The Arabic Program

Spring 2010 Arabic Courses of Interest (See Schedule of Classes):

• Egyptian Arabic, Second Semester (ARB 4/539B) [Abed]
• Second Year Levantine Arabic II (ARB 4/584B) [Tamimi]
• Language of Arab Media Sources IV (ARB 4/596B) [Gamal]
• Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (ARB 596M-001) [Farwaneh]
• Readings in Modern Arabic Prose (ARB 4/595A) [Gamal]
• Fourth Year Arabic II (ARB 4/508) [Noorani]
  

Department of Near Eastern Studies
Welcome to the web site for Arabic in Near Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona. NES has one of the top Arabic programs in the U.S., offering instruction in Arabic language, including dialects such as Levantine and Egyptian Arabic, linguistics, literature, culture and society. Our Arabic Professors include:

• Samira Farwaneh, Assistant Professor, Arabic Linguistics.
  Professor Farwaneh's web
• Adel Gamal, Professor, Arabic Language and Literature
  Professor Gamal's web
  
• Yaseen Noorani, Arabic and Persian Literature and Language

Current ARB Teaching Assistants:

Beginning Arabic I

• Maria Adjures: Sect 1 | (520) 626-8907
• W. Ben Adams: Sect 3 | (520) 626-8907
• Scott Brown: Sect 4 | (520) 626-8907
• Ahmed Ould Meiloud Sect 2 | (520) 626-0898

Intermediate Arabic I

• Samy Ayoub: Sect 1 | (520) 626-8907
• Nadia Hamrouni: Sect 2 | (520) 626-6567