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Arabic Language Learning

A research guide for finding Arabic language learning resources in the library.

Bilingual Readers

Modern Arabic Short Stories by Daniel L. Newman
Call Number: PJ7694.E8 M63 2008
ISBN: 0863564364
Arabic Stories for Language Learners by Hezi Brosh
Call Number: PJ6311 .B73 2013
ISBN: 0804843007
A Reader of Modern Arabic Short Stories by Sabry Hafez
Call Number: PJ6119 .R32 1988
ISBN: 0863560873
A Reader of Classical Arabic Literature by S. A. Bonebakker
Call Number: PJ6311 .R4 2012
ISBN: 1937040038
The Epistle on Legal Theory by Muhammad Ibn Idris Al-Shafi'i
Call Number: KBP440.62.S53 A3713 2013
ISBN: 0814769985
A Treasury of Virtues: Sayings, Sermons, and Teachings of Ali by Al-Qadi Al-Quda
Call Number: PJ7698.A5 A2 2013
ISBN: 0814729142
Leg over Leg by Ahmad Faris Al-Shidyaq
Call Number: PJ7862.H48 S213 2013
ISBN: 0814729371

Literature in Translation

We have textbooks to aid reading literature in Arabic as well as classic novels and short stories in both Arabic and English translation.

Building Arabic Vocabulary Through Reading by Nariman Naili Al-Warraki; Nadia Harb
Call Number: PJ6111 .W37 2013
ISBN: 9774166132
Mastering Arabic Through Literature by Iman A. Soliman
Call Number: PJ6111 .S59 2014
ISBN: 9774165985
The Arabian Nights by Husain Haddawy
Call Number: PJ7715 .M87 2010
ISBN: 039392808X
Alf laylah wa laylah by Tarnowska, Wafa'
Call Number: PZ8.T178 A73125 2012
Cairo Modern by Naguib Mahfouz
Call Number: PJ7846.A46 Q2513 2008
ISBN: 9774161564
al-Qāhirah al-jadīdah by Naguib Mahfouz
Call Number: PJ7846.A46 Q25 2009
Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz
Call Number: PJ7846.A46 Z4813 2011
ISBN: 9774164830
Zuqāq al-midaqq by Naguib Mahfouz
Call Number: PJ7846.A46 Z48 2009
Classical Arabic Literature by Geert Jan Van Gelder
Call Number: PJ7694.E1 C53 2013
ISBN: 0814770274

Arab Culture

Perspectives: Arabic language and culture in film by Nasser M. Isleem
ISBN: 098215951X
Publication Date: PJ6095 .A48 2009
Popular Proverbs by Nasser M. Isleem
Call Number: PN6519.A7 I85 2009
ISBN: 0982159501
The Arabic Novel by Roger Allen
Call Number: PJ7577 .A4 1995
ISBN: 081562641X
Making Music in the Arab World by A. J. Racy
Call Number: ML348 .R33 2003
ISBN: 0521304148
Popular Culture in the Arab World by Andrew Hammond
Call Number: DS36.88 .H357 2007
ISBN: 9774160541