Arabic

Arabic (/ˈærəbɪk/;Arabic: العَرَبِية, al-ʻarabiyyah [alʕaraˈbijja] or Arabic: عربي ,عربى ʻarabī [ˈʕarabiː]) is the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century and its modern descendants excluding Maltese. Arabic is spoken in a wide arc stretching across Western Asia, North Africa, and the Horn of Africa. Arabic belongs to the Afroasiatic family.

The literary language, called Modern Standard Arabic or Literary Arabic, is the only official form of Arabic. It is used in most written documents as well as in formal spoken occasions, such as lectures and news broadcasts.

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, closely related to Aramaic, Hebrew, Ugaritic and Phoenician. Standard Arabic is distinct from and more conservative than all of the spoken varieties, and the two exist in a state known as diglossia, used side-by-side for different societal functions.

Some of the spoken varieties are mutually unintelligible, both written and orally, and the varieties as a whole constitute a sociolinguistic language. This means that on purely linguistic grounds they would likely be considered to constitute more than one language, but are commonly grouped together as a single language for political or religious reasons (see below). If considered multiple languages, it is unclear how many languages there would be, as the spoken varieties form a dialect chain with no clear boundaries. If Arabic is considered a single language, it is perhaps spoken by as many as 422 million speakers (native and non-native) in the Arab world, making it one of the six most-spoken languages in the world. If considered separate languages, the most-spoken variety would most likely be Egyptian Arabic with 89 million native speakers—still greater than any other Afroasiatic language. Arabic also is a liturgical language of 1.6 billion Muslims. It is one of six official languages of the United Nations.

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Troublemaker British-Gambian Cornell student flees US before Trump's ICE agents could arrest him | Daily ...

The Daily Mail 02 Apr 2025
A Cornell University student facing deportation after his visa was revoked because of his campus activism said he decided to leave the United States, declaring. 'Long live the student intifada!' ... 'Long live the student intifada!' ... 'Long live the student intifada!'. Intifada is an Arabic word for a rebellion or uprising, or a resistance movement....
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QU project highlights need for AI integration to enhance special education

Gulf-Times 01 Apr 2025
AI systems can be developed to address the specific linguistic and cultural needs of Arab students with disabilities, ensuring that educational content and support are culturally relevant and accessible.This systematic literature review highlights the transformative potential of AI in special education....
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Salafi Muslims are going into politics instead of trying to change the world through religious ...

The Conversation 01 Apr 2025
Also known as “Wahhabism”, Salafism emerged in Islamic institutions and universities in Saudi Arabia and the wider Arab Gulf by the ... This took place as Moroccan, Tunisian, Libyan and Egyptian students returned to their countries of origin after studying in Saudi Arabia and the broader Arab Gulf ... After the Arab Spring....
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How Dubai schools are addressing the unique needs of students with special learning requirements

Khaleejtimes 01 Apr 2025
"(At Springdales) Admission is open to students of all abilities ... Springdales’ inclusion department, Sawa — meaning ‘together’ in Arabic — offers individualised education plans (IEPs), targeted interventions, and a supportive atmosphere to help students with special learning needs succeed....
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New Dave’s Hot Chicken location to open in Springfield

Daily Emerald 31 Mar 2025
Since then, Dave’s Hot Chicken has expanded their locations across the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. University of Oregon student Brandon Lee, a sophomore studying economics, shared his thoughts on the chicken chain....
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Ministry of Culture launches ‘Reading Ambassadors Initiative’

Urdu Point 31 Mar 2025
Additionally, this category features Amna Al Mansouri, a school student and the champion of the UAE Arab Reading Challenge of 2023, and Ahmed Faisal Ali, the champion of the UAE Arab Reading Challenge of 2024....
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Schools are No Place for the ADL: Examining the ADL’s ‘No Place for Hate’ Program

Scheerpost 31 Mar 2025
Then, it removed more than 100 lesson plans that helped educators address bias against LGBTQ, Muslim, and immigrant students ... As Anna, a high school teacher in Southern California, told us, “Some of our Arab and Muslim students felt alienated that our school was working with the ADL....
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Indian diaspora ranks world’s biggest at 35.4 million

Gulf News 31 Mar 2025
NEW DELHI. The world’s largest diaspora is now made up of Indians at 35.4 million globally, the Minister of State for External Affairs, Pabitra Margherita, has said ... Also Read ... Remittances ... Countries with the largest Indian diaspora ... 1 ... The country remains a top destination for Indian students seeking higher education ... United Arab Emirates – 3.55 million....
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Federal judge temporarily halts deportation of Tufts University student

Virtual Jerusalem 30 Mar 2025
Federal judge in Massachusetts temporarily blocks the deportation of a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University who was detained after expressing support for Palestinian Arabs.� | Read More�News from Israel .......
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David Boren's education legacy spread beyond OU, to foundations and national security programs

The Oklahoman 30 Mar 2025
David Boren worked to support Oklahoma students for national intelligence jobs ... Burke said Boren especially wanted to train those students in languages — such as Arabic, Mandarin and Russian — that would help the nation’s geopolitical efforts in diplomacy ... graduate students and grants to U.S ... students from more than 740 U.S....
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Explainer: The Lawsuits Aiming To Stop Trump’s Assault on Free Speech and Palestine Activism

Scheerpost 29 Mar 2025
Cornell professor Mukoma Wa Ngugi, and Cornell graduate students Sriram Parasurama and Momodou Taal filed the legal action with support from the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) and are seeking an injunction against Trump’s Executive Orders Numbers 14161 and 14188, which authorize deportation over protected speech....
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Grant for books in Spanish at Oak Lawn Community High School to help students ‘see ...

Chicago Tribune 28 Mar 2025
Spanish heritage students at Oak Lawn Community High School will soon get more popular books in their home language, after the Media Center secured a grant for that purpose ... “In the morning before school, there are around 150 students who are in here and of those, there are Spanish speaking, Arabic speaking and Polish,” she said....
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Kerala revises Class 1 admission guidelines, raising the minimum age requirement to 6 years

The Times of India 28 Mar 2025
However, more than 50 per cent of students now begin school at age six, and this trend should be encouraged, he added ... Furthermore, lessons on the ill effects of drugs and alcohol have been included in the revised Science, Social Science, Malayalam, Urdu, and Arabic textbooks for upper primary and high school students in the 2024-25 academic year....

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