Middle Eastern Culture Site
	Rachel Schaus BellaOnline's Middle Eastern Culture Editor

A First Look At The Arabic Alphabet
A gentle introduction to learning the Arabic alphabet.

Arab Academy – A Review
Arab Academy is a fabulous Arabic school, offering lessons online and onsite in Cairo, Egypt. Worth every penny, this is where I study. In particular, their Arabic 100 class on learning the alphabet provides the best instruction I´ve seen anywhere on learning the Arabic alphabet.

Basic Words and Phrases in Arabic
Need a kick start on your Arabic language skills? Check out these basic words and phrases.

Letters of the Arabic Alphabet - First Half
Learn the sounds and forms of the Arabic letters from the first half of the alphabet.

Resources for Learning Arabic
A road map through the many resources on BellaOnline´s Middle Eastern Culture for beginning to learn Arabic.

Why Study Arabic?
Reasons why you might want to study the Arabic language