm.edu
Northern VA Comm C	VA	http://www.nv.cc.va.us/curcatalog/descript/ara.htm	webmaster@nv.cc.va.us
Old Dominion U	VA	http://www.odu.edu/al/artsandletters/forlang/language.htm#Arabic	sfoster@odu.edu
VA Military Inst	VA	http://academics.vmi.edu/lang/	BentouhamiK@mail.vmi.edu
Virginia, U of	VA	http://www.virginia.edu/%7Eamelc/	amelc@minerva.acc.virginia.edu
Washington, U of	WA	http://depts.washington.edu/nelc/NELC/	neareast@u.washington.edu
U Wisconsin Milwaukee	WI	http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/FLL/	csjorn@uwm.edu
Wisconsin-Madison, U of	WI	http://african.lss.wisc.edu/all/	hauner@facstaff.wisc.edu

Escuela Oficial de Idiomas – Madrid, Spain

Institute of Islamic and Arabic Sciences – VA, USA

Islamic Saudi Academy – VA, USA

McGill University – Montreal, Canada

The Middle East Institute – Washington, DC

Tennessee Foreign Language Institute – TN, USA

University of Leeds – United Kingdom

University of Southern Denmark

United States Military Academy, West Point – NY, US

What??? Your Arabic program isn't on the list? Drop us a line at: aata@wm.edu

Programs (in the Middle East)

Alexandria University	American University in Beirut	American University in Cairo
An-Najah National University	Arabic Language Center in Cairo	Arabic Language Institute in Morocco
Arabic Language Institute in Saudi Arabia	Birzeit University	Bourguiba Institute
Center for Arabic Language and Eastern Studies (Yemen)	Gulf Arabic Program	Hedayet Institute for Arabic Studies
International Language Institute (Egypt)	King Abdulaziz University	Kuwait University
	Levinsky Teacher’s College	Maadi School For Teaching Arabic
Modern American Language Institute (Yemen)	Sultan Qaboos University	Tel Aviv University
University Language Center (UAE)	University of Haifa	University of Khartoum
	Yarmouk University	Yemen Language Center

Summer/Intensive Programs

Language Centre, School of Oriental and African Studies University of London	Monterey Institute of International Studies	AIMS Tangier Summer Intensive Arabic Studies Program
The State University of New York – Al-Akhawayan Univerwsity - Morocco	Georgetown Arabic Language Institute	University of Virginia-Yarmouk Summer Program
The School of Arabic at Middlebury College	Yale Summer Foreign Language Institute	University of Chicago Summer Arabic Program
CAMES Summer Arabic Program - American University of Beirut	University of Pennsylvania Summer Program	Columbia Arabic Summer Program
George Mason University – Ma’an, Jordan	The Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA)	The Summer Institute for Intensive Arabic and Culture (Sinarc 2001)
Univeristy of Michigan	Intensive Courses in Arabic Language-Tunis	Brigham Young University - 2002
University of Bergen (Norway)	Blue Beach Club – Sinai Peninsula	Hebrew University of Jerusalem
University of California – Los Angeles	New School University – New York, NY	Arabic Language Institute in Fez - Morocco
Hedayet Institute for Arabic Studies – Cairo, Egypt	CMES – University of California, Santa Barbara	University of Balamand - Lebanon
Modern American Language Institute Arabic Program - Sana’a, Yemen	Arabic Language Institute, American University in Cairo

Try this link for more summer programs!

Online Learning

Arab Academy

BABEL:arabic

The Arabic Cyberclassroom

AMIR University

*Pre-college / Private Instruction*

(This is a new section that we’re trying to expand based on numerous requests for information that we just don’t have. Please let us know about any pre-college (elementary, secondary, etc.) Arabic programs that you know about so we can add them to our links. Email us at aata@wm.edu.)

UPenn Middle East Center (grades 4-8)

The Arabic Center of Education (Houston, TX)

Arab Cultural Center (San Franscisco, CA)