For the past ten years, Madrasa has been teaching Jewish and Arab Israelis to communicate in the local language of their neighbors
Currently more than 200,000 Israelis are learning useful Arabic through Madrasa’s in-person and online course offerings. In all of its programs, most of Madrasa’s teachers are native speakers trained in Madrasa’s educational approach.
The biggest leap in Madrasa enrollment took place in the immediate aftermath of October 7th, across ALL sectors of Israeli society: secular and religious, Ashkenazi and Sephardi, right and left.
Madrasa is the first and largest national organization helping Israelis learn Arabic on a large scale, and the only one that is a non-profit.
How we do it?
1. Open and free online school
4 online courses
4 MOOCS (online courses) with hundreds of videos, thousands of exercises, discussion forums, and educational games.
A mobile app
A mobile app (beta version) that allows our students to learn from our courses and practice what they learn.
Content library
The largest content library in Israel for learning spoken Arabic.
Dictionary
The largest spoken Arabic dictionary for Hebrew speakers.
Podcasts
Over 22,500 downloads a month!
2. Social Media and Content
We publishes dozens of educational and cultural posts every month on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and TikTok channels.
We also reach a large audience through educational weekly spots on national radio channels. Our content reaches over 1,000,000 different people every year!
3. Courses, Meet-ups and Educational Projects
We operates a long series of learning and educational activities around the Arabic language and culture. Alongside our national-level projects and collaborations, we offer courses taught by 35 talented teachers from all over the country, 90% of our teachers are Arabs.
״Ahlan״
10-14 year old Arab students from East Jerusalem teach children in over 30 schools in West Jerusalem, in collaboration with the Jerusalem Municipality.
Teaching Public Servants
We collaborate with over 10 governmental ministries, the Teacher’s Union and the Israel Medical Association, to promote better public services and diverse working environments.
‘Speaking Arabic’
National program with the Israeli Student Union in which over 50 Arab students teach thousands of Jewish students to communicate in Arabic in subsidized courses for a stipend.
“Desert Stars”
Desert Stars is a program for Bedouin students who teach Arabic in Beersheva, in one-on-one meetings and communal meetups.
Learn to communicate in the community
People of all ages from all sectors of society, meet in community centers to practice the language. This breaks stigmas as they learn to get to know each other with the guidance of our teachers. In 2022 we held over 250 courses around the country, where over 3,000 Israelis learned to communicate in Arabic.
