Arabic school ex-principal's case dismissed in NYC

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the founding principal of a public Arabic-language school who lost her job amid a public uproar over her remarks downplaying T-shirts emblazoned with the words "Intifada NYC."

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China launches Arabic-language TV channel

Chinese state television launched an Arabic-language channel beamed to the Middle East and Africa on Saturday as part of efforts to expand the communist government's media influence abroad.

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Waiter charged over Arabic chant at Jewish wedding

A waiter who shocked guests at a Jewish wedding by playing a recording of a crowd chanting in Arabic has pleaded not guilty to felony harassment.

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Obama: Kill terrorists, but give prisoners rights

Barack Obama poked some fun at his Arabic-derived first name to explain the need for the constitutional right of prisoners to appeal their detention.

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6 Authors on Arabic Fiction Shortlist

Six authors from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt are on the shortlist as finalists for the first-ever International Prize for Arabic Fiction.

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New Principal at New York Arabic School

A new principal has been hired to head the city's first Arabic-themed public school, five months after the academy's founding principal said she was forced to resign.

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Foreigners Head to Syria to Learn Arabic

It may seem like an unlikely place for students from the U.S. or Europe, but Syria has been rapidly gaining ground as a destination for foreigners who wish to learn Arabic.

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Ex-Head of Arabic School Denied Old Job

The founding principal of the city's first Arabic-themed school, forced out over comments she made to a newspaper about the word "intifada," is not entitled to get her job back, a judge said in a preliminary ruling Wednesday.

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NY Arabic School Principal Sues City

An educator who helped create the city's first Arabic-themed public school sued the city on Monday, saying officials forced her to resign following a furor over her public comments.

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Arabic T-Shirt Alarms Flight Officials

An Arab human rights activist was prevented from boarding a plane at Kennedy Airport while wearing a T-shirt that read, "We will not be silent" in English and Arabic.

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Same ideological pathologies that drive al-Qaida overpowered Hasan's American identity.

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It has got glitz, it has got glamour, it has got speed and now Formula 1 motor sport has got a brand new circuit in the United Arab Emirates.

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A message to the people of Gaza in Arabic (with English subtitles) from Israel Defence Forces spokesman Capt. Avichai Adraee, 7 Jan. 2009. The video must be viewed in full-size to view subtitles.

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What if.....

Is there any particular time during difficulties that "Eureka moments" occur? Is it time for logic to win the moment? What would Americans have done if peoples of Arabic/Middle eastern persuasion had come to America to help US with our Civil War? Maybe a more current example woul …

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The internet is on the cusp of the "biggest change" to its working "since it was invented 40 years ago", the net regulator Icann has said. The body said it that it was finalising plans to introduce web addresses using non-Latin characters. The proposal - initially approved in 2 …

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By Professor Jim Al-Khalili University of Surrey Isaac Newton is, as most will agree, the greatest physicist of all time.

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Confusion reigns over the internet publication in Arabic of former elite soldier's controversial book

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None of Professor Dawkins' books, on evolution as well as religion, has ever been translated into Arabic, and his work has been heavily censored in Turkey.

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You must go immediately to the website of the US Consulate in Jerusalem. Let me know whether you can find ANYTHING about Israel. As of 11:00 p.m. EST, every single entry/article/announcement is about the "Palestinians" or the "West Bank." NOTHING about Israel. Nothing. Nada. Zip.

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DHAKA (AFP) - - Police in northern Bangladesh say they have arrested dozens of swindlers who conned people out of money by calling them on mobile phones and pretending to be genies with supernatural powers.

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Israel plans to replace road signs and place names which have Hebrew, Arabic and English versions with just the Hebrew version.

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Over a dozen women in Khartoum, Sudan have received, or about to receive, 40 lashes for wearing trousers.

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It's my understanding that this app is in use by troops right now, but is not available to the public yet. This is the best voice recognition and translation software I have ever seen. Check out the video.

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You surely don't know the name nor should you, really. But Jawad Jabbar Sadkhan Al-Sahlani was quietly given his freedom Thursday by the U.S.

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Now he's done it. King Abdullah also noted the ties between the two nations, which he said go back to the 1930's and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the late King Abdul-Aziz.

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Jouma Haddad, a poet and culture editor for the Beirut newspaper an-Nahar, has launched a literary magazine devoted to the human body and physicality.

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HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED why millions of Muslim men are dedicated to killing Americans? Or why so many are willing to blow themselves up to kill Israelis? Or why they are so committed to blowing up random people in Bali, London, Madrid, etc.?

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Listen and download the Quran, with english translation

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Researchers armed with modern technology such as digital cameras and 3D laser scanners have embarked on a mission to catalogue and decipher for the first time the words that adorn Spain's most-visited tourist attraction.

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A film of the Gaza bombing as it happened-a trailer for the documentary film. It's in Arabic,Spanish and English.The subtitles are in Spanish.Definitely worth a look.

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Polish now the second language spoken in Scottish Schools

For the first time ever the second language spoke most in Scottish schools is Polish in 19 local authorities across the country.

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"The deal would help the international news network, one of the top services in the Arabic-speaking world, broaden its reach in the United States, where it so far has been available to only a limited audience. "

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An airline passenger forced to cover his T-shirt because it displayed Arabic script has been awarded US$240,000 (A$337,000) in compensation, campaigners said Monday.

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There's a problem with translation Web sites: they tend to be funnier than they are useful.

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