al-Salām ‘alaykum and welcome to The Arabic Reader (al-Qāri’ al-ʿArabī/القارئ العربيّ), a new class (as of November 2024) at Middle Ground taught by Imam Marc Manley. It is a continuation of his Arabic class/system entitled, Facilitating the Learning of Arabic for Devotional Studies (Taysīr Ta’allum al-Lughah al-ʿArabiyyah li al-Dirāsah al-Taʿabbudiyyah/تَيْسِيْرُ تَعَلُّمِ اللُّغَةِ العَرَبِيَّةِ لِلدِّراسَةِ التَّعَبُّدِيَّةِ).
On this page you will be able to find all the relevant info related to the class, times, dates, scheduling changes, etc., so please bookmark this page and check back frequently for any and all updates. Unless otherwise noted, this class will be primarily taught in-person.
To register for The Arabic Reader please send an email to contact@muslim.center.
Session One
Date: Sunday, November 3rd, 2024, 11am (this includes the change for daylight savings time!). Please arrive on time so we can promptly start class.
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Session Two
Date: Sunday, November 10th, 2024, 12pm (this includes the change for daylight savings time!). This week we’re starting at 12pm to accommodate the seniors program which will end around 11:30am, in shā’ Allāh. Please arrive on time so we can promptly start class.
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Session Three
Date: Sunday, November 17th, 2024, 11am.
We’ll continue this week, in shā’ Allāh, by reading and reviewing last week’s material as well as looking at a couple of new PDF’s and videos on (1) how to improve our reading without tashkīl (تشكيل/vowel markings) and (2) how to look for the signs of the past tense verb and its inflections.
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Session Four
Date: Sunday, December 1st, 2024, 11am.
Session Four introduces some new practice sentences and paragraphs. See the link below for the notes.
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Session Five
Date: Sunday, December 8th, 2024, 11am.
This week we continue to build on Session Four. We also have some new handouts.
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Session Six
Date: Sunday, December 15th, 2024, 11am.
This week we analyze sentence structures, practice reading/translating and there’s some new videos by Imam Marc to watch along with.
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Additional Resources
- Arabic to Arabic dictionary: almaany.com (we’ll go over in class next session how to use this particular resource).
- English to Arabic dictionary: Hans Wehr.