Yahlive, the UAE-based satellite broadcasting company, is growing its successful regionally focused platform with the addition of the BBC World Service television channels, BBC Persian and BBC Arabic, ...

“I think that Arabic and Persian are similar in that they are languages of poetry par excellence,” Zeinab Merhi tells the Tehran Times. “Of course, this is also related to the culture and history of ...

The government is attempting to recruit Americans who speak Arabic or Farsi -- mostly because linguists able to speak the languages are in woefully short supply. Colleges in the United States ...

Hmm, this is interesting! Last week, the U.S. Department of State launched an Arabic Twitter feed, @USAbilAraby. This account features declarations of assent and support for various democratic ...