A joint program in both Spain and Morocco

This program is launched together by AECS (Spain) and DAR LOUGHAT (Morocco), and combines a Spanish language course in Granada with an Arabic language course in Tetouan. Participants are able to enjoy the enchanting Andalusian culture for a week or more and in less than an hour, cross to the other side of the Mediterranean Sea to learn Arabic and explore Morocco.

Students can schedule their own program duration (1 week minimum in each country) and choose their preferred course and accommodation in each of the two countries. Interested students should complete and submit a special application form.

DAR LOUGHAT

Founded in 2004 in the heart of the city of Tetouan, located on the Mediterranean and declared a World Cultural Heritage City by UNESCO, Dar Loughat has established a strong and well-respected reputation as a cross-cultural center for learning Arabic in the Arab world.

Dar Loughat’s main aim is to quench its students’ linguistic and cultural needs and aspirations. Aware of the supreme goals of the language teaching, among which are interaction with native speakers and cultural exposure to Moroccan life, the Arabic department has adopted the communicative approach in order to strengthen the students’ oral abilities and skills. Their philosophy is that language of instruction should be in Arabic since the very beginning classes.

Significantly important is the location of the center that provides students with an appropriate environment to have daily contact with the local culture and an opportunity to expand their vocabulary and improve the language performance.

About Tetouan

The white dove for Arab poets, the heiress of Granada or the little Jerusalem for others, Tetouan is the meeting place of several cultures: Andalusian, Ottoman, local and European.

The historical city or Medina of Tetouan is a glorious labyrinth, dotted with squares, souks and buildings from its fifteenth-century founding by the Muslims and the Jews who had been expelled from Andalusia.

Granada and Tetouan´s kinship

After being entirely destroyed by the Spanish military, the Medina of Tetouan was rebuilt by Ali Al Mandari who was originally from Granada and repopulated during the late 15th and the beginning of the 16th century by Andalusian refugees. The refugees, both Muslims and Jews, brought with them the most refined sophistication of Moorish Andalusia, - an aristocratic tradition that is still reflected in the architecture of the Medina of Tetouan. Its houses, full of extravagant detail, are quite unlike those of other Moroccan cities; indeed, to the old Arab quarter of Granada.

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