Learn Arabic with Maha

What it actually is

A long-running channel of short themed lessons — greetings, food, transport, common verbs — with careful attention to where each Arabic sound is produced in the mouth, which is exactly what most beginners get wrong and never fix. Everything is free and the Egyptian dialect is the one you will hear across Arab media. Videos are standalone rather than a sequenced course, so you need to impose your own order.

What it covers

• Pronunciation
• Vocabulary
• Speaking

Listed for

• Arabic

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