The new edition of this widely used text covers the first year of instruction in Modern Standard Arabic. It will teach students to read, speak, and write Arabic, while presenting an engaging story that involves Adnan, a Syrian student studying in the United States, and Michael, an American student studying in Cairo. In diaries, letters, and postcards, the two students describe their thoughts and activities, revealing how a non-American views American culture and how the Arabic culture is experienced by an American student. This new edition features a online access with; expanded communicative activities; an updated audio program; and material designed according to proficiency principles.

Features of the New Edition include:

- Online Access Code
- Expanded communicative activities
- Updated audio program
- Material designed according to proficiency principles

MAHDI ALOSH is associate dean for international affairs at the United States Military Academy.

ALLEN CLARK is an Arabic instructor and the director of the Arabic program at the University of Mississippi.