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Arabic is a shockingly popular language. It’s the official language of most Arab countries. That includes approximately 1.8 billion people. It’s also one of the six official languages of the United ...

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 ...

June 26, 2019 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Similar to the service’s other language courses, the Arabic course teaches you the language in five-minute lessons ...

I share my daily life with two million Arabic speakers, and I can barely speak a word to them. The people who fix my car are ...