Arabic
How SpongeBob SquarePants is helping one Syrian woman preserve her culture for her daughter
A Syrian mother in Massachusetts worried her young daughter was losing her formal Arabic — fusha. So, she came up with a plan that involved cartoons dubbed in Arabic.
Syrian parents in Turkey worry their kids are losing their culture
How a Lebanese immigrant helped pave the way for the study of Islam and Muslim culture in the US
The teacher's an Israeli Arab, the students are Jewish American and the subject is Arabic
This startup helps Syrian refugees earn a living. All they need is a laptop.
A tale of two linguists and the conflict that separates them
Israeli linguist Arik Sadan is an authority on the Arabic language. Palestinian Sobhi Bahloul is Gaza's best-known Hebrew teacher. They share a love for the other's native tongue. But these two linguists have never met.
You may not know it — but if you speak Spanish, you speak some Arabic too
Joy Diaz speaks English and Spanish. When she met her daughter's Arabic-speaking teacher, she realized how many Arabic words she also knows.
Fixers are a foreign reporter's best friend — and often their lifeline
Spoiler alert: A behind the scenes look at foreign correspondents that you may not want to know! A good interpreter, or "fixer," can make the difference not only between a good story and a bad one, but between life and death.
ISIS? ISIL? The Islamic State? We really still can't decide?
Governments and news outlets still can't seem to agree on what to call the militants who've named themselves the Islamic State, and now the French government is using yet another term: Daesh, an Arabic acronym. But why can't we figure out what to call these guys?