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Arabic language and culture instructor conducts class for three students in the Foreign Service Institute’s Arabic ALERT class. Participants are seated in a practice tea ceremony. February 2017. [State Department Image]

Arabic language and culture instructor conducts class for three students in the Foreign Service Institute’s Arabic ALERT class. Participants are seated in a practice tea ceremony. February 2017.

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