Resources
Newspapers and Magazines
- Butler and Lehmann librarieshave a wide selection of Arabic-language newspapers and magazines.
- Rashid Sales Company (also books, videos, tapes and CDs), Court Street, one block south of Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, (718) 852 3295.
- Universal Magazines, 1586 Broadway.
- Newsstands in New York and New Jersey (al-Hayat, al-Sharq al-Awsat, al-Ahram, etc.)
- Al-Hayat
- Al-Sharq al-Awsat
Books
- Dahesh Heritage Bookstore,
1775 Broadway # 533, New York, NY 10019-1903, (212) 265-0600
TV and Radio Programs
- Channel 62/67 (Brooklyn and Queens), 65 (New Jersey) (daily) (212) 425 8822.
- The Language Resource Center and The Middle East Institute receive a selection of Arabic Channels via satellite.
- WSOU 89.5 FM; Caravan Radio Program, weekly on Sundays, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
- BBC Arabic
- www.radiotunis.com is a website where you can listen to taped and live radio broadcasts.
- www.bbc.co.uk/arabic/tvandradio/
- www.bizontv.com/2009/08/radio-orient.html
- www.bbc.co.uk/arabic/tvandradio/
- www.watchfomny.com/Arabic-Radio.php
Music
- Rashid Sales
- World Music Institute, 49 West 27th Street, Suite 930, (212) 545 7526.
- www.aramusic.bg
- www.omkolthoum.com/
- http://almashriq.hiof.no/base/music.html
- www.zeryab.com
- www.turath.org
Search Engines
- http://translate.sakhr.com/sakhr/MainView.aspx?lang=1
- www.ayna.com
- www.albawaba.com
- www.arabia.com
- www.arabic2000.com
Language Materials
- https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/cu/lrc/Arabic/Arabic.html
- http://www.lingvozone.com/free-online-dictionary
- www.laits.utexas.edu/aswaat/video_s.php
- http://arabicwithoutwalls.ucdavis.edu/aww/
- baheth.info/index.jsp
Reading
Summer and Overseas Arabic Programs
- Columbia Arabic Summer Program in New York
- Other lists of summer programs can be found on websites at:
- the University of Michigan,
- the University of Texas,
- Duke University,
- and the National Middle East Language Resource Center.
Fellowships for Language Study and Study Abroad
- Language Flagship Fellowships
- Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships
- FLAS Fellowships at Columbia
- Fulbright Fellowships
- National Middle East Language Resource Center
Miscellaneous
- www.kubbar.com
- www.maktoob.com
- www.almaktabah.com
- www.neelwafurat.com
- www.aramedia.com
- syrianstory.com
- wathae9ya.blogspot.com/search/label
Other places of interest in New York
- The Middle East Institute at Columbia
- The Kevorkian Center at NYU
- Several Arab countries have missions in the vicinity of the United Nations.
- Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn and Steinway Street, Astoria, Queens
- The Brooklyn Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art