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Re:Reading Arabic 'hard for brain' by endtime on Sunday September 05, 2010 @02:59AM (#1664150)
Israelis learn Arabic like Americans learn Spanish, so there's a good non-political explanation for it. :)
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Re:Reading Arabic 'hard for brain' by malkia on Sunday September 05, 2010 @04:31AM (#1664226)
Ah, reminds me how we had to learn russian back in the commie days (I'm from Bulgaria). Nothing against russian, or it's people, but the regime required it.
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Re:Reading Arabic 'hard for brain' by hasenj on Sunday September 05, 2010 @08:49AM (#1664427)
It's in their own interest to find better ways to teach/learn it.

But it might also be in their interest to make it seem inferior ..

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