“You can’t learn Arabic here—you have to go abroad; and you have to hang out with people who speak Arabic.”
~ Professor Christopher Stone (Head of the Arabic program at Hunter)

Morocco

“I studied at Alif, in Fez. My instructor was very knowledgeable, with a Ph.D. The old city was amazing. The people were happy and patient when I spoke Arabic.”  

Arthur Starr (MA-MES, Graduate Center)

• CCNY Study Abroad in Morocco
• Arabic Language Institute in Fez (ALIF)
• American Institute of Maghrib Studies (AIMS)—Tangier Summer Intensive Arabic Studies Program
• Al Akhawayn University (possible to take courses here in English for credit as well), Ifrane, Morocco

Tunisia

• The Bourguiba Institute of Modern Languages, Tunis

Egypt

“I appreciated the pace of life in Cairo—you wake up and enjoy your coffee and pastry. It’s a big city like New York yet people take time for family and friends.” 
~ Jenn Nina (MA-MES, Graduate Center)

• Hunter College Study Abroad in Egypt
• Kalimat Language & Cultural Center, Cairo, Egypt
• Arabic Language Institute at the American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
• Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA), Cairo, Egypt
• International Language Institute (ILI), Cairo, Egypt
• Middlebury College’s Arabic School, Alexandria, Egypt
• Arabeya Arabic Language Center, Cairo, Egypt

Lebanon

• American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
• Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon
• CREA (Centre de recherhes et d’etudes arabe, Université St-Joseph) , Beirut, Lebanon

Syria

“Make sure to pronounce the word maT’am (مطعم), restaurant, correctly because I asked for one and I got sent to a brothel.”
~ Valentine Sanders (Hunter College)

“The best thing was feeling the language for the first time—I understood the why of it. After 5 weeks in Damascus, Arabic now makes sense. Not to mention, the people are super friendly.” 
~ Bret Tonelli (Hunter)

• Damascus University , Damascus, Syria
• Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA), Damascus, Syria
• Syrian Studies Association 

Jordan

“The highlight of my experience was going to a film with an Arabic question and answer session that I actually understood.” 
~ Liam Azulay-Yagev (MA-MES, Graduate Center)

• The Jordanian University, Amman, Jordan
• Yarmouk University (The University of Virginia), Irbid, Jordan

Yemen

• The Modern American Language Institute, Sana’a, Yemen
• Yemen College of Middle East Studies, Sana’a, Yemen