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 ...

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 ...

In a quiet corner of a Cairo suburb, Ghada Wali crouches down on the ceramic tiled floor of her family home, creating patterns with Lego blocks. The 30-year old hasn’t raided her old toy box in a fit ...

The Arabic Language is spoken by over 422 million people worldwide. The Arabic Language is the official language of the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan ...

Despite the false notion that learning Arabic is difficult, more people seem to be taking the plunge Dubai: When American expatriate Shannon Elizabeth Munyan landed in the UAE five years ago, the ...

Salamoualaikoum, I would like to know whether it's better to learn and recite Quran in its original language, in Arabic, or whether it's also aloowed to learn and recite Quran in a transliteration, ...