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Anwar Wright – Instructor and Founder.

أهلاً وَسَهْلاً

Ahlan! My name is Anwar Wright.

Thanks for dropping by my site.

If you are on your journey to learning the Arabic language, no matter what level, you have come to the right place.

My background includes six years of study in the Islamic University of al-Madinah in Saudi Arabia. By the permission of Allah, I earned a bachelor’s degree in Prophetic Hadith, and a two year Arabic language certificate from the University’s Arabic institute.

If Allah wills, I look forward to providing you excellence as you strive to meet your Arabic language goals.

Courses

We are here to assist you all the way throughout your journey in the Arabic language, Insha’Allah.

Beginners Arabic

By Anwar Wright

This our flagship course which focuses on reading from scratch up until the reader achieves fluency. This is our most popular course thus far.

Price

$199

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Arabic Grammar- Madinah Book 1

By Anwar Wright

The Madinah Book 1 course is your first step in beginning to understand the Arabic language from the aspects of grammar principles, sentence structure, and building vocabulary for conversation.

Price

$200

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How to Benefit From the Hans Wehr Dictionary

By Anwar Wright

This is a two-part course on how to use the Hans Wehr lexicon. Any student serious about grasping the Arabic language should know how to properly use this dictionary.

Price

$25

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A Glimpse at the Beginner’s Curriculum.

Course Content

Introduction

Ahlan wa Sahlan!

Chapter 1: The Arabic alphabet, the hamzah, and the alif al-Maqsoorah.

Lesson 1: The Arabic Alphabet and Recognizing the Letters. (pg. 15)

Lesson 2: The Various Forms of the Arabic Letters. (pp. 16-19)

Lessons 3, 4, & 5: The Hamzah, al-Hamzah al-Mamdoodah, and al-Alif al-Maqsoorah (p. 20)

Chapter 2: The three harakat (vowels) and the sukoon.

Lesson 1: The Fatha vowel (pp. 23-25)

Bonus: Distinguishing Between Letters That Are Similar in Pronunciation and in Writing

Lesson 2: The Kasrah vowel (pp. 26-28)

Lesson 3- The Dammah vowel (pp. 29-31)

Lesson 4: The Sukoon (pp. 32-34)

Bonus: The two letters of Leen and the three letters of Madd

Chapter 3: The Arabic letters with tanween

Lesson 1: Al-Fathataan (pp. 37-38)

Lessons 2-3: Al-Kasrataan and Al-Dammataan (pp. 39-42)

Chapter 4: The Shaddah

Lessons 1-3: The Shaddah along with the Fatha, the Kasrah and Dammah. (pp. 45-50)

Chapter 5: The Arabic letters with the Shaddah and Tanween

Lessons 1-4: The Shaddah along with the fathataan, Kasrataan, Dammataan, and reading exercises. (pp. 53-59)

Chapter 6: Hamzatul Qat’i and Hamzatul Wasl

Lessons 1-2: Hamzatul Qat’i and Hamzatul Wasl (pg. 63-64)

Chapters 7: al- Madd al-Tabee’i (the normal Madd) (i.e. elongation).

Exercises: (pg. 67)

Chapter 8: The Alif after the Waw al-Jama'ah

Excercise (pg. 71).

Chapter 9: al-Taa al-Marbootah

Exercises with the Taa al-Marbootah: (pg. 75)

Chapter 10: The Sun and the Moon letters

Lessons 1 and 2: al-Laam al-Qamariyyah (Moon letter exercises) and al-Laam ash-Shamsiyyah (Sun letter exercises) (pgs. 79-80)

Chapter 11: Reading exercises on everything which has preceded

Lessons 1-3: Two, three and four word sentences (pg. 83-85).

Lessons 4:-5 (Testing out!) Reading portions of ayats, hadiths, dua’s, and other religious texts. (pgs. 86-87)

Chapter 12: Terminologies and symbols found in the Mushaf

Lessons 1-8: The sukun in the Mushaf, the small head of the saad, the sign of Madd, the alif, waw, and yaa as-Saghirah etc.

Chapter 13: Numbers

Learning numbers

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Sit back, grab some tea or coffee, your notepad and pen, and enjoy the lessons. Hayya! Let’s get it.