In Arabic Culture, you will discover a new and illuminating perspective on the Arabic world and its culture. It uses cartoons from Arabic media as windows on the vibrant day-to-day life of Arab... More > countries, showing Arab attitudes, behavior, and mores as they are expressed locally. By presenting the cartoons and then explaining their context, not only does this book teach the essential but all-too-easily overlooked details of culture, but it invites readers to analyze their own assumptions and interpretations, provoking a dynamic engagement with Arabic culture.
As the cartoons are fully translated and the discussions are in English, those who are unfamiliar with or just beginning their study of Arabic will be able to engage fully with the cultural lessons. However, the book has additional benefits for advanced Arabic students, as it presents a range of national dialects and idiomatic slang forms that will be unfamiliar to those who know only “classroom” Arabic.< Less
Ever greater numbers of people are learning Arabic and/or coming into some kind of contact with the Arab world. Anyone who wishes to learn the language faces a hitherto formidable initial challenge:... More > the alphabet. This book proceeds, step by step, through all the letters of the Arabic alphabet, showing the sounds they stand for and how they are combined into words. Nothing essential is left out, and no unnecessary complications added. Readers will make rapid progress and will be surprised at the relative ease with which they master the first steps towards command of this increasingly important world language.< Less
This book will introduce the reader to many of the common Arabic idioms, with translations and their closest English equivalents. It includes many essential phrases, from both colloquial Arabic... More > idioms and the timeless classical phrases that have remained unchanged over the years. One of the advantages of the classic Arabic idioms is that they are familiar to people all over the Arab world and beyond. They feature in everybody’s everyday speech on a daily basis. Although, many modern phrases in colloquial Arabic are limited to a particular country or region and change rapidly with fashions, Egyptian phrases have a wider currency and are well known across the majority of the Arabic-speaking world. The book, therefore, also offers a wide range of modern phrases drawn mainly from Egyptian colloquial Arabic.< Less
In Arab Culture, you will discover a new and illuminating perspective on the Arabic world and its culture. It uses cartoons from Arabic media as windows on the vibrant day-to-day life of Arab... More > countries, showing Arab attitudes, behavior, and mores as they are expressed locally. By presenting the cartoons and then explaining their context, not only does this book teach the essential but all-too-easily overlooked details of culture, but it invites readers to analyze their own assumptions and interpretations, provoking a dynamic engagement with Arabic culture. As the cartoons are fully translated and the discussions are in English, those who are unfamiliar with or just beginning their study of Arabic will be able to engage fully with the cultural lessons. However, the book has additional benefits for advanced Arabic students, as it presents a range of national dialects and idiomatic slang forms that will be unfamiliar to those who know only “classroom” Arabic.< Less
In an easy-to-use format, this new text book offers a convenient guide to grammar for any student of Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), the version of Arabic mostly commonly used in journalism, formal... More > writing, and literature. Drawing on over two decades of experience as a teacher of Arabic, Tarek Mahfouz explains the rules in straight-forward English, illustrating usage with examples throughout. The book covers all the rules of grammar and morphology that students require for elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels of Arabic. As a comprehensive guide, it is an ideal auxiliary, no matter what textbook the student is using.< Less
Hello and welcome to my new book "Arabic for kids".
This book will become the first help for parents to teach their children the Arabic language.
On its pages there is an alphabet, a... More > corresponding picture for every letter, with the right spelling, exercises after every group and some useful and entertaining things for children.
In accordance with the new theories of modern education, we put the letters in the range of difficulty and likeness.
I wish you and your child great success in studying the Arabic language!< Less
Hello and welcome to my new book "Arabic for kids".
This book will become the first help for parents to teach their children the Arabic language.
On its pages there is an alphabet, a... More > corresponding picture for every letter, with the right spelling, exercises after every group and some useful and entertaining things for children.
In accordance with the new theories of modern education, we put the letters in the range of difficulty and likeness.
I wish you and your child great success in studying the Arabic language!< Less
