Thread: The best links on Arabic

Please, post the links to Arabic learning sites that you think are the best. Also mention why people should go (or not go ) and see the site.

http://cecilmarie.web.prw.net/arabworld/
This one caught my eye as a source of basic (should I say no-frills) information about the Arabic culture and language. They also have a forum running there.

As-salaamu alaykum!

Here is another great site for learning Arabic, I remember this from two years ago when I wanted to learn it really badly but didn't have anything to learn it with. They provide you a nice tutorial on the Arabic alphabet and basic conversation, and even throw in some grammar too. The tutorial has sound for each phrase.
http://i-cias.com/babel/arabic/

There used to be an About.com site for Arabic, but it dissapeared

For those unfortunate enough to still use Windows 9x/NT/Me, now you can also write in Arabic:
Go to http://zsigri.tripod.com/fontboard/arablpk.html and follow the instructions.

Thanks.... bookmarked...

Assalaam alaykum

the above was from me.... dont want to appear anonymous.

Ok, here's my contribution:

A nice online dictionary: http://dictionary.sakhr.com/ (they seem to have a paid machine translation service as well)


A nice downloadable dictionary: http://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/~smrz/prelimina ... o.xml.html (unfortunately it's Czech, and uses a very weird encoding)


A very nice course, mainly on Arabic script but including a little on grammar as well: http://www.webpersonal.net/jordimastrul ... sc.en.html (it seems half-offline now, but I had been lucky enough to save a local copy before half of the pages disappeared)

I've found http://www.mesiti.it/arabic to be a very useful source, with a wonderful wiki on each facet of Arabic. It's a tad incomplete, but a very uncluttered layout and format makes it the best so far in my book.