These clips will teach students at least four things about the Arabic alphabet: 1. The proper pronunciation of each of the Arabic letters associated with the three short vowels (A, U, E). 2. The proper pronunciation of the "sun" and "moon" letters when the sample words are used with and without the definite article "al" [the]. 3. The pronunciation of the nominative "tanween", which is the case ending of nouns and adjectives that are indefinite. Once the definite article "al" is added, notice the single damma as the case ending, instead of tanween. 4. Learning the handwritten shapes and names of the Arabic letters; first the name, then each letter is written is the initial, medial, and final position (of a word). Since some Arabic letters connect on both sides to other letters and some don't, students should pay attention to that on the graphics. These videos clips are useful for practicing proper pronunciation of the Arabic letters. For this reason, the clips are kept short so that students can listen to them many times over. For more information and more content, visit http://arabic.souaiaia.com/ where you can also interact with other students of Arabic language. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AYv102yfLw

Arabic Poetry; Abu al-Qasim al-Shabbi. إذا الشعب يوما أراد الحياة لـ أبو القاسم الشابي إِذا الشَّعْبُ يوماً أرادَ الحياةَ فلا بُدَّ أنْ يَسْتَجيبَ القدرْ ولا بُدَّ للَّيْلِ أنْ ينجلي ولا بُدَّ للقيدِ أن يَنْكَسِرْ ومَن لم يعانقْهُ شَوْقُ الحياةِ تَبَخَّرَ في جَوِّها واندَثَرْ فويلٌ لمَنْ لم تَشُقْهُ الحياةُ من صَفْعَةِ العَدَمِ المنتصرْ كذلك قالتْ ليَ الكائناتُ وحدَّثَني روحُها المُستَتِرْ ودَمْدَمَتِ الرِّيحُ بَيْنَ الفِجاجِ وفوقَ الجبالِ وتحتَ الشَّجرْ إِذا مَا طَمحْتُ إلى غايةٍ رَكِبتُ المنى ونَسيتُ الحَذرْ ولم أتجنَّبْ وُعورَ الشِّعابِ ولا كُبَّةَ اللَّهَبِ المُستَعِرْ ومن لا يحبُّ صُعودَ الجبالِ يَعِشْ أبَدَ الدَّهرِ بَيْنَ الحُفَرْ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnH8eEp6F8Q