ARAB 101 (SECTION 02) - Autumn 2013
Sec. 02 of ARAB 101 (to be offered from 3:10 to 4:00 MTWRF) is now OPEN for registeration. If you run into issues during the registeration process, please contact Ms. Oliva White at olivia.white@mso.umt.edu.
Welcome
Welcome to our Arabic Studies Program website at the Department of Anthropology, The University of Montana. The University of Montana has been offering courses in Arabic for more than a decade. Interest and enrollment in Arabic studies have always been on the rise.
In spring 2012, the academic Minor in Arabic Studies was approved. Currently, the program offers three levels of Arabic language as well as courses in English that address the history, cultures, politics, etc. of the Arab world.
مرحباً
أهلاً ومرحباً بكم في موقع برنامج الدراسات العربية – قسم الدراسات الإنسانية – بجامعة مونتانا. لقد بدأت جامعة مونتانا في تدريس اللغة والثقافات العربية قبل أكثر من عقد من الزمن، حيث شهدت ـ ومازالت تشهد - الجامعة ازديادًا ملموسًا لتعلُّم اللغة العربية وثقافات شعوبها.
في ربيع ٢٠١٢، تمت المصادقة على اعتماد اللغة العربية كتخصص فرعي في جامعة مونتانا. حالياً، يقدم البرنامج ثلاثة مستويات في اللغة العربية إلى جانب مواد تُقدم باللغة الإنجليزية عن تاريخ الدول العربية، وسياساتها، وثقافاتها، وما إلى ذلك من مواضيع.
Who Speaks Arabic?
Arabic is a southwest Semitic language that is spoken by approximately 300 million speakers around the world. It is spoken as the first language in all the countries of the Arabian Peninsula (i.e., Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine/Israel, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen) as well as in the Arab countries of Africa (i.e., Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan and Tunisia). These countries are collectively referred to as the Arab world. Arabic is also used as a liturgical language in some countries of Asia (e.g., Iran, Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) and Africa (e.g., Chad and Nigeria). 
So, open your windows to the world and speak Arabic!
Webmasters: Ms. Amal Al-Misbahi & Dr. Khaled Huthaily
News
MASI in the News
NOW REGISTERING; Seats are limited.
The Arabic Studies Program will offer two intensive Arabic courses for high school students from June 17th to July 12th, 2013. More information about our 2013 STARTALK Montana Arabic Summer Institute (MASI) is available here: 
The William Jefferson Clinton Scholarship at the American University in Dubai seeks to further the goals of the Clinton Presidential Foundation to strengthen the capacity of people in the United States and throughout the world to meet the challenges of global interdependence. In partnership with the American University in Dubai, the program will provide American students based in the US the opportunity to expand their educational and cultural horizons by studying in the Arab world. More information about The William Jefferson Clinton Scholarship is available here: