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 ...

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 ...

Arabic language courses are thriving in parts of Sarajevo that have seen an influx of cash, businesses and tourists from the Gulf states. Sarajevo’s King Fahd mosque, to which the King Fahd cultural ...