Twenty-seven doesn’t feel old enough to have spent a very long time doing anything, and accounting for a few decades’ worth of life still seems like something too grown-up for me to ever be capable of ...

As the coronavirus pandemic forces people around the world to stay home, coming out of lockdown knowing a new language – even one of the hardest to learn in the world – is possible, experts say. For ...

A viral claim has been doing the rounds that New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will require elementary school students ...

Despite living in an Arab country, many expats in the UAE admit to a poor command of the Arabic language, and an alarming lack of willingness to try learning it. But according to experts, Arabic can ...

When I walked into Arabic class last week, Karam, my teacher, cheerily asked me how I was doing. I said, “Tamaam, hamdulillah,” which means, “Fine, thanks be to God.” But I was lying. I’d just spent a ...

Reading to children should not be a chore. But the pleasure a child gets from a book is lost if they do not understand the language. It’s a problem faced by parents worldwide, not least in Arabic, ...

University students in the UAE are increasingly using their college breaks to upskill and gain a competitive edge in today's highly competitive job market. The students perceive these breaks – whether ...

Arabic numerals are simply the digits 0 through 9—the standard number symbols used in every classroom in the United States.

The above claim was false. Mamdani had made no such announcement. Additionally, "Arabic numerals" is the common term for the ...