Other Summer Arabic Programs
There are many summer Arabic programs for which we do not have resource people. The following lists a number of programs which our students may have attended, or programs which they have asked about, or programs which have contacted us. Please note that this list is not exhaustive and does not imply any sort of endorsement. Likewise, some of these programs my not be currently operating and some links may be broken. Consult the MESA and AATA websites under "Links to Other Guides" cited above for further listings of summer Arabic programs.
Note: During COVID, when international travel was become difficult, many programs began offering online virtual summer study. A number of programs have continued offering this option. The programs below which I have confirmed as having online options are marked with "*Online Option*." Other programs may also have online offerings, so you should investigate any program that interests you.
(List revised 7 February 2025)
Programs
*Online Option* AALIM, Morocco www.aalimorocco.com (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
AAIN Arabic Institute, Meknes, Morocco http://www.aain.ma/ (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
Ahlan World Arabic Schools, centers in Amman, Jordan, Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt, and Rabat, Morocco https://www.ahlan-world.org
Al-Baher, Amman, Jordan http://www.albahertrainingcenter.com/ ; website not responding, see https://www.facebook.com/AlBaherTrainingCenter/ (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
Al-Balqa Applied University (BAU) Summer Term Program, Amman, Jordan https://www.bau.edu.jo/bauar/units/LC/home.aspx (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
Alexandria Centre for Languages, Egypt https://www.facebook.com/Alexandria-Centre-For-Languages-587844001352285/ (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
Ali Baba International Center, Amman, http://alibaba.edu.jo/ (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
Al-Mashriq Center for Arabic Instruction, Amman, Jordan www.almashriqcenter.com (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
American Islamic College, Summer Intensive Arabic, Chicago, IL https://aicusa.edu/academics/summer-arabic-language-institute-2021
American University of Beirut, CAMES, Summer Arabic Program http://www.aub.edu.lb/fas/cames/Pages/default.aspx (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
American University in Cairo (AUC), Arabic Language Institute, Cairo, Egypt https://www.aucegypt.edu/academics/studying-arabic/summer-learners (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
American University of Sharjah Summer Intensive Arabic Programs, University City, Sharjah, United ArabEmirates https://www.aus.edu/summer-intensive-arabic-language-program (Note: The summer program appears to be offered only if demand warrants and no information for 2022 has been published.)
AMIDEAST Education Abroad Programs, various locations www.amideast.org/abroad
*Online Option* Arab Academy, Cairo www.arabacademy.com (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
Arabeya Association Language School, Cairo http://www.arabeya.org/ Note: Website no longer operating; some information available at https://www.edarabia.com/12435/arabeya-association/ (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
The Arabic House operated by the Center Sidi Bou Said, located in North Potomac, MD http://sidibousaidlanguages.com/thearabichouse (Center Sidi Bou Said, below)
Arabic Language Institute in Fez (ALIF), Morocco www.alif-fes.com (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
Arabic Overseas Flagship Program, American Councils for International Education https://www.thelanguageflagship.org/arabic
Arabic Program for Social Sciences, PEASS, (see PEASS below)
Bard Abroad, Al-Quds Bard College Arabic Summer Language Intensive Program, Jerusalem http://www.bard.edu/bardabroad (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
Bosphore Academy Summer Intensive Program, Tunis http://bosphoreacademie.com/arabic/arabic.html Note: Server no longer responding. (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
Center for Advanced Arabic Study in Cairo (CCASIC), American University in Cairo https://www.aucegypt.edu/academics/CAASIC
Center for Arabic Studies Abroad (CASA) https://casa.sbs.arizona.edu
CET Academic Programs, www.cetacademicprograms.com
CIEE, various locations https://www.ciee.org/go-abroad/college-study-abroad
Columbia University Summer Arabic Program, Amman, Jordan https://global.undergrad.columbia.edu/program/columbia-summer-amman-arabic-language (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
Columbia University Summer Arabic Courses, New York https://summer.sps.columbia.edu
Critical Language Scholarship (CLS), various sites clscholarship.org
Defense Language Institute (Military/Goverment) www.dliflc.edu
Dhad Institute (see University of Nizwa below)
Doha Institute Semester Residence Program in Advanced Arabic Language and Social Studies, Doha, Qatar www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/EN/Pages/default.aspx
George Washington University Summer Arabic Program, Washington, DC https://my.gwu.edu/mod/pws/courses.cfm?campId=1&termId=201802&subjId=ARAB
Georgetown University Summer Arabic & Persian Institute, Washington, DC https://static.scs.georgetown.edu/upload/kb_file/arabic_persion_language_institutefy18.pdf Note: Last update to program was for 2018.
