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Which Arabic Dialect Should I Study?

From Mauritanian to Mughrabi, MSA to Khaleeji, there are lots of different Arabic dialects to study. We’ve created a list of questions that can help you choose the best dialect for you and your language-learning goals.

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Top 5 Levantine Arabic Dictionaries

There are a lot of Arabic dictionary options available for formal Arabic, but it can be difficult to find a good one one for dialect words. In this post, we've put together a list with descriptions of our 5 favorite Levantine Arabic dictionaries.

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How to Learn Arabic on YouTube

YouTube is a great resource for Arabic learning videos, but it can be difficult to identify quality resources for intermediate learners. Here’s a list of our favorite Arabic learning channels with pros, cons, and links for each.

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The 3 Best Apps for Learning Arabic

Is there such a thing as a good app for learning Arabic? With many distinct dialects, Arabic is a difficult language to make an effective language learning app for. Here are a few we’ve found useful!

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The Best Levantine Arabic News Sites

A list of our favorite Levantine Arabic news sites to keep you informed about current events, while also practicing your Arabic. These websites include articles on a variety of topics including culture, the environment, human rights, and more.

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Deewan Arabic Podcast

Deewan Arabic Podcast is created by the students and teachers of Deewan Institute in Amman, JO. Each episode is a recorded conversation in Levantine Arabic between a student and teacher about a topic of interest to the student. Episodes include the level of instruction, a relevant vocabulary list, and reflection questions.

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#TeamMaha

#TeamMaha is a humorous treasure trove of colloquial Arabic grammar content. Posts dive into the phrases and grammar structures found in sayings, jokes, song lyrics, and more. And, yes, #TeamMaha is a reference to Al-Kitaab for those of you familiar with the textbook :)

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Playaling (+ house vocabulary)

Playaling is an excellent source of transcribed Arabic content. The site includes a collection of Arabic-language shows, YouTube videos, and news segments that have been transcribed and translated. Videos are searchable by content, source, and language level.

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Bilmasri

Bilmasri by Nesrin Amin is a podcast, blog, and now a Youtube channel devoted to the Egyptian dialect. Episodes generally feature a text in the Egyptian dialect, followed by an explanation of some of the colloquial phrases and grammar structures found in the text.

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LangMedia CultureTalk

LangMedia CultureTalk is a great resource for listening and reading conversational Arabic. It’s a collection of videos of native speakers discussing common topics in various dialects of colloquial Arabic. Each video comes with a full transcript in Arabic and an English translation.

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Levantine Arabic Made Easier Podcast

Levantine Arabic Made Easier is a podcast for intermediate Arabic learners. It features recordings of conversations between the host, Carol Haidar, and various acquaintances. Discussions are in Arabic with some English explanations of topic and vocab mixed in.

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Where to Learn Arabic Online

Looking to study Arabic online? Here are some of the platforms and institutes that we have found the most useful as language learners.

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The 101 Most Used Verbs In Spoken Arabic

The 101 Most Used Verbs in Spoken Arabic: Jordan and Palestine is one of our all-time favorite resources. The book includes detailed definitions, sentences, and phrases for verbs, plus vocabulary lists of common adjectives, nouns, broken plurals, and more.

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