Why study arabic?

Over 200 million people speak Arabic as their native tongue

Arabic is one of the UN languages.

Enhance your travel abroad experience by being able to get around and talk to people in their own language.

Discover literary treasures. Many great works are never translated into English. Being fluent is Arabic will allow you to read them.

The U.S. imported $40,115 million worth of goods from Arabic speaking countries in 2003.

The U.S. exported $19,302.8 million worth of goods to Arabic speaking countries in 2003.

The U.S. imports 10 million barrels of oil day. 8.6 million of those barrels come from Saudi Arabia and The United Arab Emirates.

The U.S. Government is experiencing an extreme shortage of Arabic interpretors. Arabic would be helpful to the career of anyone who wants to work in the military, State Department, FBI, or CIA.

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