Read Arabic literature in the original

Read the opening pages of Arabic classics in the original, with a translation under every line.

النظرات
Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti
Essays and moving stories on virtue, mercy and everyday life in early 1900s Egypt.

أرمانوسة المصرية
Jurji Zaydan
A historical novel of love and loyalty in Egypt during the Arab conquest of the 7th century.

الأجنحة المتكسرة
Kahlil Gibran
A young man's first love in Beirut, broken by money, power and an arranged marriage.

فتاة غسان
Jurji Zaydan
A Ghassanid princess and a young Arab nobleman in love, as Islam rises in Arabia and Syria.

كليلة ودمنة
Ibn al-Muqaffa
Classic animal fables about wisdom, friendship and power, told by two jackals at a lion's court.

دمعة وابتسامة
Kahlil Gibran
Short poetic pieces on love, beauty, death and the soul, written in Gibran's youth.

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Learn Arabic arrives on 1 December

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