FERESHTEH Tavoli witnessed something strange about seven years ago. The Iranian-born Houstonian watched a friend struggle to communicate with her grandchildren. The friend was speaking Farsi, a common ...

This program gives students a deep understanding of the rich culture and history of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, as well as how this area interacts with other regions across the ...

Archaeological research in the Middle East is revealing how a long-forgotten ancient civilisation used previously undiscovered linguistics to promote multiculturalism and political stability. The ...

For decades, scholars at the University of Chicago have sought to preserve and share the languages of South Asia and the Middle East—from Assamese to Torwali, Khowar to Pashto. In this work, the ...

The major in Middle East studies provides students with the opportunity to deeply explore this region’s historical, political, social and cultural complexity. Broadly conceived, this geographical ...

The Fulbright Program provides U.S. students with grants to conduct an independent research project or teach English as a second language abroad. Grantees are paired with a host institution, where ...

Middle East Report is the foremost U.S. magazine of critical analysis on the Middle East, and its international readership of 25,000 makes it one of the most widely read publications on the Middle ...

Launching this fall, UC Santa Cruz’s new Middle Eastern And North African Studies (MENA) minor will immerse undergraduates in the language, culture, politics and history of the region. UC Santa Cruz ...

JERUSALEM, Nov 1 (Reuters) - A small group of Israelis and Palestinians in Jerusalem, a city of political, religious and cultural divisions, is trying to bridge a Hebrew-Arabic language gap through ...

Learn about the journey of the Greek language from its ancient origins to the vernacular of modern Greece through the lens of Middle Greek.