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Why the Pool of Arabic Speakers is Still a Puddle

Six Years After the US Awoke to the Need for its Citizens to Learn Arabic, Obstacles Remain

May 17, 2007
Carol Huang
Christian Science Monitor

Alex Marin studied Arabic for three years, one of them in Egypt. But that still doesn’t make her a “serious” Arabic student.

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