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Program

14:00 – 14:30Opening Session

Greetings:

Prof. Uzi Rabi, Director of the Konrad Adenauer Program for Jewish-Arab Cooperation

Dr. Lars Hänsel, Director of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Israel

Opening remarks:

MK Ronit Tirosh, Chairperson, Lobby for the Advancement of Education, Kadima

14:30 – 16:00First session: Arabic language in a Jewish nation state

Chairperson:Dr. Shlomo Alon, Ministry of Education

Dr. Meital Pinto, Carmel Academic Center, Haifa

Minority language and language policy: The case of Arabic in Israel

Prof. Elana Shohamy, Tel Aviv University

Is Arabic a minority language? The test case of linguistic landscape

Dr. Alon Fragman, Beit Berl College

Teaching Arabic to Hebrew speakers: What have we learned so far?

16:00 – 16:30Coffee Break

16:30 – 18:00Second session: Language and identity in the Arab society in Israel

Chairperson:Dr. Khaled Abu Asbeh, Massar Institute – Jatt and Beit Berl College

Dr. Abdul Rahman Mar’i, Beit Berl College

Arab youngsters in Israel: Arab identity, Hebrew language?

Dr. Mahmud Kayyal, Tel Aviv University

The Arabic Language Academy: Current status and future challenges

Mr. Mohanad Mustafa, University of Haifa

Arab Students and the barrier of the Hebrew language: Between personal and collective experience

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