Arabic Links

Language Study

Arabic Alphabet Table of Arabic letters with audio.
Arabic at Stanford Movie clips showing how to write Arabic letters in independent, initial, medial, and final positions.
Babel Arabic Introductory language course covering the alphabet, writing, pronunciation and grammar. Includes several dialogues with matching audio, transliterations and English translations.
Behind the Name: Arabic Names Etymology and history of Arabic first names.
Fatwa Online Arabic Language Downloads Free e-books in PDF and Word format on topics such as the alphabet, reading, writing and verb conjugation.
FSI Language Courses: Arabic Audio-intensive language course provided by the Foreign Service Institute of the US government.
Indiana University Languages Online - Arabic Online audio-based Arabic language courses.
Language Guide - Arabic Alphabet Excellent guide to the Arabic alphabet with detailed explanations, high-quality audio and interactive exercises.
Learn Arabic Online Step-by-step approach to reading and writing arabic. Ten lessons with audio.
MadinahArabic.com Online Arabic Language courses from complete beginner to advanced level.
Scola Insta-Class: Arabic Weekly lessons consisting of audio and video clips of authentic news broadcasts that have been transcribed and translated with accompanying exercises and vocabulary.
Shariah Program - Arabic Alphabet Introduction to the Arabic alphabet, pronunciation, reading and writing, with audio clips and exercises.
Speak7 - Learn Arabic Online course covering essential Arabic grammar and vocabulary.
Survival Arabic Essential phrases, vocabulary, exercises and cultural notes for travellers to Egypt and the Middle East. Transliterations and recordings are provided to aid pronunciation.
Syrian Colloquial Arabic Language Course 400-page illustrated textbook with 180 minutes of authentic recorded conversations. The entire course can be downloaded in PDF and MP3 formats.
Wikibooks - Arabic Step-by-step Arabic course covering the alphabet, vocabulary, grammar and useful phrases.
Wikipedia - Arabic Encyclopedia article on the Arabic language.
Wikipedia - Arabic Alphabet Detailed article on the Arabic alphabet.

Dictionaries & Translation Tools

Babylon English-Arabic Dictionary
Ectaco Arabic-English Dictionary
QaMoose English-Arabic Dictionary
Sakhr Multilingual Dictionary Fully vocalized Arabic-English and Arabic-French dictionary.
Webster's Online Arabic English Dictionary

Grammar Reference

ACON Arabic Verb Conjugator

Literature

Poetry International Web: Morocco Modern poetry in Arabic with English translations.
WordTheque - Logos Translations Multilingual Library Searchable electronic texts available for download, some with matching audio.

Newspapers & Magazines

Al-Ahram Oldest daily newspaper in the Arab world, published in Cairo. Content controlled by the Egyptian Ministry of Information.
Al-Arab International newspaper published in London. Arabic and English.
Al-Hayat Independent pan-Arab daily published in London and Beirut. Arabic and English.
Al-Jamahiria Newspaper Libya.
Al-Jazirah.com Saudi.
Al-Madina Saudi.
Al-Quds Palestinian daily.
Al-Quds Al-Arabi Independent Arabic daily published in London.
Al-Riyadh Saudi.
Al-Watan Saudi.
An-Nahar Leading Lebanese daily newspaper. PDF version and audio content also available.
Arab Times International Arabic newspaper based in the United States.
Arab Voice Free weekly paper catering for the Arab community in the United States.
Arabic Media Internet Network: News Stand List of links to arabic newspapers worldwide.
Asharq Al-Awsat Pan-Arab daily printed simultaneously in 12 cities across four continents. Arabic and English.
Attajdid Major Moroccan newspaper with a Muslim conservative outlook.
Okaz Saudi.

Television & Radio

Aljazeera Arabic satellite news channel.
BBC Arabic News and current affairs, including streamed radio broadcasts in Arabic.

Politics, History, Society & Culture

Arab Culture and Civilization A resource for anyone wanting to develop a better understanding of the Arab world. The site is divided into ten modules, each of which contains a variety of original texts, video clips and audio files from online and print sources.
ArabNet Collection of articles by leading Middle East journalists. ArabNet's aim is to provide the most comprehensive online resource on the Arab world, primarily dealing with countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
Islamic Library Categorized collection of teachings from the Quran and Sunnah, in English.
USC-MSA Compendium of Muslim Texts Information, articles and resources related to Islamic scriptures, including 3 English translations of the Qu'ran and facilities for searching the Qur'an & Hadeeth.

Computer Software

Learn Arabic Language Online Resource Center Cairo-based publisher of Arabic language software and CD-ROMs.

Fonts & Character Encoding

David McCreedy's Gallery of Unicode Fonts: Arabic Extensive list of Windows fonts for Arabic, with samples and download links.
Lexilogos Online Arabic Keyboard Web-based utility for typing in Arabic.
Links to Arab Fonts Large, annotated list of links related to Arabic fonts.

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