Sidra, 11, colors the letter 'ن ‘during an Arabic language day camp. Taylor Glascock for WBEZ The first activity is drawing the letter on construction paper.

TEL AVIV — Middle East peace may remain out of reach, but at least the Hebrew and Arabic languages have found a compromise.Israeli typography designer Liron Lavi Turkenich has created a stylized ...

Arabic can be a bridge to learning other languages. Knowing the Arabic alphabet can jump start the study of Persian (Farsi), Urdu, and the languages of Afghanistan. Even languages such as Turkish, ...

Arabic has an alphabet, so it’s easier than, say, Chinese, which has a set of thousands of characters. There are just 28 letters, ... Arabic is a VSO language, ...

Language of course can be a political issue in the Jewish state. Hebrew and Arabic both have sacred roots, and are central to the identities at stake in the Arab-Israeli-Palestinian conflict.