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Syrian Students’ Dreams of Studying Abroad Hit New Roadblocks
Syrian students have been traveling to Beirut for interviews and tests. That complicated and costly process has gotten tougher with…
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Arab Women Writers Struggle to Get the Readers They Deserve
Women who write in Arabic face a double problem: They’re translated less often than men, and when they are, their…
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Poet Zeina Hashem Beck: Not Choosing Between Arabic and English
The acclaimed Lebanese poet moves easily between modes and languages. She writes for the page but also performs, and she…
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Universities in France Help Refugees Succeed as Students
University leaders have embraced programs that provide language training and social support to migrants as they make the transition from…
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The Latest in Language Confusion: Morocco Switches Back from Arabic to French
Morocco, which switched instruction in schools from French to Arabic in the 1980’s, is now reversing course, to the dismay…
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Artificial Intelligence Speeds Efforts to Enhance Online Arabic Content
The Arabic language is seriously underrepresented online. Computer science researchers in Qatar are developing tools to change that,
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Opinion
Despite a Blue Chip Education, Unemployed and Desperate in Palestine
After earning a bachelor’s degree at an American college campus in Jerusalem and then a master’s degree in London, a…
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Opinion
Why the Split Between Classical and Everyday Arabic Endures
If Arabs want a true lingua franca, they must ease the rigid boundaries they’ve set up between the local dialects…
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Algeria’s Higher-Education Minister Encourages Switch From French to English
Minister Tayeb Bouzid says “French doesn’t get you anywhere,” and announces committee to develop Anglophone teaching in Algerian universities.
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