Iraqi Tutor was produced by the Gustav E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies with funds from the U.S. Department of Education/IEPS, and support from the Department for Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, and the UCLA International Institute.

The project would like to thank the Department of Cinema in the Iraqi Ministry of Culture for efforts to obtain permission for the video material central to the project.


Project Director:Jonathan Friedlander


Design and Production: Rahul Bhushan


Language Specialist: Yasin Alkhalesi

(For a more detailed discussion of Iraqi Arabic, please consult Modern Iraqi Arabic: A Textbook (Georgetown University Press, 2006) and Iraqi Phrasebook: The Essential Language Guide for Contemporary Iraq (McGraw-Hill, 2004), both by Yasin Alkhalesi).


Project Management and Editing: Diane James


Studio Voice: Yasin Alkhalesi


Consultants: Ahmed Alwisha