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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not OP but DH and I are trying to get pregnant and my biggest worry is that our future children will not be able to speak Arabic fluently. I'm curious - is there any interest in starting a bilingual Arabic-English preschool in the DC metro area? If there isn't we should figure out how to start one![/quote]

The only public Arabic immersion charter school I know of is (was) in Brooklyn and there was a lot of backlash.  I think the school got off the ground, but there was a lot of intense political opposition.  I would imagine the same thing would happen if an Arabic school tried to get started in DC. [/quote]

Yeah but that was a charter school using public money. A preschool would be private. There are many Islamic preschools here and there has been no backlash. Problem with Islamic preschools is that there is very little Arabic - and when there is, it is usually in a religious context only.[/quote]
Isn't the Saudi government providing the funding and thus the stipulation that their brand of Islam will prevail?[/quote]

Funding for what? The Brooklyn school is a public school so religion is not taught. Regarding Islamic preschools, a lot of mosques (and by extension their preschools) are partially funded by saudi money - not necessarily the government, mostly rich donors. Most donors do not stipulate what brand of islam should be taught - that really depends on the community. Wahabbi teachings have permeated mainstream islam though in the 20th and 21st century simply because . wahabbism is backed by the richest government in the Middle East. Of course the US plays a great role in spreading Wahabbi teachings by backing its ally Saudi Arabia's funding of extremist movements (such as in Afghanistan to fight the Soviets and now in Syria). Of course it always ends up biting the Americans in the back.  Anyhow a secular arabic preschool would be nice[/quote]

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