Remember Aaliyah? The great 90s pop icon who died an untimely death in a plane crash in Barbados? A few years before her death, Aaliyah… Read More »How to Become Native-Level Fluent in Any Language You Want
For starters, all of the films mentioned here also have English subtitles. I know you were wondering… 🙂 Let’s hop in! One of the hardest… Read More »The 10 Best Levantine Films You’ve Never Heard Of
Here’s a scene from a one-act stage play I wrote this morning. I think you’ll like it if you want to start improving your Levantine… Read More »How to Start Reading In Levantine Arabic (Step-By-Step Guide) (+ Hear Me Speak in Arabic!)
I have two confessions. Firstly, I haven’t been writing on this blog as frequently as I’ve wanted to. I just needed to say that aloud.… Read More »7 Helpful Questions To Overcome Arabic Immersion Burnout this Month
Do you ever have a hard time understanding the Levantine accents that you come across in immersion? Are you ever watching a TV show and… Read More »5 Remarkably Simple Ways To Understand Any Levantine Dialect
Can I just admit this real quick? Depending on the dialect I’m listening to, the speed of the speaker’s speech, and the topic being discussed,… Read More »5 Unusual Ear Training Tips You Need To Understand Arabic
My story with Arabic is windy and wonderous and woeful, but the moral of the story is this: You’re only one or two ideas away… Read More »The 1 Surprising Reason Why I’ll Never Stop Studying Arabic
I’m going to warn you of something in advance. The suggestions I’m about to mention will seem unrelated to Arabic altogether. But if you hang… Read More »3 Unlikely Strategies to Help You Stay Encouraged While Learning the Second Hardest Language in the World
A note before you jump in: As you may already know (or as you may be finding out right now) reading in Levantine or any… Read More »5 Levantine Comic Books, Graphic Novels, and Email Newsletters to Start Reading in Dialect Today instead of MSA
على فكرة: This is going to be a slightly longer post today. This is because with us still being at the beginning of 2021, I… Read More »5 Mindset Changes You Need to Learn Levantine Arabic in Quarantine in 2021