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Arabic, a shared heritage

PEACE to you, we say in Church. When Filipinos greet each other with warm words that carry echoes from across the seas — a simple “salamat” that recalls salaam (peace) — we are reminded that the ...
Study Finds

Arab American Families Struggle With U.S. Schools Amid Cultural Divide

Yet, Arab students are often invisible in education policy discussions. They are often categorized as “white” and sometimes as “Muslim.” However, not all Arabs are Muslim, and not all Muslims are Arab ...

Arab American students and parents see US schools very differently − political tensions are widening the gap

Several clear patterns emerged: 64% of students said their parents do not understand the U.S. school system, 58% said political and media messages increased their parents’ fears about safety and ...

Between ‘yalla’ and ‘LOL’: How Emirati youth blend Arabic and English

Dubai: Walk into a café in the UAE and eavesdrop for a moment. You’ll hear it: conversations that start in Arabic, slip into ...
IEEE

Hybrid Deep Learning and Fuzzy Matching for Real-Time Bidirectional Arabic Sign Language Translation: Toward Inclusive Communication Technologies

Abstract: Technological advances and AI tools can help address the challenges faced by individuals who are deaf or nonverbal in different areas of social interaction. Existing tools mainly focus on ...