News and Updates

When I landed in Rabat airport at the end of January to start my semester at Qalam wa Lawh, I certainly did not expect to be riding a camel in the Sahara five days later. Less than a week after my arrival at the centre, I got the opportunity to join one of the school trips to the Sahara and to spend an unforgettable night in the desert. If I didn’t expect to go on an adventure that early in the semester, I was even more surprised by the diversity of the landscapes that we cro

Meet Addie Block (who goes by Saida while in Morocco!), a former Qalam wa Lawh student who is already assisting and motivating new generations of future Arabic speakers! We caught up with Addie at the Qalam wa Lawh booth at the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Conference in San Antonio, Texas, USA this weekend. Addie studied at Qalam wa Lawh in 2012 through its partnership with the US National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) Program, an initiative by the

Qalam wa Lawh is pleased to host summer 2018 Arabic program for the Georgia Institute of Technology . Georgia Tech is one of the top research universities in the United States in the fields of science, engineering, and technology with satellite campuses in Savannah, Georgia; Metz, France; Athlone, Ireland; Shenzhen, China; and Singapore. For more details: https://modlangs.gatech.edu/lbat/morocco #studyarabic #semester #studyabroad #winter

It is commonly expressed in English that the opportunities we did not expect to have often become our most exciting and fruitful memories. I spent the last weekend of May in two unique, enrapturing cities: Chefchaouen and Tangier. A diverse group of students studying Arabic and French at Qalam wa Lawh and the Center for Modern Languages in Morocco accompanied me on my journey north from Rabat. Beyond the breathtaking views these cities on top of hills had to offer, I learned