A new study shows Arabic has exploded in popularity on college campuses, shooting up to the tenth-most popular language studied. And 13 percent more college students are learning foreign languages — ...

The number of college students enrolling in Arabic language classes has more than doubled in recent years, linguistic experts said. Since the attacks on the World Trade Center six years ago, ...

Brigham Young University’s federally funded National Middle East Language Resource Center is leading the way in introducing the study of a critical language to high school students and adult learners ...

DAPHNE, Alabama -- Daphne High School is offering Arabic language classes instead of French classes this fall, taught by Sanaa El-Khattabi, a former University of South Alabama professor. The school ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is desperately seeking Arabic translators to help sift through evidence related to the recent terrorist attacks. But if the number of students taking Arabic is any ...

The minor in Arabic Language, Literature, and Culture aims to bring students to an advanced level of proficiency in the Arabic language, combined with meaningful cultural competence in contemporary ...

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 ...

Learning a foreign language in high school is moving beyond the typical Spanish, French and German courses to include Chinese, Russian, Japanese and Arabic in school districts around the midstate.

DENVER — The class starts at the doorway. Mohamed Moghazy waits for each student at the door of his classroom at Denver’s North High School, and welcomes them inside with a greeting. He addresses the ...

Nour Jandali writes in Arabic from right to left on a chalkboard in `a classroom at Cholla High Magnet School and loudly repeats phrases with a guttural tone. The 40-year-old, a native of Syria, goes ...