Arabic: Internet Resources

News, analysis from the Middle East & worldwide, multimedia & interactives, opinions, documentaries, podcasts, long reads and broadcast schedule. Left-center bias.

A dedicated news section for Arabic language learners. Audience: Beginner to Advanced reading levels.

Get the latest BBC News from the Middle East

Latest news about the Middle East

This chart is from Standford University.

Learn Arabic with ArabicPod101.com. Includes 9 videos covering greetings and more.

90 listening comprehension videos for absolute beginners, beginners, intermediate and advanced.

This free Arabic online course teaches you how to read Arabic script. Topics include the alphabet, short vowels, long vowels, alphabet joined form, and Arabic reading practice.

A list of 25 categories of common Arabic vocabulary. Images and audio included. You can also watch as the word is written.

Watch educational streaming videos from Arabic language television on Aswaat Arabiyya or "Arabic Voices"

A language learning app for Arabic. Available in Apple and Google Play.

A YouTube video on writing the Arabic alphabet.

15 videos on YouTube from the ArabicPod101 Channel.

Provided to write and search in Arabic for Arab travelers or western users who do not have a Arabic keyboard.

Each word has several Arabic translations. Includes audio English and Arabic words.

Translates over 100 languages including Arabic.

Hijri is the Islamic Calendar. Use this to convert the western calendar (Gregorian) to Hijri.

The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) is a non-profit association that fosters the study of the Middle East, promotes high standards of scholarship and teaching, and encourages public understanding of the region and its peoples through programs, publications and services that enhance education, further intellectual exchange, recognize professional distinction, and defend academic freedom in accordance with its status as a 501(c)(3) scientific, educational, literary, and charitable organization.

American Association of Teachers of Arabic (AATA) aims to facilitate communication and cooperation between teachers of Arabic and to promote study, criticism, research and instruction in the field of Arabic language pedagogy, Arabic linguistics and Arabic literature.