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What is the Jewish Mimouna?

Originating in Moroccan Jewish culture,The magic of Mimouna lies in its open doors and open hearts. On the night of Mimouna, homes across...

Arabic Transliteration

TINAU's Arabic Transliteration System Learning Hebrew and Arabic with their original scripts, rather than relying on transliteration, is...

Why was Prof. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian suspended?

Todays’ Lesson - How To be Rhinos In 1959, Eugène Ionesco wrote the play “Rhinoceros”, about a small french town whose residents all turn...

Solidarity and Hope in Wartime: A Letter from Nagham to the TINAU Community

Dear TINAU Community, In the midst of war's chaos and uncertainty, our unity and shared experiences become beacons of strength. As a...

Noam Chomsky on Native Language

The notion of “standard language” is not a linguistic notion. Rather, it reflects structures of power and authority. --Noam Chomsky,...

Hebrew Transliteration

TINAU's Hebrew Transliteration System Learning Hebrew and Arabic with their original scripts, rather than relying on transliteration, is...

How Did The Watermelon Become a Palestinian Symbol?

Red, black, white and green – the colors of the Palestinian flag… and of watermelons. The Watermelon as a Palestinian Symbol In occupied...

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What is an Ulpan? What is ‘Not an Ulpan’?

If you’re reading this blogpost, it may not come as a shock to you that in 1948, Israel needed a solution to a mass influx of Jewish...