The Second Arabic NLP School

About the School

The Second Arabic NLP School 2026 is a one-day event co-located with EACL 2026 in Rabat, Morocco, on Tuesday, March 24, 2026.  The first edition of the Arabic NLP School (Arabic NLP Winter School 2025) was co-located with COLING 2025 in Abu Dhabi, UAE (January 18-19, 2025). 100 people participated in the First Arabic NLP Winter School.

The 2026 edition of the School introduces a redesigned, highly practical format aimed at developing end-to-end research skills in NLP.  The School will guide participants through the full research lifecycle: from conceiving an idea, formulating research questions, conducting responsible and thorough related-work reviews, designing meaningful experiments, and curating/annotating data, all the way to preparing submissions, producing camera-ready papers, and effectively presenting research at conferences.   While these skills are central to any NLP research effort,  the School focuses specifically on Arabic language technologies, Arab cultures, and the unique needs of emerging researchers from the Arab world.  

The program is an intensive, hands-on experience combining expert panels, ethics-focused discussions, and collaborative teamwork to develop a complete, well-founded research proposal in Arabic NLP.   The program seeks to empower the next generation of scholars and practitioners who will shape the future of Arabic NLP.

We anticipate a wide range of participants, including researchers, undergraduate and graduate students, PhD candidates, and industry and government practitioners with an interest in Arabic NLP.

Arabic NLP School 2026 is an application-based program offered free of charge to applicants who are accepted (thanks to our great ✨sponsors✨!). Application details are provided below.

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