As students who have begun studying Arabic in the twenty-first century, you have access to a wealth of resources for language learning and cultural enrichment. Some sites to explore include:
Dictionaries
- Oxford Arabic Dictionary (Access available either from campus or through the library proxy)
- al-Maany online dictionary
- al-Baḥith al-‘Arabi: a website containing searchable versions of the classical Arabic dictionaries
Media Sites
- BBC Arabic
- Assafir: a newspaper based out of Beirut
- Raseef 22: A news and lifestyle website published in Arabic
- al-Jazeera, an Arabic news channel out of Qatar
- In addition to the regular site, al-Jazeera has a website targeted to students of Arabic
Other Cultural Links
- Adab: A site with poetry from across the Arab world
In addition to all of the wonderful materials available online, our department lounge (al-diwān) in LDC is well stocked with reference materials, resources, and reading materials, along with a media setup for watching Arabic language programming