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Easy Arabic Reader

by Jane Wightwick & Mahmoud Gaafar

Easy Arabic Reader is a unique, easy-to-follow guide based on the premise that the best way to improve your language skills is to start reading! Whether you are a beginner with a basic knowledge of Arabic script...

Colloquial Arabic (Levantine)

by Leslie McLoughlin

Colloquial Arabic (Levantine) offers you a step-by-step approach to the Arabic spoken in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Palestine. Levantine Arabic is widely recognized as one of the major languages of Arabic radio...

Survival Arabic: How to Communicate without Fuss or Fear-Instantly!

by Fethi Mansouri & Yousef Alreemawi

Not everyone has the time to attend regular Arabic classes. A busy schedule, however, does not mean you cannot learn Arabic. This excellent phrase book provides you with the most important Arabic words and phrases...

Arabic: An Essential Grammar

by Faruk Abu-Chacra

Arabic: An Essential Grammar is an up-to-date and practical reference guide to the most important aspects of the language. Suitable for beginners, as well as intermediate students, this book offers a strong...

Language Contact and Language Conflict in Arabic

by Aleya Rouchdy

This book contains 17 studies by leading international scholars working on a wide range of topics in Arabic socio-linguistics, divided into four parts. The studies in Part 1 address questions of national language...

Practice Makes Perfect Arabic Vocabulary

by Mahmoud Gaafar & Jane Wightwick

Go beyond Marhaba and add thousands of words and expressions to your Arabic vocabulary

To communicate comfortably in Arabic, you need easy access to a variety of words and expressions. In Practice Makes Perfect:...

Practice Makes Perfect Arabic Pronouns and Prepositions

by Otared Haidar

Master Arabic pronouns and prepositions quickly and easily

The only way to build your skills in a second language is to practice, practice, practice. Following the successful Practice Makes Perfect approach,...

Practice Makes Perfect Arabic Verb Tenses

by Jane Wightwick & Mahmoud Gaafar

Practice your way to Arabic fluency

Practice Makes Perfect: Arabic Verb Tenses goes beyond other verb books to coach you in when and why verb tenses are used. You will find clear and concise explanations that...

Modern Arabic Short Stories: A Bilingual Reader

by Ronak Husni & Daniel L. Newman

The stories collected here are by leading authors of the short story form in the Middle East today. In addition to works by writers already wellknown in the West, such as Idwar al-Kharrat, Fu’ad al-Takarli...

Information Structure in Spoken Arabic

by Jonathan Owens & Alaa Elgibali

Spoken Arabic is different in many respects from literary Arabic. This book is concerned with speakers' intentions and the structural and pragmatic resources they employ. Based on new empirical findings from...

Colloquial Arabic of Egypt

by Jane Wightwick & Mahmoud Gaafar

COLLOQUIAL ARABIC OF EGYPT is easy to use and completely up to date!

Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Arabic...

Arabic For Dummies

by Amine Bouchentouf

Regarded as one of the most difficult languages to learn for native English speakers by the U.S. State Department, Arabic is gaining both prominence and importance in America. Recent world events have brought...