Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Ma'dan (Marsh Arabs)
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Ma'dan, Marsh Arabs who live in Iraq. Gives basic facts about location, language, folklore, foods, social customs, family life, education, religion, pastimes, societal...
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Living Language: E Ticket Arabic [Pdf]
These lessons will help you if you are planning a trip to countries where the main spoken language is Arabic and could use a helpful traveler's phrasebook with hundreds of essential words and phrases.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Lesson Plan: Arabic Poetry
This online lesson plan introduces information about the Arabic poetic art form known as the ghazal. It includes Educational Objectives, classroom activities and projects, examples, and a list of the relevant national educational standards.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Living Language: In Flight Arabic Learn Before You Land [Pdf]
These are lessons that will help you to get by when you visit a country whose primary language is Arabic.
British Council
British Council: Go4 English: English for Arabic Speakers
Go4English is a website of the British Council dedicated to teaching English to Arabic-speaking children and adults. It includes lesson plans, self-tests, learning exercises, games, stories, songs, and many more activities and...
British Council
British Council: Go4 English: Vocabulary and Grammar for Arabic Speakers
This illustrated and animated site is specifically designed for English language learners whose first language is Arabic. Ask-and-Answer online quizzes and games help students understand various aspects of English grammar and vocabulary,...
Other
Busuu: Learn a Language
A free engaging opportunity to learn languages from around the world. Languages offered include English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Turkish, Arabic, Chinese and Polish.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: United Arab Emirates
Provides an overview of the culture of the United Arab Emirates. Gives basic information on topics such as geography, ethnic makeup, languages, symbolism, economy, food, customs, social stratification, family life, education, religion,...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Arab Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Arab Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
eLanguage
E Language: Arabic Culture
A brief introduction to the unifying elements of Arabic culture--language and religion--in a collection of images from around the Arabic world.
Library of Congress
Loc: Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Calligraphy
This collection contains more than 100 single-page calligraphic sheets containing poetic excerpts in Persian
Other
Nezar: Stories, Articles, and News in Arabic
Though most of the short stories here are incomplete (to be completed at a later date), the articles are complete. The author has also included some links to Arabic-language news sites, as well as his own lessons on learning French....
Other
Arab News
ArabNews is a Saudi English-language daily newspaper serving the Arab world. Content includes local and regional news, world news, sports coverage, business features, and much more.
American University
American University: Arab Spice Trade and Spread of Islam: Spice Case
A paper which deals with the premise that the spice trade led to the spread of Islam. Also discusses why spices were an important trade commodity.
BBC
Bbc: Arabic News
Written in Arabic, the BBC covers the latest news, issues and events in the Middle East. Content includes the top stories, business and financial news. Also available in several languages offered from the "Languages" link.
Other
List of Verbs in Arabic Speak7
A list of 350 of the most commonly used verbs in English with Arabic translation and transliteration.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Morocco: People
Read about the people of Morocco, their languages, religion, education, and their cities. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
Google
Google Language (Translation) Tools
Find language tools, developed by Google, that perform machine translations of short passages of text or of entire Web pages, from English into over 10 world languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian,...
Other
Art of Arabic Calligraphy: The Language and the Script
A four part essay by Mamoun Sakkal regarding the history and use of the Arabic Alphabet. The site has intriguing articles about the evolution of the alphabet.
BBC
Bbc World Service: Learning English Grammar
The Grammar and Vocabulary area of the BBC World Service site has a section on common grammar problems and a section on idioms and expressions. There are also links to pages that provide English language learning opportunities that...
Other
Elodil
This site is all presented in French, but may be accessible to non-French speakers because of the simple graphics and ease of navigation. Learn how to say hello in 16 languages and see where people speak that language on a world map....
Joe Landsberger
Study Guides and Strategies
With over 100 separate pages of guides to studying and organizing work, this site gives tips on everything from learning how to learn, to managing your time, to how to prepare for essay exams. Selected site content is translated into 25...
The British Museum
British Museum: Artists of the Modern Middle East
The online home of "Word into Art," an exhibition mounted by the British Museum that details the way in which artists from across the Middle East and North Africa use written language in their art. The exhibition follows four thematic...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Jews of Israel
The state of Israel came into formal existence on 14 May 1948. The United States recognized the new state on the same day, and the Soviet Union followed on 18 May. On 15 May 1948 the new state was invaded by the armies of Egypt, Iraq,...
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