Arabic+-+Culture

//Post information, resources, and tips for teaching and learning Arabic here.// (All sites are in English unless otherwise noted.)

**Cultures of the Arabic-speaking World**

 * [|A is for Arabs] - An annotated, alphabetical list containing information about the wide variety of contributions that Arabic-speaking people have made to the world user:chericem1


 * [|Play and Learn] - A fantastic site that contains links to coloring pages that depict culturally authentic clothing, gestures, places, and stories from the Arabic-speaking world user:chericem1


 * [|Sounds of the World's Animals: Arabic] - This page contains a transliterated list of animal sounds in Arabic from Algeria and Morocco, along with links to sound files of each one user:chericem1


 * [|UCLA Language Materials Project] - A searchable database of culturally authentic materials for a variety of less commonly taught languages and dialects user:chericem1

**Food**

 * [|ABC of Arabic Cuisine] - An alphabetical glossary of foods common to the Arabic world (in English) user:chericem1


 * [|Good Cooking: Middle East] - A list of links, categorized by country, to recipes from a wide variety of countries in the Middle East user:chericem1


 * أ[|كلات شهية - Recipes in Arabic] (Link from Mohammed Esa) user:chericem1

Islam

 * [|Access Islam] - A well-developed series of 10, media-rich lesson plans that teachers can use to introduce upper elementary and middle school students to Islamic cultures, holidays, and traditions user:chericem1


 * [|Islamic Scientific Contributions to Civilization] - An outstanding lesson plan for a simulation in which students pretend to become the writing staff of Scientific History Magazine. The plan outlines students' tasks and provides them with specific questions to help them research the scientific accomplishments that took place during the Golden Age of Islam in algebra, astronomy, geometry, and medicine user:chericem1


 * [|Muslim Scientists & Scholars] - An alphabetical list of Muslim scientists and scholars with links to biographical information in English about each one user:chericem1


 * [|Native Deen's Muslim Rap] - An interesting article about a new Muslim rap group that seeks to use rap music as a medium for spreading positive messages in keeping with the teachings of Islam user:chericem1


 * [|PBS Islam: Empire of Faith] - Five lesson plans that include hands-on activities that teachers can use in conjunction with the PBS video to introduce Islam, Muhammad, textiles, Islamic accomplishments, and Islamic thinkers user:chericem1