Arabic mandatory at [New York] city public school
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:38:18 PM
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| An upper Manhattan public elementary school will be the first in the city to require that students study Arabic, officials said yesterday. Beginning next semester, all 200 second- through fifth-graders at PS 368 in Hamilton Heights will be taught the language twice a week for 45 minutes — putting it on equal footing with science and music courses. One reason Principal Nicky Kram Rosen selected Arabic — as opposed to more common offerings, such as Spanish or French — is because it will help the school obtain a prestigious International Baccalaureate standing. “She proposed this to the parent association. They... |
Arabic-Language Training Cancelled for U.S. National Lab
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:38:18 PM
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| A plan to provide Arabic language workshops to employees of the Argonne National Laboratories was abruptly cancelled by the U.S. Dept. of Energy this week. It had planned to hire a contractor capable of conducting classes twice weekly for 50 weeks. According to a Statement of Work, the goal of the endeavor had been to: improve the ability of personnel supporting Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Programs and other National Nuclear Security Administration programs and activities to communicate with their foreign counterparts and to reduce their dependence on interpreters in non-technical discussions. It had sought instructors "experienced in teaching and testing Modern... |
Spanish Police Arrests an Al Qaeda Suspect
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:38:18 PM
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| SNIPPET: "MADRID – Spanish police on Tuesday arrested a suspected member of Al Qaeda who was key to the terror group's Internet propaganda and recruiting operations, officials said. The suspect arrested in the eastern city of Valencia "administered one of the world's most important jihadist forums", dedicated to recruiting and indoctrinating Islamic terrorists, Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said. The name of that forum and the suspect's name were not given, only his initials, M.H.A. He is Jordanian-born with Saudi citizenship." SNIPPET: "The suspect worked at home "8 to 15 hours a day" for al-Qaida and for two offshoots, Al... |
Ron Paul Flyer Written In Arabic Outside Michigan Mosque Touts His Desire To Cut Aid To Israel…
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:38:18 PM
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| In typical sleazebag fashion the English side of the flyer makes no mention of Israel. Via Big Peace: Ron Paul, who has consistently engaged in anti-Semitic nonsense over the course of the past few decades, has largely attempted to hide his anti-Semitism throughout his campaign. No longer. Ron Paul has issued this Arabic-language flyer outside the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Michigan [seen above]. |
Wall St set to slide after Greek referendum call
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:38:18 PM
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| On Monday, U.S. stocks racked up their best month in 20 years in October. Greek Premier George Papandreou said he will put Greece's bailout deal through a referendum, potentially undoing a long-awaited agreement struck just last week and sending European stocks down 4.4 percent. The region's bank shares fell 7.9 percent to $16.25. Greek opposition parties said the referendum was putting Greece's European Union membership at risk and instead called for a snap election. U.S. bank shares were expected to follow European lenders lower. The Financial Select Sector SPDR fell 4 percent with Bank of America down 5.9 percent and... |
S. Sudan to phase out use of Arabic in schools
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:38:18 PM
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| South Sudan is to phase out Arabic as the language of instruction in schools within the next three years, an official said today. The minister for General Education, Joseph Ukel, said Arabic will be gradually replaced with English as the official medium of communication in schools and public offices as enshrined in the new country’s constitution. Arabic language has been used in North Sudan in close association with the Islamic religion and got fully entrenched in the South during the imposition of Sharia law in the early 1990s. “Within the next three years, we will have replaced Arabic with English... |
Amanda Knox: A Cautionary Tale
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:38:18 PM
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| From now on, parents who plan to send their children abroad to study in a foreign nation should sit them down in front of the TV set and watch replays of the Amanda Knox saga. It has all the elements of a true-to-life lesson in the dangers of turning young men and women barely out of their teens into innocents abroad. Youngsters -- and many parents -- are clueless when it comes to the customs and laws in other countries that lack many of the safeguards which we Americans take for granted. They should study the Amanda Knox case. It... |
KNX 1070 EXCLUSIVE: Feds Probe Possible Arabic-Type Markings On Southwest Jets
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:38:18 PM
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| LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Federal agencies were working with Southwest Airlines on Thursday to determine who has been vandalizing their aircraft with mysterious markings. KNX 1070 investigative reporter Charles Feldman has learned that since February, several Southwest jets have been vandalized with mysterious writings that show up on the underbelly of their 737 passenger aircraft. The writings — which some have interpreted as being either Arabic or Arabic-type symbols — appeared to have been done with a chemical process that reveals the text once an auxiliary power unit is turned on and heats up the outside skin of the aircraft,... |
