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Intercultural (بين الثقافات) refers to interactions, relationships, and exchanges between people from different cultural backgrounds. It involves understanding and appreciating cultural diversity, fostering communication, and building bridges across cultural divides.

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Does the term “foreign language” still fit our times?

Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (TAFL); the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL): we need to talk about the "F"-word in these acronyms, writes Dr. Roger Anderson. If Arabic is a "foreign" language, then every time Arab-Americans speak it within their home, they are performing something foreign in every conversation. Hence, the "foreign" has to be abandoned, opines Dr. Anderson in a thought-provoking guest article.