Middle East Language and Study Abroad Programs

University-level Programs

Al-Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco
Office of International Programs
http://www.alakhawayn.ma

Arabic Language Institute in Fez (ALIF), Fez, Morocco
Passage to Morocco Program, sponsored by the Virginia Military Institute and the National Council on US-Arab Relations
http://www.ncusar.org/studyabroad/morocco.htm
Instruction in Modern Standard Arabic and/or Colloquial Moroccan Arabic
http://www.alif-fes.com

American Institute for Maghrib Studies
Research in North Africa with Centre d'Études Maghrébines à Tunis (CEMAT) and the Tangier American Legation Museum (TALM)
http://aimsnorthafrica.org/

American Research Institute in Turkey
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ARIT/ ARITSummerLanguageProgram.htm

American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon
Summer, Semester, or Year of Study
http://www.aub.edu.lb

American University in Cairo (AUC), Cairo, Egypt
Arabic Language Institute
Master of Arts in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (TAFL)
http://www.aucegypt.edu
Ancient Egyptian, Islamic, and Modern Middle East Studies (undegrad - through Penn Abroad) http://www.upenn.edu/oip

The Badr Language Institute, Tarim, Yemen
Intensive Arabic Language Program
http://www.badr.org.uk/ (temporarily unavailable)

Ben-Gurion University, Beer Shiva, Israel
Center for International Student Programs
http://www.bgu.ac.il

Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Postgraduate Studies in Department of History: Ottoman, American, Medieval, and Modern European History
http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~history

Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine
Palestinian and Arabic Studies Program
http://home.birzeit.edu/pas/pasp.html

Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey
Turkish Language and Culture Program
http://www.boun.edu.tr/special/web.htm

Duke University / Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey
Duke in Istanbul
http://www.duke.edu/philosophy/istanbul/

Galillee College
Joint Israeli-Palestinian Summer Program on Political Science and Middle East Studies
http://www.galilcol.ac.il

Georgetown University
Listing of Arabic language programs in Israel and the Arab world
http://www.georgetown.edu/departments/arabic/studyabroad.htm

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Rothberg International School: Academic Year/Semester of Courses in Jewish Studies, Israel Studies, Hebrew Language, Middle East Studies (undergrad through Penn Abroad)
http://www.upenn.edu/oip

International Partnership for Service Learning and Leadership
These study abroad programs unite academic study for credit with volunteer service.
http://www.ipsl.org/

Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon
Summer Institute for Intensive Arabic Language & Culture
http://www.lau.edu.lb/centers-institutes/sinarc

Noth Carolina State University
Summer Abroad in Cairo, Egypt
http://www.chass.ncsu.edu/mestudies/studyabroad/

Qasid Institute, Amman, Jordan
Classical Arabic Instruction
http://www.qasidonline.com

Rotheberg International School, Division of Graduate Studies: MA Programs offered in The Bible and its World, History and Culture of the Modern Middle East, Jewish Civilization, Religious Studies, Society and Politics in Israel, Jewish Education
http://overseas.huji.ac.il

Studyabroad.com - A User's Guide
A great portal for international education information.
http://www.studyabroad.com

Syrian Studies Association
Great site for study abroad programs in Syria, including free lessons on the web in Syrian colloquial Arabic
http://www.ou.edu/ssa/learn.htm

Turkish studies and Turkic language studies in American universities
http://www.turkishstudies.org/turkish.html

Turkish Studies Association
Study Abroad at a Turkish University
http://www.h-net.org/~thetsa

Universiteit Leiden, CNWS Research School, Leiden, the Netherlands
Advanced Master's Program at CNWS Research School of Asian, African, and Amerindian Studies
http://www.leidenuniv.nl

University of Maryland, Center for Persian Studies
Certificate of Professional Studies in Persian Language
http://www.languages.umd.edu/persian/programs.php

University of Wisconsin, Summer 2008 Arabic & Persian Immersion Program (APIP)
http://global.wisc.edu/apip

Yemen College of Middle Eastern Studies
Arabic Study Abroad
http://www.ycmes.org

Middle East Language Programs in the U.S., Abroad, and Online

American Association of Teachers of Arabic
Excellent resource for Arabic language programs around the world, and in the U.S., and online.
http://www.wm.edu/aata/arabicprograms.php

More Arabic Language Programs Abroad
http://www.al-bab.com/arab/language/learn.htm

Arabic Overseas Flagship Program
http://www.americancouncils.org/programDetail.php?program_id=MTA0

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