Because Arabic is one of the official languages of more than 20 countries, mostly in the Middle East or North Africa, Arabic speakers in the U.S. represent a large, multi-national group. Arabic ...

View A Decorated Song of Songs with Aramaic and Arabic Translations, Scribe Mordechai ben Baruch ben David ben Moses ben Benjamin, Baghdad, 1835 on artnet. Browse more upcoming and past Decorative Art ...

Judeo-Syrian Arabic is a linguistic relic of Syria’s Jewish past, blending the Levantine Arabic spoken by the majority ...

Aramaic and Arabic. The Aramaic language has had a profound influence on Arabic, particularly in the Levant (Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Palestine). Many words in modern Arabic dialects, including the ...

Christian town in Syria keeps Aramaic alive, amid fears for future under new regime Residents of Maaloula, one of the few places where the ancient language is still spoken, worry they’ll be ...

News Jewish Israelis are heading to Arabic class — and learning a bit more about Palestinians ‘I thought it was absurd that Jews don’t know Arabic and lots of people agreed with me,’ said ...