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	Rachel Schaus BellaOnline's Middle Eastern Culture Editor

A First Look At The Arabic Alphabet
A gentle introduction to learning the Arabic alphabet.

Arab Academy – A Review
Arab Academy is a fabulous Arabic school, offering lessons online and onsite in Cairo, Egypt. Worth every penny, this is where I study. In particular, their Arabic 100 class on learning the alphabet provides the best instruction I´ve seen anywhere on learning the Arabic alphabet.

Arabic Letters in Words ا to ث
Continuing our series of free online Arabic lessons by learning the forms of the Arabic letters within words. Here we focus on the first four letters of the Arabic alphabet: ا ب ت ث

Arabic Letters in Words ج to خ
Continuing our series of free online Arabic lessons by learning the forms of the Arabic letters within words. Here we focus on the fifth through seventh letters of the Arabic alphabet: ج ح خ

Arabic Letters in Words د to ز
Continuing our series of free online Arabic lessons by learning the forms of the Arabic letters within words. Here we focus on the eighth through eleventh letters of the Arabic alphabet: د ذ ر ز

Arabic Letters in Words س to ض
Continuing our series of free online Arabic lessons by learning the forms of the Arabic letters within words. Here we focus on the twelfth through fifteenth letters of the Arabic alphabet: س ش ص ض

Arabic Letters in Words ط to غ
Continuing our series of free online Arabic lessons by learning the forms of the Arabic letters within words. Here we focus on the sixteenth through nineteenth letters of the Arabic alphabet: ط ظ ع غ

Arabic Letters in Words ف to ك
Continuing our series of free online Arabic lessons by learning the forms of the Arabic letters within words. Here we focus on the twentieth through twenty-second letters of the Arabic alphabet: ف ق ك

Arabic Letters in Words ل to ن
Continuing our series of free online Arabic lessons by learning the forms of the Arabic letters within words. Here we focus on the twenty-third through twenty-fifth letters of the Arabic alphabet: ل م ن

Arabic Letters in Words ه to ي
Continuing our series of free online Arabic lessons by learning the forms of the Arabic letters within words. Here we focus on the twenty-sixth through twenty-eighth letters of the Arabic alphabet: ه و ي

Basic Words and Phrases in Arabic
Need a kick start on your Arabic language skills? Check out these basic words and phrases.

Letters of the Arabic Alphabet - First Half
Learn the sounds and forms of the Arabic letters from the first half of the alphabet.

Letters of the Arabic Alphabet - Second Half
Learn the sounds and forms of the Arabic letters from the first half of the alphabet.

Resources for Learning Arabic
A road map through the many resources on BellaOnline´s Middle Eastern Culture for beginning to learn Arabic.

Why Study Arabic?
Reasons why you might want to study the Arabic language