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Our emerging Arabic program helps Arabic learners at Loyola find connections between classroom learning experience and multiple investments of Arabic as applied to their own worlds. Students celebrate their ability to own their Arabic learning as it fits their needs and enjoy discovering opportunities in which Arabic helps them in diverse personal contexts.

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Arabic @ Loyola Give Thanks

Arabic @ Loyola Give Thanks

December 6th, 2021

Arabic learners at Loyola University Chicago shared their heartfelt collage of voices and images using a few learned Arabic words to express multi textual deep reflections. We share feelings of gratitude to the blessings of families, friends, professors, schools, nourishment, besides hope, peace, compassion, resilience, and selfless sacrifices to help us grow. Our thanks to […]


Arabic: “It opens one’s heart, and it enriches the mind!”

Arabic: “It opens one’s heart, and it enriches the mind!”

October 20th, 2021

marHaba! My name is Callahan, and I am a sophomore studying political science. While Arabic is not the first, second, or even third world language I have studied, it certainly has been the most unique one I have studied so far! I believe Arabic will open me to a world that is so often misunderstood […]


My Passion for Arabic: A Summer to Remember!

My Passion for Arabic: A Summer to Remember!

December 10th, 2018

My name is Sabrina, a sophomore at Loyola majoring in Cybersecurity, while minoring in both Criminal Justice and Arabic.  I am currently a third semester student with ustaadha Sawsan.  My passion for learning the Arabic language stems from an experience I had from the summer of 2013, a six-week journey I’ll never forget. During the […]


The Little Things that Make me Smile: Arabic Phone Settings

The Little Things that Make me Smile: Arabic Phone Settings

April 24th, 2018

My name is Grace, a Senator in Student Government of Loyola Chicago majoring in Global and International Studies & Visual Communications and minoring in Arabic Language and Culture. Learning a language is always going to be a difficult feat, especially in American society that thinks it is acceptable to wait until high school to start learning […]


Enlightening and Humbling: Volunteering with Syrian American Medical Society

Enlightening and Humbling: Volunteering with Syrian American Medical Society

March 14th, 2017

For the past five years, the Syrian people, both inside and outside the country, have suffered an immense pain with the constant violence and chaos that erupts within areas like Aleppo, Homs, Hama, etc. As a result, I along with many other volunteers were blessed enough to visit regions where there were a high amount […]


Working with Iraqi Refugees: Cross Cultural Adventures

Working with Iraqi Refugees: Cross Cultural Adventures

March 15th, 2013

My name is Amy, and I’m a sophomore nursing major currently enrolled in Arabic 102. I decided to learn Arabic because for years I’ve been interested in working as a nurse in under served areas of the Middle East. I thought learning Arabic would be a great first step of preparation, and that has certainly […]


Arabic Language, Culture & Compassion: Law and Community Service

Arabic Language, Culture & Compassion: Law and Community Service

August 26th, 2013

My name is Miriam Saffo and I am a junior double majoring in Political Science and International Studies with a minor in Arabic. I recently completed four semesters of Arabic driven by my families Iraqi heritage in an attempt to better understand my culture and communicate with the greater Arab community that is increasing steadily […]


Arabic at Loyola University Campus Tours

Arabic at Loyola University Campus Tours

December 9th, 2013

As a student Tour Guide, I have grown quite comfortable talking about my school and its resources, life as a student in Chicago, and about my experiences as an International Studies major and Arabic Language and Culture minor. However, I never imagined my studies in Arabic would become relevant to my work. I had the […]


Chicago, Rome and Beijing: Inescapable Arabic

Chicago, Rome and Beijing: Inescapable Arabic

February 14th, 2014

My name is Chris Benson, Arabic-tutor-on-leave for the Loyola Ricci Scholar program, which sends me to Italy, John Felice Rome Center, for one semester and China, The Beijing Center for Chinese Studies, for the spring.  At Loyola, I’m studying History, Sociology, and Anthropology and minoring in Arabic. I have worked as tutor for Arabic at […]


Arabic and Graduate School

Arabic and Graduate School

January 17th, 2017

  My name is Summer Moghamis and I graduated from Loyola University Chicago in the spring of 2016. I majored in Psychology and had a double minor in Arabic and Psychology of Criminal Justice. I was involved in Greek Life (Alpha Chi Omega) and was a tour guide as well as an Arabic Tutor. I […]