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Article: Enrollment in Arabic classes at UC Berkeley swells to all-time high
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- July 25, 2003
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Alexandra May
University Wire
07-25-2003
(Daily Californian) (U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. -- Enrollment in the University of California-Berkeley's elementary Arabic classes hit an all-time high both last fall and this summer, reflecting growing public interest and media coverage of the Arabic-speaking world.
Nearly 100 students enrolled in a record five sections of beginning Arabic last year and almost all completed the two-semester course.
The summer program has also seen a threefold increase in enrollment in the intensive Arabic summer session, jumping from the typical 20 students to 60 this year.
Heavy media exposure to the conflict in the Middle East -- the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan ...