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• The new tool that can even transcribe Gaddafi's speeches in Arabic (March 3, 2023)
• 20 questions for: Dominic Herbert (#32) (February 18, 2023)
• How can you use ChatGPT to learn Arabic? (February 4, 2023)
• Who wrote the first book about Arabic grammar? (January 19, 2023)
• Is it possible to cut off the ن‎ in كانَ‎?‎ (January 5, 2023)
• 20 questions for: Jan Hoogland (#31) (December 20, 2022)
• What are the best Christmas gifts for Arabic nerds in 2022? (December 4, 2022)
• What is the Islamic name of the Final Day? (November 20, 2022)
• How to pass the Al-Jazeera Arabic grammar test - a survival guide (November 6, 2022)
• Five reasons why Shahid is the best Arabic streaming platform (October 22, 2022)
• How do you say LGBTQ in Arabic? (October 10, 2022)
• English tenses in Arabic - a comprehensive guide (September 23, 2022)
• What does the crash of an Egypt Air plane in 1999 have to do with Is­lam? (September 5, 2022)
• How do you build the imperative of ‎قالَ‎ in the dual? (August 20, 2022)
• What is the connection between Immanuel Kant and the Basmala? (August 4, 2022)
• Arabic dialects: A database of 25 cities from Rabat to Baghdad (July 18, 2022)
• What kind of word is حُرِّيّةٌ in Arabic? (July 4, 2022)
• 20 questions for: Betül Aslan (#30) (June 18, 2022)
• What are the best dictionaries for Arabic dialects? (June 6, 2022)
• Quiz: How well do you know the 99 names of Allah? Full quiz (May 31, 2022)
• Quiz: How well do you know the 99 names of Allah? 20 random questions (May 31, 2022)
• 20 questions for: Georg Binder (#29) (May 17, 2022)
• Do you understand Egyptian TikTok? (May 1, 2022)
• How to learn touch-typing in Arabic (April 18, 2022)
• Who invented the Arabic typewriter (keyboard)? (April 2, 2022)
• How Spotify can be used to learn Arabic (March 20, 2022)
• The best Arabic learning tools - a starter kit (March 5, 2022)
• A crash course in the conditional sentence in Arabic: ف and tenses (3/3) (February 23, 2022)
• 'Ayza Atgawez' ten years later: Netflix continues the story of Ola (February 11, 2022)
• "Perfect Strangers" on Netflix - here is how to watch it with English subs (January 30, 2022)
• Learning Arabic as an adult - difficulties and recommendations (January 20, 2022)
• A crash course in the conditional sentence in Arabic: particles and words (2/3) (January 9, 2022)
• Does the term "foreign language" still fit our times? (December 30, 2021)
• A crash course in the conditional sentence in Arabic: the basics (1/3) (December 19, 2021)
• 20 questions for: Uchechi Kalu (#28) (November 28, 2021)
• The word كَتَبُوا - What is the function of the Aleph at the end of an Arabic verb? (November 20, 2021)
• What does the vowel on the second root letter of an Arabic verb tell us? (November 10, 2021)
• Why do many superheros and villains have Arabic or Hebrew names? (October 30, 2021)
• What does‎ لا سِيَّما‎ mean? (October 7, 2021)
• 20 questions for: Marco Rateitschak (#27) (September 26, 2021)
• What are the sources of sunnah.com and shamela.ws? (September 11, 2021)
• Is Arabic a gender-inclusive language? (August 28, 2021)
• What does nunation express in Arabic? (August 20, 2021)
• What is the idea of tanween (تنوين) in Arabic? (August 7, 2021)
• The Evolution of an Arabic Course: how a US military Arabic course went around the world (July 22, 2021)
• Unique gifts and merch für Arabic students (July 18, 2021)
• Confessions of a lifelong learner of Arabic (July 10, 2021)
• How do you say nerd in Arabic? (June 25, 2021)
• E-rug "Sajdah" helps memorize the prayer ritual and the Qur'an (June 13, 2021)
• How well can you identify Arabic roots? (June 5, 2021)
• Social Media & Palestine: Dotless Arabic outsmarts algorithms (May 19, 2021)
• Why are the adjective and the ‎حال‎ often confused in Arabic? (May 15, 2021)
