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Adab Arabic Poetry
Adab Arabic Poetry
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This website hosts many examples of poetry from the jahiliyyah period to the present in an attempt to create a comprehensive diwan of Arabic poetry. Some poems have an audio component. Users can browse poetry by time period, by audio file, by author's name, or by custom search. The website is also in English and there are many poems that have been translated into English, although some poems that are on the website in English are not on the website in Arabic and vice versa. Users can submit poetry to the website via a submission system.

Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
adab
Date Added:
10/14/2013
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Arabic Language and Its Standing among the Languages
Arabic Language and Its Standing among the Languages
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'Arabic Language and Its Standing among the Languages' is a study made by Dr. Farhan Salim. In this article, Dr. Salim discusses the importance of Arabic. The sections in this article are: Arabic language characteristics; the effect of the Arabic language on other languages; the challenges facing Arabic; and how to face the current challenges.

Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Dr. Farhan Salim
Date Added:
10/14/2013
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Arabic Proverbs and Translations
Arabic Proverbs and Translations
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This web page contains an extensive list of Arabic proverbs. Each proverb is given an translation in the English language to make it easily understood by the learner; for some of the phrases, there is a further explanation of what is meant by the proverb, i.e. A needle in a haystack = something that is very difficult to find.

Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Wikimedia Foundation
Date Added:
10/14/2013
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Arabic Stories
Arabic Stories
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This web site contains many short stories and texts in Arabic. Hundreds of writers from more than twenty different countries are currently participating in this project. To access the stories, the user chooses an author and then a text from among the titles that the author has provided for the site.

Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Arabic Story
Date Added:
10/14/2013
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Arabic Stories for Children
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Arabic Stories for Children
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This page offers 186 different children's stories written in Arabic. Topics range from scientific matters such as how to build a telescope to literature and folktales, including Indian folktales. Stories must be viewed using Java and users must click on the link to view the resource and its title. Many contain images and other illustrations. The intended age level of the reader varies from story to story.

Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Al3arabiya
Date Added:
10/14/2013
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Aswaat Arabiyya
Aswaat Arabiyya
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Aswaat Arabiyya is an archive of 245 videos in Arabic, listed by difficulty level and accompanied by glossaries and four worksheets each that focus on every aspect of listening comprehension. Selections come largely from Arabic media, with some cultural presentations by native speakers. Videos cover the entire Arabic-speaking world and include MSA and different dialects. Materials are designed to be used both as in-class activities and homework assignments. Videos can be slowed down.

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Activity/Lab
Homework/Assignment
Interactive
Lecture
Provider:
University of Texas at Austin
Date Added:
01/10/2013
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E-Quran
E-Quran
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This website is for those who would like to explore the Qur'an in a variety of languages. Users can view the Qur'an by chapter or by section (divided into 5 sections as well as into 30). The exegesis for the reasons of the Qur'an's revelation (Asbaab an-Nazuul) is included as are seven different tafasir, or exegeses. Translations of the Qur'an into 66 different languages are also found on the website; some languages have more than one translation available. Also included are Arabic definitions of the words of the Qur'an.

Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Website of the Electronic Qur'an
Date Added:
10/14/2013
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Educational Stories of Dictational Rules
Educational Stories of Dictational Rules
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Educational Stories of Dictational Rules are sixteen stories and activities in slideshow format. These stories were made for students with learning disabilities. Short vowels, long vowels, the letter ta, double vowels, prepositions, and the letter hamza are some of the explained topics. The slideshows start with a story, state the grammar rule, and end with some exercises. The slideshows are enhanced with audio components.

Material Type:
Interactive
Provider:
Minstry of Education Department Learning Disabilities - KSA
Date Added:
10/14/2013
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Grasping the Benefits Library (Saaid Al Fawaed)
Grasping the Benefits Library (Saaid Al Fawaed)
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Saaid Al Fawaed or 'Grasp the Benefits' is an Islamic library that contains many books related to the explanation of the Holy Qur'an, the Prophet Muhammad, and more. A special section has been created on this website for the Arabic language. Here, the user can find grammar books, how-to-read books, dictionaries, and more. The site and its contents are entirely in Arabic.

