Yemen College of Middle Eastern Studies
- Yemen College of Middle Eastern Studies
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In 1993, the the YLC expanded by founding the Yemen Center for Arab Studies, adding academic courses to those of language instruction. In 2006, to accommodate the increasing academic interest in Arabic and the Middle East, the Yemen Language Center and the Yemen Center for Arab Studies transitioned into the YCMES.
The YCMES is a project of president and founder Sabri Saleem, and Dr. Steve Caton, the honorary Dean of YCMES and Professor of Contemporary Arab Studies in the Anthropology Department at Harvard University. Dr. Caton has also directed Harvard's Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard since 2004. [Brief History of CMES, [http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/about/history] ]
The school was established as a coeducational institution, and residences are shared by male and female alike, although they live on separate floors.
The educational programming of the YLC continues to provide Arabic instruction as the YCMES prepares for its inaugural semester in Fall 2008.
Location
Yemen is a traditional Middle Eastern country located on the southwest corner of the Arabian Peninsula. Compared to other Arabic-speaking countries, Yemen has one of the lowest-percentages of English speakers. [Yemen - Languages [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen#Language] ] This lack foreign language fluency by the native Yemenis, paired with the fact that the Arabic spoken in Yemen is conservative and close to the formal dialect, provides a unique location for studying Arabic. [Yemeni Arabic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_Arabic] ]
Facilities
The YCMES has four sites within walking distance of one another. All are fully modernized and renovated, providing wireless internet, mafrajs, shared kitchens, laundry facilities, computers, and single and shared housing options.
References
ee also
*Education in Yemen
*Yemen
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