• Alephia 2053 - a dystopian animated film about the Arab world (May 2, 2021)
• The best app for the Hans Wehr Arabic dictionary (April 30, 2021)
• Arabic videos and vlogs with English subtitles - recommendations for YouTube (April 21, 2021)
• 20 questions for: Andreas Dietrich (#26) (March 31, 2021)
• Tashkeel with colors in LibreOffice and Microsoft Word (March 15, 2021)
• Did the first mosques in Islam have minarets? (March 1, 2021)
• 20 questions for: Connor Seidenschwarz (#25) (February 19, 2021)
• next week - How do you say it in Egyptian Arabic? (February 5, 2021)
• A list of special Arabic letters and signs for Word and LibreOffice (January 30, 2021)
• How do you build the plural of adjectives in Egyptian Arabic? (January 24, 2021)
• How do you build the comparative and superlative in Egyptian Arabic? (January 10, 2021)
• The Knight's Tour - how an ancient Arab solved an intriguing chess puzzle (December 28, 2020)
• 20 questions for: Yehia Moldan (#24) (December 15, 2020)
• The best modern Arabic novels which were translated into English. Part 3: Yemen, Kuwait, Iraq, Sudan, and Saudi-Arabia (November 24, 2020)
• Is Arabic taught differently in Germany than in the USA? (November 8, 2020)
• The best modern Arabic novels which were translated into English. Part 2: Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco (October 26, 2020)
• 27med, 9ala7, 5alid - How to read and write Arabic in arabizi (October 12, 2020)
• The best modern Arabic novels which were translated into English. Part 1: Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine (September 30, 2020)
• Quiz: How well do you know the Arabic terms for animals? (September 22, 2020)
• Are the Arabic verb forms XI to XV (11-15) really so rare? (September 12, 2020)
• Iraqi Arabic 101 (August 29, 2020)
• 20 questions for: Sami Morcos (#23) (August 10, 2020)
• Who are the all-time greatest Arabic grammarians from Europe? (July 31, 2020)
• Who are the best Arabic grammarians of all time? (July 19, 2020)
• A tool to learn the notoriously difficult rules for numbers in Arabic (July 11, 2020)
• 20 questions for: Nesrin Amin (#22) (July 1, 2020)
• What does فأسقيناكموه mean? (June 19, 2020)
• An interview with Mai Ahmed: What is it like to be a vegetarian in Egypt? (June 5, 2020)
• A list of Arabic proverbs and sayings (June 3, 2020)
• Quiz: How well do you know Arabic proverbs and sayings? (June 2, 2020)
• Test your Arabic knowledge - quizzes on Arabic for Nerds (June 2, 2020)
• How to add Arabic subtitles on Netflix - the ultimate guide (May 23, 2020)
• Dual subtitles in Netflix: How to watch Netflix with English AND Arabic subtitles at the same time (May 12, 2020)
• The best tools to write Arabic numbers in words (April 30, 2020)
• What are the best websites for free Arabic lessons? (April 17, 2020)
• 20 questions for: Nikolaos Van Dam (#21) (April 3, 2020)
• The first Saudi comic movie in Arabic is hitting Netflix (March 19, 2020)
• Tricky things about the adjective in Egyptian Arabic (March 10, 2020)
• 20 questions for: Ghada Wali (#20) (February 27, 2020)
• How do you say to have in Arabic? (February 1, 2020)
• Why is the Quran so difficult to read? (January 18, 2020)
• The Netflix series Messiah and the al-Dajjal (January 2, 2020)
• 20 questions for: Daniel Falk (#19) (December 30, 2019)
• Now available: e-book of Arabic for Nerds 2 (December 27, 2019)
• How do you pronounce Arabic words without vowels correctly? (December 17, 2019)
• 20 questions for: Zora O'Neill (#18) (November 23, 2019)
• How to learn Arabic calligraphy - an introduction (November 8, 2019)
• Arabic swear words, curses and insults - a list (November 2, 2019)
• Why is Arabic called a Semitic language? (October 26, 2019)
• 20 questions for: Mohammad Wehbe (#17) (October 18, 2019)