Material Type:
Reading
Textbook
Provider:
Saaid
Date Added:
10/14/2013
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Modern Egypt Cultural and Historical Resource
Modern Egypt Cultural and Historical Resource
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This Arabic-only website is an effort to record and preserve information on the culture and history of modern Egypt from the reign of Muhammad 'Ali starting in 1805 to the end of Sadat's presidency in 1981. Materials on this site include pictures of coins from this era, maps, stamps, medals, books, documents, photos, recordings, information on movies, speeches, newspaper articles, magazine covers, and more.

Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Date Added:
10/14/2013
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Nizar Qabbani
Nizar Qabbani
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Nizar Qabbani is a famous Syrian contemporary poet. This website is dedicated to Nizar's literature. In the poetry and poems section, there are 510 poems about love, feminism, religion, and Arab nationalism. Many singers sang the poems of Nizar; this site includes twenty of these songs. Four works of prose by Nizar are included on the website, in addition to some pictures of Nizar and what people said about him. The website is entirely in Arabic.

Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
nizariat
Date Added:
10/14/2013
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Poets' Gate
Poets' Gate
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Poets' Gate is a website that contains examples of Arabic poetry ranging from the jahiliyyah period to the present day in an attempt to create a comprehensive diwan (or compilation) of Arabic poetry. Poems are divided according to the time periods and poets. The site also provides biographic information about the poets and a full list of their poems.

Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Poets' Gate
Date Added:
10/14/2013
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Proficiency Level Exercises
Proficiency Level Exercises
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Mumkin offers practice materials for learners who are at a beginning, intermediate, and advanced level. Materials are grouped by difficulty level, and consists of videos in Arabic daily life followed by comprehension questions in the form of multiple choice or fill in the blank questions. Users also have the ability to read an Arabic transcription of each video. The site also provides a series of songs in Arabic that depict some aspect of contemporary Arab life along with the lyrics to the songs.

Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Interactive
Reading
Provider:
Mumkin
Date Added:
10/14/2013
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Quranic Researcher
Quranic Researcher
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This website allows users to look for words or phrases in the Qur'an as well as in multiple tafasir/exegeses such as that of al-Bukhari. Users can search through specific chapters of the Qur'an and even through specific verses of chapters for words and phrases. The tafsir of al-Jalalain is available in English, but the majority of the website is in Arabic.

Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Al-Glwan Company
Date Added:
10/14/2013
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Story and Tale
Story and Tale
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Story and Tale is a web site that contains around two hundred fifty short stories. The stories are divided into seven categories: old stories, love stories, comical stories, Islamic stories, social stories, purposeful/moral stories, and intellectual stories. Most of the stories are suitable for children and adolescents.

Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Story and Tale
Date Added:
10/14/2013
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The Summary of Arabic Language Grammar
The Summary of Arabic Language Grammar
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The Summary of Arabic Language Grammar is a book that discusses all the rules governing the Arabic Language. The book contains 60 chapters; each one of them explains a particular grammatical concept. For each topic, several examples are given to clarify it. The book is entirely in Arabic and is made available via the Syrian Story website.

Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Dar Al Fikr
Date Added:
10/14/2013
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Unified Medical Dictionary
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Unified Medical Dictionary
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This dictionary of medical terminology was assembled by the World Health Organization in order to "to meet the urgent need in Arab countries for unified medical terms." The current edition of the dictionary contains over 150,000 terms in English and Arabic. Users can search the dictionary on this site.

Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
World Health Organization
Date Added:
10/14/2013
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Wictionary in Arabic
Wictionary in Arabic
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Wictionary is a free dictionary that gives definitions in 170 different languages. The dictionary only gives definitions within the language, not from language to language. Intended as a lexical companion to the encyclopedia project Wikipedia, Wictionary includes etymologies, pronunciations, quotations, synonyms, and antonyms where appropriate. Users can add definitions by creating an account. Certain words for Arabic also include masdars. An audio component is included for certain languages, Arabic not among them.

Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Wikimedia Foundation
Date Added:
10/14/2013
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al-Waraq
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al-Waraq
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This website provides information on hundreds of Arabic books and documents, from 1,001 nights to the Qur'an to many other medieval Arabic scripts and texts. 1,001 nights includes an audio component. Users can search the site for a particular author or document, or they can search by category. The site is all in Arabic.

Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Electronic Village
Date Added:
10/14/2013
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