Hello!
I have a two-month scholarship (1500 euros) to study spoken Arabic in Palestine and I am currently mapping my options. Initially my plan was to study in Betlehem University, but I have recently heard some bad feedback about their course so I am looking for other options. Birzeit was the next option I looked into, but unfortunately the start of their semester starts too early for me since, I am only able to begin the studies in next October. Other options that I have looked into are Sebil Center in Ramallah, but I have not found any feedback from their courses outside of their own website, Al-Najah in Nablus, though I would prefer Ramallah or Jerusalem over Nablus as a place to live and the Excellence Center in Hebron from which I have also heard mixed reviews. Another option would be private teachers, but for them I would need personal contacts. Any tips or advice?
As a background information, I have studied fusha for two years in Uni as well as studied it independently. Last autumn I studied the basics of the Palestinian dialect in a small group with a private teacher in Tel-Aviv, so I would not be starting from the very basics. I am looking for a place or a teacher who could help me to learn the spoken dialect.
