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Five Black Arabs You Should Learn About This Black History Month

Published: February 14, 2021

Five Black Arabs and their work, as well as links to additional resources on Black Arabs and combatting racism in Arabic-speaking countries.

Club Al-Waha!

Published: October 6, 2020

Next week starts our first virtual meeting of Club Al-Waha, or “nadi Al-Waha” نادي الواحة in Arabic, and we have so many fun things in store for our villagers. Sign up by October 9!

Virtual Al-Waha 2020: In Review

Published: August 7, 2020

Practicing dabke!

A review of what we did this summer at Virtual Al-Waha 2020.

In Review: Week One of Virtual Al-Waha!

Published: July 17, 2020

What we learned at our first week of Virtual Al-Waha!

Seven Ways to Show Gratitude this New Year

Published: January 1, 2020

​About ways to show gratitude in the Arab world!

Ten Ted Talks by Arabs and Arab-Americans to Inform and Inspire

Published: November 11, 2019

​a summary with links of ten impressive Ted Talks!

Some Egyptian Arabic Phrases to Suit Your Toughest Emotional Needs

Published: October 11, 2019

​about some fun phrases from the Egyptian dialect of Arabic!

Seven Things From Al-Wāḥa That I’ll Take to All My Teaching Gigs

Published: October 5, 2019

​about the lessons I took away from teaching at Al-Wāḥa!