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A guide to Arabic beyond the Arab world: university departments, centres, institutes, societies, scholars and journals.
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Programmes teaching Arabic to non-native speakers at educational institutions
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146 programmes in 31 countries
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366 venues in 52 countries
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إصدار مجمع الملك سلمان العالميّ للغة العربيّة (قائمة الرياض للمفردات الشائعة في اللغة العربية المعاصرة) لأكثر 5000 كلمة شائعة.
A site for the Arabic language, its sciences and its literature: research, articles, a scholarly library, and services that connect researchers — for twenty-five years.
Articles, research and library items are in Arabic; the interface, the directories (such as Arabic in the World) and the services are in English.
14 October 2026 · Jumada I 3, 1448 AH
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وسِعتُ كتابَ اللهِ لفظًا وغايةً *** وما ضِقتُ عن آيٍ به وعِظاتِ
Source: حافظ إبراهيم
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عبد القاهر الجرجانيّ
واضعُ نظريّة النظم في البلاغة العربيّة. بيّن في «دلائل الإعجاز» أنّ الفصاحةَ ليست في الألفاظ مفردةً بل في نظمها وتعليق بعضها ببعض. وله «أسرار البلاغة». تُوفّي سنة ٤٧١ للهجرة.
Source: «دلائل الإعجاز»
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خطأٌ شائعٌ وصوابُه — كلَّ يوم
السبب: المفردُ «كتاب» مذكّر، فيُؤنَّث العددُ معه على قاعدة المخالفة.
قلّة العلم بالعربيّة سببٌ من أسباب الزندقة
Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, and peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his family and companions. More than a quarter of a century has passed since the first version of Voice of Arabic was launched: I published it on Saturday, 20 Jumada al-Akhirah 1422 AH (8 September 2001). It took…
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Universities, institutes and platforms teaching Arabic to non-native speakers, in Saudi Arabia, the Arab world and beyond — pick a kind or a country to open the directory on it.
Two-Year Arabic Programme for Non-Native Speakers (Intermediate Diploma)
King Khalid University — Unit for Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers
Saudi Arabia · Abha
UniversityArabic for Non-Native Speakers Center (ANNS)
Qatar University — College of Arts and Sciences
Qatar · Doha
UniversitySummer Arabic Language Institute — American Islamic College
American Islamic College
United States · Chicago
UniversityMiddle Eastern and Mediterranean Language Institute (MEDLI) – Arabic
University of Wisconsin–Madison (WISLI)
Online
UniversityLinguistic Preparation Diploma
Islamic University of Madinah — Institute for Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers
Saudi Arabia · Madinah
UniversityArabic as a Foreign Language — CAMES
American University of Beirut
Lebanon · Beirut
National bodyCritical Language Scholarship (CLS) — Arabic
U.S. Department of State
United States
UniversityArabic, Basic Course 1 (distance)
University of Gothenburg
Online
UniversityLinguistic Preparation Diploma (Diploma in Arabic for Non-Native Speakers) — Intensive Morning Programme
Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University — Arabic Language Teaching Institute, Department of Language Preparation
Saudi Arabia · Riyadh
UniversityArabic Language Intensive Summer Program (ALIS)
The American University in Cairo — Department of Arabic Language Instruction
Egypt · Cairo
UniversityFaculty of Arabic — International Islamic University Islamabad
International Islamic University Islamabad
Pakistan · Islamabad
Online platformIntroduction to Arabic — OpenLearn
The Open University
Online
For learners of Standard and Quranic Arabic: apps, websites and dictionaries, each with its level and language of instruction.
Duolingo, Inc.
Teaches Modern Standard Arabic as used in everyday conversation, in short game-like lessons, free on phone and web.
Bayyinah Institute
A self-paced video curriculum for understanding the Qur'an in Arabic, from grammar and morphology to rhetoric and surah analysis — for comprehension, not conversation.
Michigan State University (Ayman Mohamed and Sadam Issa)
The open-licence sequel to Elementary Arabic I, already in the directory: theme-based units (family, school, weather, city life) for a second semester of standard Arabic, usable for self-study.
LoreBrain
Free graded Arabic stories sorted by CEFR level from A0 to B2, with audio narration, vocabulary help and a quiz per story.
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