Arabic

Hanada Al-Masri, Associate Professor, Director of Middle East & North African Studies, …

Jason Busic, Associate Professor, Associate Chair, Department of Modern Languages, …

Liz Barringer-Smith, Academic Administrative Assistant

Stir emotions, articulate ideas, and establish relationships with others.

Students who study Arabic at Denison are prepared to engage with the Middle East as diplomats, economists, historians, and anthropologists, among other professions.

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Spotlights

A cultural immersion from the comfort of home

Bridget Koerwitz ’21 squeezed four semesters of Arabic language instruction into eight short weeks.

Hanada Al-Masri, Mohamed El-Sayed, Hannah Bennet

Building Public Speaking Skills

Hannah Bennet ’21 and Mohamed El-Sayed ’20 get great public speaking experience after a course that features a lot of listening.

Denison students with an Arab-American family

How We Learn

Learning by listening

An Arabic class connects students with a local Arab-American community, providing opportunities to learn language and culture outside the classroom.

Where We Go

Arabic: The cultural key to the Middle East

Keylee Jones '16 is continuing her study of Arabic after graduation, thanks to a Critical Language Scholarship.

What's Happening

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Spotlights

A cultural immersion from the comfort of home

Building Public Speaking Skills

Learning by listening

Arabic: The cultural key to the Middle East

What's Happening

Katherine Truitt '20 named Fulbright finalist

Jordanian Ambassador shares insight to the Middle East

Denison Launches Middle East and North African Program