Ottawans (IL) Answer in Arabic during 9/11 service
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:38:18 PM
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| Sunday afternoon there were many Ottawans who may have spoken their first words of Arabic. At the 9/11 memorial service in Washington Square, while "Praying for the World" was read by Rev. Nancy Rethford, pastor of the Epworth Untied Methodist church, and Wendy Asphahani of the First Congregational United Church of Christ, those present were asked to give the congregational response both in the traditional English of "hear our prayer" and the Arabic phonetic response of "Iss m'a naa, yaa rab-banaa" — which translates to the same meaning. |
DHS - Food Assistance
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:38:18 PM
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| • Food Assistance Date Change Letter -- English PDF • Food Assistance Date Change Letter -- Arabic PDF • Food Assistance Date Change Letter -- Spanish PDF |
According to AmeriSpan, More Studying Arabic in 2011 Than Ever Before
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:38:18 PM
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| Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) July 31, 2011 AmeriSpan Study Abroad, a company specializing in international education, notes that many more people have decided to learn Arabic in Jordan, Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries because they recognize its importance. The economic, political and cultural influence of the Middle East and the Muslim World has grown in the past decade. Participating in an Arabic Immersion program offers the student the chance to learn the culture and the language. Recent world events have begun a domino effect of reform to the Arabic-speaking Middle East. Countries like Libya, Egypt and Syria are at the... |
Michigan Dept of Human Service Letter (IN ARABIC, OUTRAGEOUS)
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:38:18 PM
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| This is a letter posted via a link on the Michigan Department of Human Services Website. The link is to a pdf file which I have converted to a jpg image in order that it can be displayed here: |
On Bin Laden, Muslim Brotherhood Makes Different Statements in English and in Arabic
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:38:18 PM
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| The Muslim Brotherhood, a dominant political force in Egypt and around the Arab world, is notorious for saying one thing to Western media and something else to local media. That was the case today, when leading member Essam al-Erian gave Reuters a strong but measured statement on the killing of Osama bin Laden — but left out key details from the group’s reaction on its Arabic-language website. “With Bin Laden’s death, one of the reasons for which violence has been practised in the world has been removed,” Essam al-Erian, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s governing body, told Reuters. “It... |
Glenn Beck TV thread February 9th 2011
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:38:18 PM
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| Glenn Beck TV thread February 9th 2011 Welcome to the GLENN BECK television thread...Stand. Never give up. Never give in. We are another day closer to the 2012 elections. All Beckerheads, infidels, sick twisted freaks, ilks and lurkers are welcome and are encouraged to participate in the thread. |
Federally funded Arabic language program ripped
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:38:18 PM
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| Author and activist David Horowitz says it's absolutely outrageous that some elementary and intermediate school students will be forced to take Arabic language and culture classes in a Dallas-Fort Worth suburb. Several Dallas television stations have reported that the Mansfield Independent School District is instituting the Arabic language studies after receiving a federal grant from the Foreign Language Assistance Program of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). Under the program, Arabic classes would be mandatory at an elementary and intermediate school in the district and optional at the middle and high schools. (See earlier article) The DOE program identifies Arabic... |
Mansfield [TX]backs away from Arabic studies program
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:38:18 PM
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| The Mansfield school district has backed off plans to implement an Arabic studies program after almost 200 people showed up with questions at a parents meeting at Cross Timbers Intermediate School on Monday night. Superintendent Bob Morrison apologized for not communicating with parents and invited them to be part of developing the curriculum. |
Mandatory Arabic Classes Coming To Some Texas Schools; 'Language Of The Future'
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:38:18 PM
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| Mandatory Arabic Classes Coming To Mansfield MANSFIELD (CBSDFW.COM) – Some Students at Mansfield ISD schools could soon be learning Arabic as a required language. The school district wants students at select schools to take Arabic language and culture classes as part of a federally funded grant. The Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP) grant was awarded to Mansfield ISD last summer by the U.S. Department of Education. As part of the five-year $1.3 Million grant, Arabic classes would be mandatory at Cross Timbers Intermediate School and Kenneth Davis Elementary School. The program would also be optional for students at T. A.... |
Will Arabic Become the Official Language of America?
