What’s the secret to expanding an Arabic program at a secondary school and building a love of language learning among students? Ustaaz Fadi has played a vital role in the creation, expansion and management of the World Language Curriculum at a state-funded school in Chicago. Hear from Fadi about his experience teaching Arabic and engaging students and co ... Show More
Jun 10
Arabic Education in Schools Across Borders: What We Now Understand About the Field
Grounded in the newly released global report of the Study of Arabic Language Programs (SALP), this episode unpacks what the SALP findings mean for classrooms, programs, policy, and the future of Arabic language education. Hosted by Caroline Sibley, Teaching Assistant Professor of ... Show More
1h 1m
Dec 2025
Motivating Arabic Learners: Strategies from Alumni and Educators
The third episode of Season Two of QFI’s podcast, All Things Arabic, is titled "Motivating Arabic Learners: Strategies from Alumni and Educators." Hosted by Caroline Sibley, Teaching Assistant Professor of Arabic in North Carolina, this episode features Dana Slayton, an Arabic la ... Show More
1h 7m
Oct 2024
Teaching Arabic As a Second Language | Muntasir Al Hamad
<p>Muntasir Al Hamad joins us on the media majlis museum podcast to talk about teaching Arabic as a second language. We talk about designing language, teaching curricula, and working with students of different native languages, while tackling the nuances of amiyya, fasiha and fus ... Show More
48m 42s
Sep 2022
Heritage Languages in U.S Schools: A Story of Identity, Belonging and Loss
What do schools and teachers need to know when they have students whose home language is not the one spoken at school? We look at ways teachers can guard against loss of heritage languages, ways to support outside the classroom, and how to keep families involved at school. Plus, ... Show More
27m 32s
Sep 2021
Learning at the Intersections: Cultivating Intercultural Literacy Through Communities of Practice with Dr. Aziz Fatnassi
In this episode of Heart.Change.Consciousness. Dr. Trish dialogues with Dr. Aziz Fatnassi about the limits of institutional DEI efforts (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion), innovative pedagogical strategies for cultivating spaces of intercultural learning inside and outside of cla ... Show More
1s
Aug 2023
Learn Arabic: Meeting People 2
This episode exposes you to phrases, repeated in English and Arabic, to improve your Arabic vocabulary and help you to express yourself in Arabic.
These episodes are meant to accompany and accelerate your existing Arabic language studies, whether you're using an app like DuoLingo ... Show More
5m 17s
Feb 2024
MEHDI BENCHAABANE | AI in Education: The Challenges & Opportunities for Schools | The afikra عفكرة podcast
<p>We sat down with Mehdi Benchaabane, director of Qatar Academy Doha, to discuss the current advantages and shortfalls of AI in the classroom. We discuss the significant questions AI has raised around educational honesty and integrity, key concerns at all levels from students, e ... Show More
55m 38s