Givat Haviva Intensive Arabic, Wadi Ara region, Israel http://www.givathaviva.org/5-Month-Intensive-Arabic-Semester (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
Jiran: Arab Community Action Summer, a program of Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT https://schoolinjordan.middcreate.net/acas/
Hedeyat Institute, Cairo https://www.hedayetinstitute.com (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
*Online Option* Ibn Ghazi Arabic Institute, Fez, Morocco http://www.igai-fez.com (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
*Online Option* Indiana University Summer Language Workshop, Indiana University https://languageworkshop.indiana.edu/languages/immersion/arabic/
*Online Option* International House, Cairo, Egypt https://ihworld.com/schools/countries/egypt/ih-cairo/ (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
*Online Option* Jordan Language Academy, Amman, Jordan www.jordanla.com (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
Language Generation Center, Amman, Jordan www.lgcjo.com (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
Lebanese American University, New York City (NYHAC), Summer Institute https://nyac.lau.edu.lb/under-construction.php Note: Website under construction; uncertain if a US-based program will take place in 2022.
*Online Option* MESALI Summer Intensive Language Institute, DC Internationals, Washington, DC http://www.dcinternationals.com/
Michigan State University, Arabic in Jordan Summer Program, Amman, Jordan https://msueducationabroad.via-trm.com/client/program_brochure/11197 (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, Monterey, CA https://www.middlebury.edu/institute/about/learning-in-language/arabic
Middlebury Language Schools, Arabic, Bennington, VT https://www.middlebury.edu/language-schools/languages/arabic
Middle East Institute, Washington, DC https://www.mei.edu/education/language-classes
*Online Option* Moroccan Center for Arabic Studies, Rabat, https://www.mcas-arabic.com (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
*Online Option* Noor Majan Training Institute, Ibri, Oman (including The Rihla Program) www.noormajan-institute.com
*Online Option* The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, Summer Intensive Arabic Program http://nelc.osu.edu/SummerIntensiveArabic
PEASS, The Arabic Program for Social Sciences of EGE Rabat (Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique), Rabat, Morocco http://www.egerabat.com/peass Note: Website not responding. (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
*Online Option* Qalam wa Lawh Arabic School, Rabat, Morocco www.qalamcenter.com (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
*Online Option* Qasid Arabic Institute, Amman, Jordan www.qasid.com (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
The Rihla Program, Ibri, Oman and Meknes, Morocco, a joint program of the Noor Majan Training Institute (see above) and AALIM (see above) with four weeks of study in each country. https://noormajan-institute.com/rihla-program/
SALAM, Manah, Oman https://www.sqcc.org/scholarships/salam-study-abroad-2025/
School for International Training (SIT) Study Abroad, https://studyabroad.sit.edu/
Selat Language Center, Amman, Jordan http://selatinstitute.com/ Note: Website to be relaunched soon. (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
Saifi Institute for Arabic Language, Beirut http://saifiarabic.com/ Note: Website appears to be insecure. (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
Sidi Bou Said Center for Languages, Tunis http://sidibousaidlanguages.com (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page); also see The Arabic House above.
*Online Option* Sijal Institute for Arabic Language and Culture, Amman, Jordan http://sijal.org/ (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
SINARC, Lebanese American University, Lebanon https://sinarc.lau.edu.lb (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
Summer Institute for Languages of the Muslim World (SILMW), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign https://linguistics.illinois.edu/languages/arabic-program
Sultan Qaboos College Arabic Program, Manah, Oman http://www.sqca.edu.om/
Summer Language Program in the Kingdom of Morocco, National Council on US-Arab Relations, AALIM Institute, Meknes, Morocco https://ncusar.org/study-abroad/aalim (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
Taa Marbouta Language Centre, Carthage, Tunisia https://taamarbouta.com/ (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
Tunisian ACT Center, Summer Arabic in Tunis, Tunis https://act-center.business.site (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
Université Internationale de Rabat (UIR) Summer Arabic Program, Rabat, Morocco https://www.uir.ac.ma/en/page/uir-summer-school-1 (See Travel Warnings and Advisories page)
University of California, Berkeley, http://summer.berkeley.edu/courses/foreign-languages
University of Chicago Summer Language Institute, Arabic Program, Chicago, IL https://college.uchicago.edu/summer-session/summer-language-institute
University of Maryland Arabic Summer Institute, College Park, MD https://sllc.umd.edu/special-programs/arabic-persian/summer-langage-institutes/arabic
University of Michigan Summer Programs, Ann Arbor, MI http://www.lsa.umich.edu/summer/summerprograms/summerlanguageinstitute
University of Nizwa, DHAD Institute, Nizwa, Oman http://www.unizwa.edu.om/dhad
University of Texas at Austin Flagship Program, Arabic Summer Language Institute https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/mes/languages/arabic/arabic-summer-institute/index.php
University of Virginia Intensive Summer Language Institute, Charlottesville, VA https://summer.virginia.edu/sli/
Virginia Military Institute, STARTALK-VMI, Lexington, VA https://www.vmi.edu/academics/summer-programs/startalk-arabic-language-program/
Yale University Summer Arabic Language Classes, New Haven, CT https://summer.yale.edu/about-yale-summer-session
You Can Help Us! Information on programs change frequently and keeping information up to date is difficult. If you have updated information or would like to share information about any summer Arabic program not listed here, please contact Greg Bell at gjbell@princeton.edu.