Arabic Immersion Program at Sophmore College

Abbasi Program faculty members Alexander Key, Khaled Obeid and Saleem Aweiss will teach an intensive Arabic immersion course as part of the 2015 Sophomore College at Stanford. 

Called “Arabic in America,” the course aims to provide students with as much immersion as possible through a discussion of films, poetry, politics, religion, gender and much more. Students will actively practice how to talk to people, read newspapers, recite poetry, write emails, all with the goal of communicating better in Arabic. Instruction will enable students to engage with all kinds of Arabic, from the Quran and Pre-Islamic poetry to the colloquial Arabic spoken at barbecues. The class will include guest speakers and field trips to the Ba’th Party archives in the Hoover Library, mosques and churches in the Bay Area, and Middle Eastern restaurants.

More information about the course