• The word Shaytan: Is there a difference between Satan, Iblis and the Devil in Arabic? (October 5, 2019)
• 22,222 men came - How do you write this number in Arabic? (September 27, 2019)
• 20 questions for: Brian Powell (#16) (September 18, 2019)
• Arabic songs with English subtitles on YouTube (September 8, 2019)
• Why does the Arabic broken plural have a crucial role in the classification of Arabic? (August 31, 2019)
• How to become fluent in Arabic (August 25, 2019)
• 20 questions for: Habib Kassem (#15) (August 15, 2019)
• لبيك (labbaika) - What does it mean? (August 9, 2019)
• How to adjust the size of the Arabic font on your mobile browser (July 31, 2019)
• The secret Netflix codes that unlock hidden Arabic movies (July 19, 2019)
• How a wrong vowel in the Quran may produce blasphemy (July 13, 2019)
• What is the best Arabic keyboard? (and where to buy) (July 10, 2019)
• 20 questions for: Yassir Abbasi (#14) (July 6, 2019)
• Arabic masdar forms: Do سُؤال and مَسْألة mean the same? (June 30, 2019)
• Does Google Assistant speak Arabic? Yes. (June 22, 2019)
• 20 questions for: Reginald Hefner (#13) (June 15, 2019)
• Are there palindromes in Arabic? (June 9, 2019)
• What are the best Arabic grammar books? (June 7, 2019)
• 20 questions for: Mahmoud Gomah (#12) (June 4, 2019)
• Should have and will not have done in Egyptian Arabic (May 26, 2019)
• Are there audio books in Arabic? YES! (May 23, 2019)
• 20 questions for: Ulric Shannon (#11) (May 15, 2019)
• Who wrote the first Arabic dictionary? (May 4, 2019)
• 20 questions for: Sirine Demarchkie (#10) (April 28, 2019)
• The spelling of the Hamza in Arabic (April 20, 2019)
• Where can you find Arabic books for free? (April 12, 2019)
• 20 questions for: Widad Nabi (#9) (April 5, 2019)
• What is the best Arabic dictionary for Google Chrome? (March 23, 2019)
• 20 questions for: Graeme Andrews (#8) (March 16, 2019)
• Almased - A good reason why Germans should start learning Arabic (March 8, 2019)
• What are the best Arabic series and movies on Netflix? (March 1, 2019)
• 20 questions for: Matthew Aldrich (#7) (February 24, 2019)
• How do you say both in Arabic? (February 20, 2019)
• 20 questions for: Dina Elabed (#6) (February 10, 2019)
• 20 questions for: Omar Safa (#5) (February 3, 2019)
• How do you spell a hundred in Arabic? (January 31, 2019)
• 20 questions for: Dr. Hanada Taha Thomure (#4) (January 27, 2019)
• 20 questions for: Hossam Abouzahr (#3) (January 19, 2019)
• What role did the Bedouins play in creating Arabic grammar? (January 12, 2019)
• 20 questions for: Badrul Aini Sha'ari (#2) (January 6, 2019)
• 20 questions for: Antoine Robert El Dahdah (#1) (December 31, 2018)
• Can‎ وَ‎ express "when", "with", or "while"? The مفعول معه (December 12, 2018)
• How do you write Allah as a calligraphy? (November 29, 2018)
• Which Arabic font do you use for Microsoft Word or Photoshop? (November 15, 2018)
• What is the correct form of "My Mustafas" in Arabic? (November 4, 2018)
• How to use Google Translate as an OCR tool for Arabic (October 25, 2018)
• This tool helps you to understand Al Jazeera better (October 20, 2018)
• How do you write emails and formal letters in Arabic? (part 2) (October 13, 2018)
• How do you write emails and formal letters in Arabic? (part 1) (September 29, 2018)
• The tricky word ما in Egyptian Arabic (September 15, 2018)
• I have never done that. How do you say that in Arabic? (September 2, 2018)
• The و‎‎ in kull Aam wa antum bi Khayr - do you need the waw? (August 22, 2018)
• Conjugate Arabic verbs with an app (August 15, 2018)
• New release: ARABIC for NERDS 2 (August 5, 2018)
• What are the best websites and shops to buy Arabic books? (July 20, 2018)
• One of the first cryptologists was an Arab - did you know? (June 23, 2018)
• How do you pronounce Allah correctly? (June 16, 2018)
