► Virtual Arabic Courses • Arabic for Social Justice (Open to All) FALL 2025

Arabic for Social Justice

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Arabic for Social Justice
Algarabía Language Co-op is offering new Arabic courses at The People’s Forum to those who are interested in learning Arabic with a focus on topics of social justice, cinema, media, and culture. Through weekly social justice themes, and using a communicative and popular education approach, participants will improve their Arabic skills, and critically engage with various cultural productions in Arabic, including films, TV series, newsreels, short stories, and songs. 
These courses are designed for folks at different levels of fluency in their productive (speaking, writing) and receptive (listening and reading) skills. Special focus will be given to learning vocabulary and community organizing terminology relevant to contemporary social movements in the U.S. and the Arab world. 
Selected participants will be contacted by our instructors on a rolling basis and until a week before classes start. Late applications will be considered if spots are made available. If you have any questions, you can write to us at [email protected] 
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A1: Beginner I (in-person and virtual options)

• This course is designed for students who have no prior experience in learning Arabic. It introduces students to the Arabic alphabet and covers the basics of reading, writing and grammar; it will focus on pronunciation, oral fluency, intro to colloquial Arabic and differences among varieties, in relation to formal Modern Standard Arabic (MSA).
• Virtual: Sundays, starting October 19 - 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM EST (10 weeks)

In case of high enrollment, we might open another virtual session at 9:00 AM EST

• In-Person: Tuesdays, starting October 14 - 6:30 PM - 9 PM EST (10 weeks)
• Cost of class $300-$400 sliding scale.* 

*$500 if contribution is paid for by work stipend instead of individual participants.


A2: Beginner II (virtual only)

• This course is designed for students who finished one semester of Arabic learning. It reviews topics covered in the True Beginner Arabic course and expands on grammar, verb conjugation in different tenses, vocabulary, and idiomatic expressions. 
• Virtual: Sundays, starting October 19 - 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM EST (10 weeks)

In case of high enrollment, we might open another virtual session at 9:00 AM EST

• Cost of class $300-$400 sliding scale.* 

*$500 if contribution is paid for by work stipend instead of individual participants.


A3: Beginner III (in-person and virtual options)

• This course is designed for students who finished two semesters of Arabic learning. It reviews topics covered in First Year Arabic and expands on grammar, verb conjugation in different tenses, and vocabulary and aims to build basic conversational skills on different themes. It focuses on colloquial Arabic and their varieties vis-à-vis formal Modern Standard Arabic (MSA).
• Virtual: Sundays, starting October 19 - 11:30 PM - 2:00 PM EST (10 weeks)
• In-Person: Wednesdays, starting October 15 - 6:30 PM - 9 PM EST  (10 weeks)
• Cost of class $300-$400 sliding scale.* 

*$500 if contribution is paid for by work stipend instead of individual participants.


B2: Intermediate II - Egyptian Film Club (virtual only)

• This high intermediate course is designed for students who have taken at least one year of Arabic classes. It builds on first year Arabic grammar while focusing on conversational skills. Homework includes watching films, translating transcripts of colloquial film dialogues, reading social media posts, writing film, scene, and character descriptions. 
• Class sessions will include a political education component through films that portray politics of class and gender at different moments of Egyptian history.
• Virtual: Sundays, starting November 2 - 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM EST (10 weeks)
• Cost of class $300-$400 sliding scale.* 

*$500 if contribution is paid for by work stipend instead of individual participants.

NOTE: This program prioritizes working class, queer, BIPOC, and heritage speakers of Arabic. As part of Algarabía's mission to make our courses accessible, we have sliding-scale rate options and payment plans available. Once you complete the application and are selected, you will be given the opportunity to apply to these discounted rates individually.


ABOUT US:
At Algarabía Language Co-op, we see language learning as a meaningful, collaborative and transformative process, reflected in our training in hands-on communicative and task-based language teaching approaches and our use of popular education in the language classroom. We seek to support the holistic development of all language learners as they become competent multilingual speakers. We devise classroom activities and use textbooks and other original didactic materials that meet our participants’ needs and that represent the linguistic and racial/ethnic diversity of the Spanish- and Arabic-speaking worlds.