Our friend Joel Pollak has a piece in today's Washington Post describing an example of the use of what should be a straightforward language study -- basic Arabic class -- to propagandize. It's utterly predictable. Any language class is going to use the corresponding culture to draw literature and themes for study, otherwise all you have is vocabulary memorization. And how can you avoid themes of grievance, anger, resentment and Jew-hatred that so run through Arab culture? It's another example of why people are so concerned about efforts like the Khalil Jibran School in New York, or the Saudi funding of educational initiatives everywhere. Teaching Arabic and Propaganda ...Since Sept. 11, 2001, the number of Americans studying Arabic has more than doubled. Nearly 24,000 U.S. students enrolled in Arabic classes in the fall of...
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