Learn to speak Arabic through the following Arabic Learning links:
A compilation of language schools, tutors, Arabic online lessons and Egyptian dictionary that can help you speak Arabic fast.

A contribution by
Reda Said (Egyptian tour guide)
Ashraf Al Shafaki (HR Coordinator)

History of the Arabic Language:
Arabic is spoken by around 200 million people in more than twenty countries worldwide. It is also the language of the Quran (the Holy book for Muslims). Arabic is thought to have originated in Saudi Arabia in pre-Islamic times, and spread across the Middle East since then.

Many modern languages contain words of Arabic origin including Indian, Turkish, Iranian, Portuguese, Greek and even Spanish. Spoken Arabic dialects vary from country to another.

However, although the classical written Arabic is understood among all Arab countries. there is a distinction between classical Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). Classical Arabic is the language of the
Quran and old texts. MSA is the language used in newspapers and TV news.

MSA is based on classical Arabic and is more or less 'standard' across Arab countries, yet it does have many differences from it not only in its lexicon but also differences on the syntactic level.

The distinction between classical Arabic and MSA is quite clear and is not only kept for specialists. Advertised courses often refer to whether it's MSA, classical or colloquial Arabic they are delivering.

Do you want to learn Arabic?
Here is a list of centers where you can speak and write classical Arabic or local colloquial Arabic in the Middle East:

Check this list of Arabic Learning language centers and Private tutors

If you know of good Arabic language centers or private tutors that teaches Arabic to foreigners in Egypt, please send us their updates and we'll add them to this list as soon as possible.

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