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Online Platform Provides Open-source Resources to Learn Arabic

MAWARIDARABIYYA is a user-friendly open resource for teachers and learners with free, up-to-date materials.

Senior Lecturer Co-Authors Arabic Grammar in Action: Proficiency-based and Contextualized Activities

A hands-on textbook for teaching and learning Arabic grammar that helps develop and improve proficiency and accuracy at intermediate levels.

First Illustrative Book of its Kind in the Field of Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language Now Publis

Arabic Language and Culture Through Art uses well-known phrases to aid learning and deepen knowledge of Arabic culture.

New Book Helps Readers Use Role-play to More Effectively Learn New Languages

Nasser Isleem has co-authored a new book designed to fit the needs of all learners regardless of their age or the language they are learning.

New Arabic Innovative Learning Resource Launched

The second edition of Kalima wa Nagham helps students creatively develop their language skills through real-life dialogues, texts, songs, and musicals

New Book Offers Innovative Curriculum for Teaching Modern Standard Arabic

Nasser Isleem has published the third volume of his book Kalima wa Nagham A Textbook for Teaching Arabic.

Making Emirati Dialect a Living Language

Isleem hopes his work will spark more efforts to preserve the Emirati dialect especially in the Emirates of Abu Dhabi and Dubai. “We still have work to do to preserve this beautiful culture and tradition.”

A Glimpse of Everyday Emirati Culture

Nasser Isleem's new book highlights aspects of the UAE’s culture and identifies more than 2,000 Emirati common words and expressions.

NYUAD Explains UAE Arabic Slang

NYU Abu Dhabi Senior Arabic Lecturer Nasser Isleem explains how foreign languages have greatly shaped UAE Arabic slang.

Senior Language Lecturer Publishes Book on Emirati Arabic Proverbs

Nasser Isleem has published Popular Proverbs: An Entrance to Emirati Culture focuses on common Emirati proverbs in the language as well as their role in daily Arabic life and culture.

NYU Abu Dhabi Students Explore UAE and Beyond Through Distinctive January Term Studies

The program incorporates experiential learning, connecting students to the UAE, the Middle East, and a range of global destinations.

NYU Abu Dhabi Instructors Publish First Emirati Arabic Dialect Textbook

Arabic Professor Nasser Isleem and Ayesha Al Hashemi have co-authored the first-ever modern standard Arabic language textbook for the Emirati dialect.

A Study of Emirati Arabic in Al Ain

Five of Nasser Isleem's students share their experiences spending three weeks in Al Ain, fully immersing themselves in Emirati culture.

A Study of Modern Architecture in Abu Dhabi, 1968-1992

With a new book, Arabic translation by Nasser Isleem, NYU Abu Dhabi Professor Pascal Menoret and his students are documenting some of the city's built environment of the years from 1968 to 1992.

Teaching Emirati Arabic at NYUAD

Students in Nasser Isleem's intermediate and advanced classes learn Arabic not only in the classroom but through lively immersion in Emirati culture.

On Ramadan

As a long-time instructor of the Arabic language, Nasser Isleem applies studies to his teaching that examine the impact of incorporating Arabic culture integration into a student's course work.

In the News

NYUAD faculty in the Arts and Humanities are frequently featured in local and international news media.

NYU Abu Dhabi Senior Lecturer Co-Authors Arabic Grammar in Action: Proficiency-based and Contextualized Activities Book
A hands-on textbook for teaching and learning Arabic grammar that helps develop and improve proficiency and accuracy at intermediate levels.
Zawya | October 12, 2021

NYUAD senior lecturer co-authors book in field of Teaching Arabic as Foreign Language
NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Senior Lecturer of Arabic Nasser Isleem and Associate Professor and Director of Asian Studies at the College of Charleston Ghazi Abuhakema co-authored the first illustrative book of its kind in the field of Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (TAFL).
Emirates News Agency | February 02, 2021

New book by NYU Abu Dhabi faculty helps readers use role-play to more effectively learn new languages
NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Senior Lecturer of Arabic Nasser Isleem has co-authored a new book titled Role-plays: Communicative Activities for Language and Oral Proficiency Assessment, which is designed to fit the needs of all learners regardless of their age or the language they are learning.
MENA FN | December 22, 2020

New Book by NYU Abu Dhabi Faculty Helps Readers Use Role-Play To More Effectively Learn New Languages
NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Senior Lecturer of Arabic Nasser Isleem has co-authored a new book titled Role-plays: Communicative Activities for Language and Oral Proficiency Assessment, which is designed to fit the needs of all learners regardless of their age or the language they are learning.
Albawaba | December 22, 2020

New Book By NYU Abu Dhabi Faculty Offers Innovative Curriculum For Teaching Modern Standard Arabic
NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Senior Lecturer of Arabic Nasser Isleem has published the third volume of his book Kalima wa Nagham A Textbook for Teaching Arabic.
Web Release | February 22, 2020

Why language is so important to cultural diversity
Ever since he first met people from the Gulf in his student days, Nasser Isleem, a senior Arabic language lecturer at NYUAD, has been fascinated by how languages can splinter and evolve.
Abu Dhabi World | January 09, 2019

Two new books investigate the rhythm in Emirati Arabic
'Popular Proverbs: An Entrance to Emirati Culture' and' UAE 101: Stories and Cultural Learnings' explore how to speak Arabic with an Emirati dialect like a native.
The National | October 6, 2018

Why do you need to learn about our unique local language?
The launch of a new book is turning the spotlight on the Emirati dialect in a bid to help non-native Arabic speakers gain a deeper appreciation of the vernacular.
Abu Dhabi World | August 02, 2018