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:38:18 PM
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| Since the Islamic atrocities perpetrated against the United States on September 11th 2001, a huge array of Arabic and Islamic terminology has entered the Anglo-American lexicon. With the current (and still undocumented) resident in the White House proudly affirming his Islamic heritage in Cairo and elsewhere, and the continuing prostration to the Muslims of America, is it only a matter of time before Arabic becomes the official (or secondary) language of America? And for that matter, will Islam become the de facto religion of this once great country? |
CNN Arabic readers vote Erdogan 'Man of the Year'
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:38:18 PM
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| Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was voted "Man of the Year" for 2010 by readers of CNN's Arabic language website on Sunday. Erdogan won the honor by a large margin, receiving 74% of the vote. His nearest competitor was Syrian President Bashar Assad, who received 20% of the vote. (Snip) The website adds that Erdogan has been hailed in the Arab world for returning Turkey's allegiance to the East after decades of trying to "join the European club." |
Flagstaff soldier killed self after protest
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:38:18 PM
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| The investigation into the shooting death of Spc. Alyssa Peterson found her suicide came soon after she was reassigned for objecting to prisoner interrogation techniques but did not specifically give a reason for her action. A Flagstaff soldier who died in Iraq committed suicide after she refused to participate in interrogation techniques being practiced by her U.S. Army intelligence unit, according to a report about an Army investigation aired by a Flagstaff radio station. U.S. Army Spc. Alyssa R. Peterson, 27, died Sept. 15, 2003, in Tel Afar, an Iraqi city of about 350,000 residents in the northern part of... |
COUPLE CALLED 'SWINES' AND 'INFIDELS' IN MALDIVES WEDDING
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:38:18 PM
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| A COUPLE who spent a fortune getting married in the Maldives were called 'swines' and 'infidels' by the staff member conducting their wedding ceremony. "You are a swine" and "the children that you bear from this marriage will all be bastard swines" are just some of the comments made during the 'traditional' Maldivian ceremony. Conducted at the Vilu Reef Beach and Spa Resort, the wedding ceremony - carried out in Arabic - leaves the western couple clueless while the 'celebrant' leading their vows announces: "Your marriage is not a valid one. You are not the kind of people who can... |
Reading Arabic 'hard for brain'
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:38:18 PM
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| Israeli scientists believe they have identified why Arabic is particularly hard to learn to read. The University of Haifa team say people use both sides of their brain when they begin reading a language - but when learning Arabic this is wasting effort. The detail of Arabic characters means students should use only the left side of their brain because that side is better at distinguishing detail. (Snip) Both young children and adults call on both hemispheres to help them learn a new task. And using both hemispheres is the right thing to do when reading English or Hebrew - |
Obama's Arabic Teleprompter - Imam Rauf!
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:38:18 PM
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| In a stunning revelation, it appears that the controversial Imam Rauf has been quite instrumental in the crafting of the speech that Obama gave in Cairo. This report comes from Walid Shoebat who speaks fluent Arabic. It is a shocking audio recording of Rauf's own voice boasting in Arabic that Obama's historic speech in Cairo was provided by the Imam's work with the Cordova Initiative. Once a terrorist, Walid Shoebat is now an American citizen and lives in the USA under this assumed name. He has a unique insight into the world of terror from the perspective of someone who... |
Briton held for wearing a bikini in Dubai shopping mall after fight with Arabic woman
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:38:18 PM
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| A British holidaymaker has been charged with indecency in Dubai after walking through the world's largest shopping centre in a bikini. The woman was buying clothes and gifts in the Dubai Mall, fully dressed but in a low-cut top, when she was accosted by an Arabic woman and criticised for wearing 'revealing clothing'. The pair then became embroiled in a heated row in front of hundreds of bemused shoppers. Incensed by the Arabic woman's comments, the British woman told her to 'mind her own business' before stripping out of her clothes and 'taunting' the locals by walking around in only... |
NASA logo makeovers: New Arabic Sensitivity Administration
Thursday 24th of May 2012 06:38:18 PM
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| MichelleMalkin.com readers have answered the call of duty! Last night, inspired by reader Duke, I put out a call for NASA logo redesign Photoshops to mock Team Obama’s Muslim-pandering makeover of the space program. Entries are pouring in to my mailbox. Had to share some of the best and most pointed images with you right away. Pick your favorites: |
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