Books


A good way to learn a language is to learn more about the culture. Here is a selection of Arabic language books, Arabic Dictionaries, Arabic Fiction, and Middle Eastern Cookbooks. If you have a book in mind which you would like us to include in the list, please contact us.  Arab Spring Fiction, Arab Spring in Literature, Arab Spring Egypt, Arab Spring Novels, Arab women in literature


Language Books

Write It in Arabic: A Workbook and Step-by-Step Guide to Writing the Arabic Alphabet
Arabic Grammar Unravelled: ultimate guide to learning modern standard arabic



Dictionaries

Arabic-English Dictionary: The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic

Arabic Practical Dictionary: Arabic-English English-Arabic
Oxford Picture Dictionary English-Arabic: Bilingual Dictionary for Arabic-speaking teenage and adult students of English



Fiction Books: 

The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street, by Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz
Season of Migration to the North: Al Tayeb Salih
In the Country of Men: A Novel
Call Me Leila: A Novel set against the backdrop of the Arab Spring
The Yacoubian Building: A Novel
Tales from Kalila Wa Dimna: For Students of Arabic


Cook Books: 

Modern Flavors of Arabia: Recipes and Memories from My Middle Eastern Kitchen

The Food of Morocco
The New Book of Middle Eastern Food
The Arab Table: Recipes and Culinary Traditions


Music 

Top 40 Arabic Classic Bar Grooves
Arabic Groove (Putumayo Presents)




Arabic Dialects:

Saudi Arabic: Urban Hijazi Dialect, Basic Course (Arabic Edition)
The Syntax of Spoken Arabic: A Comparative Study of Moroccan, Egyptian, Syrian, and Kuwaiti Dialects (Arabic Edition)
Modern Iraqi Arabic with MP3 Files, Second Edition: Modern Iraqi Arabic with MP3 Files: A Textbook (Arabic Edition)
Moroccan Arabic: Shnoo the Hell is Going On H'naa? A Practical Guide to Learning Moroccan Darija - the Arabic Dialect of Morocco (2nd edition)