BBC

A Guide to Arabic - 10 facts, 20 key phrases, the alphabet and videos

10 facts about Arabic. Get your head around tongue twisters and jokes. It's also available in Arabic with audio. Get started with 20 audio phrases and learn how to say a range of useful phrases from ...
The Independent

Isis releases app for children to 'learn Arabic alphabet' using jihadist songs and cartoons of weapons

Isis has reportedly created an app to help children learn Arabic – using jihadist songs and pictures of tanks, guns and rockets. Promoted by the terrorist group’s “Library of Zeal” department, it ...
The Guardian

Turkey switches from Arabic script to the Latin alphabet – archive, 1928

On 1 November 1928, a new Turkish alphabet law was passed making making the use of Latin letters compulsory in all public communications and the education system 11 July 1928 A new alphabet for ...
The New York Times

An Artist=Inventor From Mount Lebanon; Selim Haddad's New Alphabet and Typewriter Will Facilitate Study of Oriental Literature.

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BBC

Reading Arabic 'hard for brain'

In Lebanon, an Arabic language festival encourages children to learn the Arabic alphabet Israeli scientists believe they have identified why Arabic is particularly hard to learn to read. The ...
BBC

A Guide to Arabic - Videos on the Arabic language & culture

A gentle introduction to the Arabic world and the language with a series of informative videos.