1. MENAS Languages

Arabic

Arabic Language Courses

Undergraduate

MENAS offers Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced, and 4th Year Arabic, as well as dialect courses such as Egyptian, Colloquial Moroccan, and Levantine.

Graduate

MENAS offers Advanced and 4th Year Arabic at the graduate level.

Domestic & Study Abroad Arabic Language Study

Arabic Faculty

Mahmoud Ali

Assistant Professor of Practice

Assistant Academic Director, Arabic Flagship & Project Global Officer

mahmoudali@arizona.edu
Santa Rita House 10
Mahmoud Azaz headshot.

Mahmoud Azaz

Director of Graduate Studies, MENAS

University of Arizona Distinguished Fellow

Associate Professor, Arabic Language, Linguistics, & Pedagogy

  • Arab world
  • Second language acquisition and pedagogy
  • Sociolinguistics
mazaz@arizona.edu
Marshall 444  

Samira Farwaneh

Arabic Language Coordinator, MENAS

Associate Professor, Arabic Language & Linguistics

  • Arab world
  • Phonology and morphology
  • Sociolinguistics
520-621-8629
farwaneh@arizona.edu
Marshall 450
Sonia Shiri

Sonia Shiri

Director, Arabic Special Programs

Professor, Arabic

520-626-7667
soniashiri@arizona.edu
Marshall 443

Arabic Instructors

Muhammad Al-Khudair's headshot.

Muhammad Al-Khudair

Lecturer

khudair@arizona.edu
Abdessalem Choura

Abdessalem Choura

achoura@arizona.edu
Abdessamad M’Barki's headshot.

Abdessamad M’Barki

Lecturer

Assistant Director, Arabic Overseas Program

mbarki@arizona.edu