• How to I'rab: What is the formula (steps) to analyze/(إعراب) a word in Arabic? (June 15, 2018)
• The question of the wasp in Arabic - the most famous linguistic dispute in history (May 26, 2018)
• Come to prayer! حي على الصلاة - What type of word is hayya ‎حيَّ‎?‎‎ (May 22, 2018)
• How do you stream Arabic TV channels? With PupilHD! (May 21, 2018)
• Five activities to improve your Arabic (May 2, 2018)
• What are the best Arabic-English dictionaries and best mobile Apps? (January 26, 2018)
• How do you watch Netflix with Arabic subtitles? (November 20, 2017)
• The Arabic verb: "to behave like Adolf Hitler" (October 1, 2017)
• How to watch Black Crows with English subtitles (June 20, 2017)
• بقى in Egyptian Arabic - what does it mean? (June 8, 2017)
• Are there TV shows in Classical Arabic with English subtitles? (May 19, 2017)
• Common mistakes in Arabic and how to avoid them: أبدًا and قَطُّ (May 7, 2017)
• Adjust the Arabic font in Chrome or Firefox - Here is how it works (April 27, 2017)
• ما in Egyptian Arabic - is it "what" or "not" or what? (April 13, 2017)
• Interesting facts about the Qur'an - the longest word (April 3, 2017)
• بَيْتًا or بَيْتاً? - Before or on the Aleph? Where do you add the tanween in Arabic? (March 31, 2017)
• Why is Egyptian Arabic difficult? (March 18, 2017)
• lissa in Egyptian Arabic (March 5, 2017)
• How do you spell لكن in Arabic? (February 25, 2017)
• What is the plural of كافر - "unbeliever"? (February 18, 2017)
• What is a Kafir? (February 11, 2017)
• Pasha, Mister, and Baksheesh - etymology of Arabic words (part 3) (February 2, 2017)
• Prison, ice cream, and shoes - etymology of Arabic words (part 2) (January 28, 2017)
• Jailbirds, thugs, and kufta – etymology of Arabic words (part 1) (January 23, 2017)
• What is a Taghut? (January 21, 2017)
• The index finger in Islam - what does it symbolize? (December 31, 2016)
• al-rahman and al-rahim - Is there a difference in meaning? (December 17, 2016)
• Allahu akbar! What does it mean? (December 10, 2016)
• Final Aleph in Arabic: مَساءًا or مَساءً - What is correct? (July 23, 2016)
• Is there a one-letter word in Arabic? (June 25, 2016)
• How many roots are there in Arabic? (June 11, 2016)
• How do you convert a Gregorian year to Hijri? (May 21, 2016)
• How do you use prepositions to emphasize in Arabic? (May 14, 2016)
• What is the damir al Fasl in Arabic? (May 14, 2016)
• What is a logical subject in Arabic? (April 30, 2016)
• Arabic if-clauses: When do you need the majzum mood? (April 16, 2016)
• Arabic plural of month: أَشْهُر or شُهُور - which is correct? (April 14, 2016)
• How do you say me in Arabic? (April 9, 2016)
• The اسم المرة in Arabic – How do you say: to eat three times? (April 2, 2016)
• Why can it be difficult to pronounce ten in Arabic? (March 26, 2016)
• What is the meaning of the name Hussein? (March 12, 2016)
• How do you say mine in Arabic? (March 5, 2016)
• The Nun for emphasis - how does it work in Arabic? (March 3, 2016)
• Is حرب masculine or feminine? (February 27, 2016)
• إذْ and إذا and إذًا - What is the difference? (February 20, 2016)
• What are the ten different types of ما ma? (February 6, 2016)
• Which letters can you add to an Arabic root? (January 23, 2016)
• The causative descrip­tion in Arabic: السّيارَةُ الْجميلُ لونُها - Is there a mistake? (January 16, 2016)
• How are family names constructed in Arabic? (January 9, 2016)
• What is the ism al Masdar in Arabic? (January 2, 2016)
• What is a masdar mu'awwal in Arabic? (December 26, 2015)
• الصَّلاةُ خَيْرٌ مِن الْنَّوْمِ: "Prayer is better than sleep" - Is it really "better"? (December 19, 2015)
• Arabic letters without dots - Does it work? (December 12, 2015)
• Does the negation with ما or لم convey the same meaning? (November 28, 2015)
• What does Dunya mean? (November 21, 2015)