[usa] week-end arabic classes for kids? which us city?

[izlikton]

Salam,

I will soon be moving to the US with my family and I am looking for a week-end arabic school for my kid (preferably classes with other Moroccan kids, ages 5 to 10).

I am sure such schools must exist but I just couldn't find any using Google.

Does anyone know of any such schools and in what city in the US?

Our plan to move to a US city with such a week-end arabic school for my kid.

Thank you in advance,
Wassalam!

 

[Ebion]

Ask @cuty-pie ! She is 7orra !

 

[Fitra]

Salam,

I will soon be moving to the US with my family and I am looking for a week-end arabic school for my kid (preferably classes with other Moroccan kids, ages 5 to 10).

I am sure such schools must exist but I just couldn't find any using Google.

Does anyone know of any such schools and in what city in the US?

Our plan to move to a US city with such a week-end arabic school for my kid.

Thank you in advance,
Wassalam!

Salam aleykoum,

I am sure that there are a lot of arabic schools in Dallas, Texas, because this is Nouman Ali Khan's city of residence, a famous and very good arabic teacher, Qur'an analyst and islamic lecturer.
But you also have a famous arabic and islamic institute in Irving, Texas, called "bayyinah institute". It provides classes for aduls and for kids. Nouman Ali Khan works in this institute. It would be great if your children could study there, as much for their level in arabic as/than for their spiritual education.

There are surely other american towns proving excellent arabic classes, but I don't know them.

P.S. I don't speak english very well.

 

[izlikton]

Thanks a lot for the info on Texas!

I heard of Nouman Ali Khan: the man speaks perfects arabic. Quite impressive!

From what you know, are there any Moroccan kids in these schools? Ideally, if there is enough Moroccan kids/teachers I can hope to see some darija spoken too.

Thanks.

 

[Fitra]

Thanks a lot for the info on Texas!

I heard of Nouman Ali Khan: the man speaks perfects arabic. Quite impressive!

From what you know, are there any Moroccan kids in these schools? Ideally, if there is enough Moroccan kids/teachers I can hope to see some darija spoken too.

Thanks.

I don't know at all, but I think that this institute focuses on the learning of quranic/classic and modern arabic, and not darija ... You should check if moroccan kids attend theses courses. I suggest you directly contact them to ask your questions : http://bayyinah.com/about/contact-us/

You can also ask them if they know other arabic institues in the U.S.A I hope you'll get a response quickly, but anyway, it is sure that Texas provides good opportunies for your kids to learn arabic.

 

[Espiegle69]

Salam,

I will soon be moving to the US with my family and I am looking for a week-end arabic school for my kid (preferably classes with other Moroccan kids, ages 5 to 10).

I am sure such schools must exist but I just couldn't find any using Google.

Does anyone know of any such schools and in what city in the US?

Our plan to move to a US city with such a week-end arabic school for my kid.

Thank you in advance,
Wassalam!

You won't find many Moroccans in Texas let alone in the U.S. so in all likelihood Arabic schools will be filled with kids from the Middle East, especially Palestinians, the Levant and Egypt.

Also don't have any illusion about the future, your kids will know standard Arabic but if they grow up in the U.S. they will never use it because no Arabs use MSA orally and kids raised in the West do not watch Arabic medias.

I was taught Standard Arabic when I was five but I never use it, even when I go to North Africa, thus my Arabic is now subpar cause of a lack of practice.

Don't overload your kids, Arabic can be useful but remember that they will have to learn English first. Furthermore, given the fact that you will live in Texas, Spanish is now extremely important and will be a huge asset for their future career.

 

[izlikton]

You won't find many Moroccans in Texas let alone in the U.S. so in all likelihood Arabic schools will be filled with kids from the Middle East, especially Palestinians, the Levant and Egypt.

Also don't have any illusion about the future, your kids will know standard Arabic but if they grow up in the U.S. they will never use it because no Arabs use MSA orally and kids raised in the West do not watch Arabic medias.

So true.
Which is why a week-end school is necessary to maintain a minimum of Arabic practice.

I was taught Standard Arabic when I was five but I never use it, even when I go to North Africa, thus my Arabic is now subpar cause of a lack of practice.

Don't overload your kids,

That`s quite a challenge, to be honest.

Arabic can be useful but remember that they will have to learn English first.

Learning English will come naturally when one lives in the US, so I don`t see any particular challenge there...
My issue is with the 2nd and 3rd language and how to make sure they are acquired and practiced.

Furthermore, given the fact that you will live in Texas,

There must have been in a mix up... I am not sure yet where I will live in the US, hence my original post...

Spanish is now extremely important and will be a huge asset for their future career.

Agreed that Spanish is important.

But for us Moroccans, I think we already have a couple of important languages that need to be acquired and practiced early enough: Arabic (classical, and as part of Quran learning), Arabic (darija for interaction with family and other fellow Moroccans), and French (super important if you decide one day to go back to Morocco...).

So Spanish would have to come after these languages... Just my .2 cents.

And thanks a lot for your input!

 

[Fitra]

I'm sorry but I have to say that Espiegle doesnt' like Arabic, that's why he claims that you shouldn't hope that your kids learn arabic, but he's not right. And I don't understand why he allows himself to interfere in the education you want to give to your kids.

Let me say that your kids will be able to speak a perfect arabic if they learn and practise it.
I know several arab children, especially egyptian, who were born and grew up in the west and speak a perfect arabic (the standard arabic and their dialect), simply because they learnt ou spoke it with their parents. I also know an egyptian young woman who speaks perfect arabic (standard and dialect), french and english, because she learnt french at school and spoke arabic and english with her parents (who are not especially high educated).

So don't listen to those who don't want maghrebian people to speak arabic.

More and more young western adults (not arab people) learn arabic for their professionnal or academic aims, every specialist agrees that arabic is an incresingly important language, but you're said that your kids won't be able to learn arabic and that is useless ... It's unbelievable.

So make sure that your kids learn arabic and love it if that's what you want, and be sure that they will be very proud of it and that it will be very useful. Don't listen to the Internet anti-arabic activists, they track every thread on this topic to claim that arabic is useless when all specialists in the real life claim it's not.

To answer your question, as I said, I don't think that your chidren will learn darija in Texas but they'll have excellent standard arabic courses.

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