JAIPUR – At the 2025 Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), celebrated lyricist, screenwriter, and poet Javed Akhtar unveiled his ...

In this classroom, only English is spoken. The teacher, Marjan (Marjan Neshat), enforces this rule harshly — if you speak any other language, you get a tally mark. At five tallies, you are asked to ...

In The Philosophy of Translation, Damion Searls investigates the essential differences—and similarities—between the task of ...

The legacy of Maliha Wehbe, a Lebanese national whose love for the Arabic language led to the creation of the Arabic Language Centre, is in good hands. Her son and grandson, Fadeel Wehbe and Georges ...

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A cross-border conservation project centered on barn owls is fostering cooperation between Israeli and Arab scientists, ...

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Sanaz Toossi’s buoyant, Pulitzer-winning drama follows a group of Iranians learning English, highlighting the desires and circumscribed circumstances that have brought them to the class.

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Look closely at this image, stripped of its caption, and join the moderated conversation about what you and other students see. By The Learning Network Look closely at this image, stripped of ...

To this, Pandey agreed, and Salman teased her, saying, "Su waat karu chhu? (What are you saying?)." The sudden switch from Hindi to Gujarati made her perplexed, and the other contestants also ...