Sanaʽa Institute for the Arabic Language explained

Sanaʽa Institute for the Arabic Language
Motto:"Study Arabic in its homeland"
Established:1995
Director:Muhammad Al-Anasi
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Location:Sa’ilah Street, Sanaa
Country:Yemen
Homepage:sialyemen.com

Sanaʽa Institute for the Arabic Language (SIAL) is located in the Old City of Sanaa, Yemen, on Sa’ilah Street. The school specialises in teaching Arabic as a foreign language.[1]

SIAL also teaches courses in Arabic calligraphy, Islamic studies and Yemeni culture.[2]

The school, located in a house in the Tabariya neighbourhood, attracted many students from the United Kingdom and the United States before the September 11 attacks in 2001, but today most of the students are from the Indian subcontinent and the far East.[3]

The founder and director of SIAL is Muhammad Al-Anasi. He attended Reading University in the 1980s[4] and was Arabic language program coordinator for the Peace Corps in Yemen.[5]

Notable alumni

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sana'a Institute for the Arabic Language . Sialyemen.com . 18 March 2010.
  2. Web site: Sana'a Institute for the Arabic Language . Sialyemen.com . 18 March 2010.
  3. Web site: Erlanger . Steven . Nigerian May Have Used Course in Yemen as Cover . Yemen . New York Times . 31 December 2009 . 24 February 2014.
  4. Web site: Double life of 'gifted and polite' terror suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. Hider. James. January 1, 2010. The Times of London. Times Newspapers Ltd. 24 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629111749/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6973007.ece. 29 June 2011.
  5. Web site: Sana'a Institute for the Arabic Language . Sialyemen.com . 24 February 2014.
  6. News: Raissa Kasolowsky. Yemen language schools near-empty after militant student. Adil Badi, a teacher at the Sanaa Institute for the Arabic Language, said radical Muslims such as Abdulmutallab, a student from a wealthy family who had no criminal record, had used the Arabic courses on offer in Yemen as a pretext for entering the country to meet fellow militants there. "They had something else to do in Yemen but their excuse was to study Arabic," Badi said.. Reuters. June 4, 2010. October 11, 2015.
  7. News: Steven Erlanger. Steven Erlanger. Nigerian May Have Used Course in Yemen as Cover. The New York Times. December 31, 2009. October 11, 2015.
  8. Web site: Paris Attacker Said Kouachi Knew Convicted Nigerian Airline Bomber. 11 January 2015. The Wall Street Journal. 12 January 2015.
  9. Web site: Paris suspect Said Kouachi was roommates with 'underwear bomber': reports. 12 January 2015. Yahoo! News. 12 January 2015.

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