Arabic is one of those languages that’s considered extremely difficult for English speakers to acquire, right up there with Chinese and Pashto. Any book that promises mastery in months is lying; more ...

When I walked into Arabic class last week, Karam, my teacher, cheerily asked me how I was doing. I said, “Tamaam, hamdulillah,” which means, “Fine, thanks be to God.” But I was lying. I’d just spent a ...

You might find it funny that a non-Arabic speaker is writing an article about teaching and learning Arabic, but languages and how they function, have always fascinated me and are, at least part of the ...

In Lebanon, an Arabic language festival encourages children to learn the Arabic alphabet Israeli scientists believe they have identified why Arabic is particularly hard to learn to read. The ...

When you move to another country as an adult, the language flows around you like a river. Perhaps a child can immediately abandon himself to the current, but most older people will begin by picking ...