A recent article posed the question "Who needs the Arabic Language?" (Gulf News, December 23). Is it necessary for Arabs to learn Arabic? Many would be tempted to brush off this question as ...

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The brain's right hemisphere is not involved in the initial processes of reading in Arabic, due to the graphic complexity of Arabic script. Therefore reading acquisition in Arabic is much harder in ...

Approximately 60% of Arabic-speaking Internet users dislike using an Arabic keyboard, according to Yamli, a Massachusetts-based startup that launched last year. CEO Habib Haddad explains that many ...

Cairo — Economist Riham Shendy started collecting children's books when she was expecting her twins. An Egyptian married to a German and living in New York, she was determined to teach her children ...

Please check your inbox for your confirmation. It’s a little past 10 a.m. and Samira Alhamwi leads a group of nine elementary school-aged children in a jazzy ...