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Herut Davidson on Arabic, social media, and bridge-building across the Middle East

Social media has become both a battleground and an opportunity. Traditional media often leaves citizens dependent on dominant narratives, while social platforms allow individuals to speak directly.

People hold a giant Israeli national flag at the Western Wall in Jerusalem Old City, on the eve of Jerusalem Day, May 14, 2026.
A reporter for Sky News Arabia television channel speaks before the camera from the media centre set up for the 2025 ArabIslamic extraordinary summit in Doha on September 15, 2025.

UK-based Sky News Group ends venture with UAE's International Media Investments

JEWISH AND Arab students mingle on the Mount Scopus campus of Jerusalem’s Hebrew University

Israel shares country's Muslim education statistics, notes female population's progress

A member of Iranian militia forces (Basij) gestures during an anti-Israeli march in Tehran, Iran, January 10, 2025; illustrative.

Iranian regime relying on foreign militias to bolster security efforts, suppress protests - report


Local ethnic food made by different chefs served at Herzliya's El Terrace

The constellation in the kitchen consists of Head Chef Alaa [Yaakobi] from Nazareth and Chef Loay [Abu Haykel] from Hebron, each one bringing the influences of his locality.

Cuisine at El Terrace in Herzliya.

Coffee origins and culture explored in Museum of Islamic Art

Coffee, the universal pass time, is being explored in a new Museum of Islamic Art exhibition, from its origins to its arrival in Israel.

DECAFFEINATED COFFEE began to gain in popularity in the 1950s.

Reshta: Casual fine dining in a bucolic retreat

Reshta serves distinctive, delicious food in a charming setting.

Reshta

Jerusalem municipality offers quick, subsidized Arabic course

The first meeting of this program will be held this coming Wednesday and all attendees must present proof of vaccination or recovery from the coronavirus.

A cleaning operation in Jerusalem

Election survey: 87% of Israeli Arabs support entering or supporting gov't

Whether enough Jewish parties would be willing to sit with Arabic parties in order to form a government however, remains a different question altogether.

An Israeli Arab casts her ballot at a polling station inside a church in the northern town of Reineh, March 17, 2015.

Int'l Mother Tongue Day finds most Middle Eastern children multilingual

Speaking one language in school and speak another at home can be a "big problem" but new approaches could help, expert says.

Students attend class in the Nafit 1, a modern school built with the aid of a grant from Kuwait, in Basra, southeast of Baghdad November 2, 2014. A country that used to have one of the finest education systems in the Middle East is struggling to provide school students with the basic opportunity to

More Israelis are learning to speak Arabic than ever before

More Jewish Israelis are taking classes in spoken Arabic than ever before, both in formal and informal frameworks.

A page from Madrasa’s free online courses in Arabic for Hebrew speakers.

Israeli novel becomes first to be translated into Arabic in Morocco

"As a Moroccan Jew, I have come to realize a dream: that my works are read in my hometown is a source of great personal pride" • "there is yearning for the old times when Jews and Moslems coexisted"

The novel “A Girl in a Blue Shirt," written by Prof. Gabriel Bensimhon

It’s time for a semitically bilingual leader in Israel

Not being able to communicate directly to the 21% of Arab-Israelis in their language is practically a political sin.

CANADA’S CONSERVATIVE PARTY leader Erin O’Toole speaks in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, in October.

Birth preparation course in Arabic aims to tackle taboos in Arab society

The course includes five sessions and provides valuable information for soon-to-be parents about pregnancy and the lively process of giving birth.

Nurse-midwife Rania Sakas-Manasah, the Galilee Medical Center.