Despite Lebanon’s increasingly unstable political situation, students from around the globe seek its universities, eager to immerse themselves in Arab culture and the Arabic language. The American ...

Last March, Gordon Gray Jr. ’65 bestowed a $1.5 million endowment to encourage the study of Arabic language at Harvard, especially among undergraduates, after Sept. 11. Gray, an alumnus of the Near ...

The fallout from the unrest in the Middle East has made the choices for those hoping to study Arabic in the region narrower and more challenging. However, adventurous students are still drawn to the ...

Beyond the political drive and motives, interest had to do more altruism and cultural enrichment outlooks. Learning the Arabic language is no longer solely the concern of parents in the Arab diaspora ...