This article was originally published June 2, 2012.   As I was browsing the Internet last night, I was surprised at the many websites - for teaching Arabic as well as other languages - claiming t...

This article was originally published May 27, 2012.   One of the many neat things a student of Arabic will first learn about the language is that many of its words can be traced back to a trilite...

This article was originally published April 27, 2012. Learning Arabic can be an amazing experience.   For Muslims, one of its greatest benefits is in helping one understand the sacred words ...

This article was originally published March 19, 2012.   Searching for the right language teacher for your Arabic studies can, at first, seem very easy.  Search online and you'll see Arabic c...

I came across this lovely image the other day on Muslim writer and teacher  Zaufishan's page , quoting some of the exhortations in the Quran on how we should speak:   Sr. Zaufishan says: "Al...

Spring is such a lovely season... a time of freshness, color, beauty and growth.  Flowers begin to bud and blossom, birds return home to sing their songs, and chilly and dark days are replaced by...

We're always trying to come up with creative ideas to help our children learn Arabic, and here's one inspired by a classic Pinterest craft: a DIY learning magnet board for Arabic letters and numbers. ...

I came across this lovely image on Pinterest the other day:     SubhanAllah , this is such a Quranic concept, as we are told in the Quran:   Allah promises us in this verse that if we e...

Studying Arabic comes with many new experiences for the Westerner - from learning new sounds that you've never pronounced before, to learning the interconnections of Arabic letters and roots - and eve...

In his great seminal work, Ihya Ulum al-Din (Revival of the Religious Sciences), the luminary scholar Imam al-Ghazali discusses some of the deeper and more spiritual dimensions of Salah (ritual prayer...