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Arabic at George Mason

A Culture. A Critical Language. A Community

Today, Arabic is spoken by nearly 300 million people and is an official language in over 20 different countries and at the United Nations. It plays a key role in global communications and international affairs. 

Arabic is considered a critical language by the US government. Learning Arabic opens the door for many career opportunities in the federal government and the Washington DC metro area.  

George Mason is a great place to study Arabic. There is a strong Arab-speaking community both at the university and regionally. And Mason offers study abroad opportunities in destinations such as Jordan and Morocco. 


Where will the study of Arabic language and culture take you?

Discover New Worlds

Discover New Worlds

Our majors and minors develop their language skills traveling worldwide. With so many speakers of foreign languages at Mason and in the DC metro area, you can also just walk out your front door.

Find Your Voice

Find Your Voice

Join a community of dedicated teachers and enthusiastic language learners in the classroom, in language clubs and in the community. At Mason, we learn together.

Explore Our Community

Explore Our Community

Located in one of the most linguistically diverse areas of the US and close to Washington, DC, language study at Mason offers fantastic opportunities or foreign language study and preparation for employment.

Meet some of our students

Why learn a new language?