WHY STUDY MODERN STANDARD ARABIC? READ THESE ARTICLES:
http://arabicgems.wordpress.com/category/importance-of-arabic
http://www.tolearnarabic.com/learnarabic/the_importance_of_arabic.html
http://ibnayyub.wordpress.com/2007/07/25/importance-of-the-learning-the-arabic-language/
Arabic as "a critical-need" foreign language in post-9/11 era
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-261899/Arabic-literature
http://www.indiana.edu/~arabic/arabic_history.htm
Parents demand Arabic course in classes
http://www.isesco.org.ma/english/publications/Marabic/P4.php
Popularity of Arabic Program Growing at Universities
http://www.nic.gov.jo/en/numu/numu33e.htm
http://www.arabic-language.org/arabic/teaching.asp
http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/1483
http://creativecommons.org.au/materials/AATC/AATC-07-arab-commons.pdf
http://jeunessearabe.info/IMG/Future_of_arabic.pdf