As someone who grew up speaking both English and Arabic, I’ve often found myself searching for the perfect word — only to realize it doesn’t exist in one language or the other. There are phrases in ...

For many years, SUNY Cortland students interested in studying abroad to learn Arabic were directed to American University in Cairo, Egypt. The Arab Spring of 2011, which resulted in a revolution and ...

Thus spoke my Lebanese-born cousin when I made the fatal mistake of saying the word for chicken in fus-ha, or formal Arabic, rather than in the Levantine dialect. Though this happened six years ago, ...

The Department of Islamic Research and Studies at the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs (Awqaf) will hold a seminar Tuesday, ...