Arabic nerd who writes dictionaries for dialects and al-Fusha. Check it out: https://teapawt.net/t.co/rnmZKQZrx6. Support the data madness on Patreon: https://teapawt.net/t.co/4p6Ygv0tWC
Joined January 2017
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I've made a Patreon page for The Living Arabic Project. If you like the project want it to keep growing, please support it if you can. Any funds I get now go to finding someone to help with the Gulf dictionary I'm working on.
patreon.com/user?u=80648765&…
I'm excited to share that I've finished a poster of common flowers in Arab-speaking countries, and it is available on Etsy. I drew all the flowers on my tablet (no AI used). You also use the promo code TUZZ3 to get a discount til Sept 30
etsy.com/listing/4548244792/…
As QFI winds down its operations, I'm happy to have the chance to publish one short article on its blog about Arabic placement tests and how they are failing to properly evaluate students.
qfi.org/blog/arabic-students…
Is there a rule about how to write (not say) a decimal quantity in MSA like
٥،٧٥ درهم
We would say خمسة دراهم وخمسة وسبعون فلسًا . But when writing decimals, is the singular always used? Should the noun take a case ending based on the whole number or the decimal?
I just made a طز طزين تلاتة shirt. Because some days just need a tuzz, or two, or three. Available now on Etsy.
etsy.com/listing/4510715410/…
I'm starting an Etsy shop etsy.com/shop/livingarabicpr…. And I've already made my first sale (not to a friend or family):
It even has the bird poster from the last kickstarter that everyone liked.
Thanks to the UPenn for inviting me to give a talk titled "Regimagining Arabic" about how there is a history of treating Arabic dialects and al-Fusha as discrete languages, but we can see Arabic and create learning/linguistic tools to understand it as an interconnected system.
Living Arabic retweeted
At a recent panel, Osama Al-Sayyad of Arabi Facts Hub cited 21,000+ reports showing 42% focused on political content — much of it false — with identity and national security themes dominating crises.
Read more: al-fanarmedia.org/2026/02/fl…
#AlFanarMedia @arabifactshub
Living Arabic retweeted
في #اليوم_الدولي_للغة_الأم نشارك معكم مقال اللغوي والباحث حسام أبو زهر «ازدواجية اللغة وأثرها على مستويات تعليم التلاميذ العرب.. دعوة للمواجهة»، المنشور على «الفنار للإعلام» في أبريل 2022
اقرأ المقال كاملًا: al-fanarmedia.org/ar/2022/04…
#الفنار_للإعلام @LivingArabic
My latest on Al-Fanar about teaching "Arabic as One"—dialects and MSA together. Thank you to Radwa El Barouni Heba Salem, Laila Familiar and the many others who allowed me to interview them, filled out surveys, etc.
al-fanarmedia.org/2026/02/ar…
Living Arabic retweeted
يرى اللغوي والباحث حسام أبو زهر أن دمج اللهجات العاميّة مع الفصحى في الفصول الدراسية ضرورة لتعلم اللغة العربية بشكلٍ فعّال.
اقرأ المقال كاملًا: al-fanarmedia.org/ar/2026/02…
#الفنار_للإعلام @LivingArabic
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«To truly support learners, Arabic programmes must invest in instructor training, adopt integrated curricula, and foster environments where code-switching and dialect awareness are treated as strengths, not mistakes».
Read more: al-fanarmedia.org/2026/02/ar…
@LivingArabic
Happy to have been invited to join QFI's podcast All Things Arabic to talk about navigating Arabic's multiglossia.
youtube.com/watch?v=x4SJyT6t…
I've been working (mainly with my brother) on developing edutainment games for Arabic. Here's the latest: سمن وعسل (or سمنة وعسل , depending on your dialect). It's a card game based on "player-judge" games like Apples-to-Apples:
livingarabic.com/samne-w-3as…
I love it when new resources are made for learning Arabic. Check out Alexander Magidow's translation of Fast Fantasy. It's a great way to have fun with friends and practice your Arabic at the same time.
amag111.itch.io/fast-fantasy…
Happy to have been invited by the AADL and give a brief talk introducing Arabic, some learning tips, and why it is so awesome:
youtube.com/watch?v=Uo9fa5Ir…
I've finally gotten back on my Arabic lessons through cooking videos series. This time, I pre-recorded the next 15 episodes and scheduled all the posts (once a week for the next few months, excluding holidays). Here's the latest: patreon.com/posts/arabic-coo…
For supporters on Patreon, I've now added a new benefit: Removal of ads on The Living Arabic Project. It does require you to make an account on The Living Arabic Project, but that is free and only takes a few minutes.
Sign up on Patreon here: patreon.com/c/livingarabic
I've been trying to make games for Arabic dialects for a while, and now I've got one: a version of "Wordle" that works with dialects. I called it خسمة بسبعة because the grid is 5x7. You can select a dialect and play to your heart's content.
5x7-94b35e.gitlab.io/
Check out this new explainer video for The Living Arabic Project with some advanced tips like how to find single letter words and some hidden secrets you probably didn't even know you could search for.
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