Language Learning

تَاجِرُ بَغْدَادَ This Arabic story is for learners of Arabic as a foreign language. We took it from a book written by Kamil Keilany, an Egyptian writer and a poet. The original text was written for native speakers of Arabic. To make it suitable for learners of Arabic as a foreign language, it has been abridged, appropriately simplified, and slightly modified. Some of the deta…

الْمَلِكُ عَجِيبٌ This Arabic story is for learners of Arabic as a foreign language. We took it from a book written by Kamil Keilany, an Egyptian writer and a poet. The original text was written for native speakers of Arabic. To make it suitable for learners of Arabic as a foreign language, it has been abridged, appropriately simplified, and slightly modified. Some of the deta…

مَاكْبِث فِي مَكَانٍ خَالٍ، عِنْدَمَا كَانَ الْبَرْقُ وَالرَّعْدُ يَمْلَآنِ الْأَرْضَ، اِجْتَمَعَتْ ثَلَاثُ سَاحِرَاتٍ. قَالَتِ السَّاحِرَةُ الْأُولَى: مَتَى سَنَلْتَقِي؟ هَلْ سَنَلْتَقِي عِنْدَمَا نَسْمَعُ الرَّعْدَ، أَوْ عِنْدَمَا نَرَى الْبَرْقَ، أَوْ عِنْدَمَا نَلْمَسُ الْمَطَرَ؟ قَالَتِ السَّاحِرَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ: سَنَلْتَقِي عِنْدَمَا تَنْتَهِيَ الْمَعْرَكَةُ، وَيَظْهَ…

بَطـــَــلُ أَثِينـــَــا This is an Arabic short story for foreigners (i.e., for non-Arabs). It is taken from a series of long stories which Kamil Kilani wrote. The original text is meant for native speakers of Arabic. This version has been abridged and simplified to be suitable for learners of Arabic as a foreign language.  قَبْلَ آلَافِ السِّنِينِ، وُلِدَ بَطَلُ أَثِينَا…

َالْأَمِيرُ الْحَادِي وَالْخَمْسُون This is an Arabic short story for beginners, namely for non-Arabs. It is taken from a series of long stories which Kamil Kilani wrote. The original text is meant for native speakers of Arabic. This Arabic short story for beginners has been abridged and simplified to be suitable for learners of Arabic as a an additional language. فِي قَدِي…

الْأَمِيــــرَةُ الْقَاسِيــَــةُ This is an Arabic short story for foreigners / for non-Arabs. It is taken from a series of long stories which Kamil Kilani wrote. The original text is in more advanced Arabic. This version has been abridged and simplified to be suitable for learners of Arabic as a foreign language. فِي مَمْلَكَةٍ هِنْدِيَّةٍ قَدِيمَةٍ، عَاشَ أَمِيرٌ صَغِيرٌ…

الْمَلِــــكُ مَيْــــدَاسُ We took this Arabic short story from a short story book written by Kamil Kilani. The original story was written for native speakers of Arabic. It has been simplified, abridged, and slightly modified to make it suitable for learners of Arabic as an additional/foreign language. It is suitable for high-beginners and pre-intermediate learners. فِي قَ…

ثَمَرَةُ الْخِلَافِ This is an Arabic short story for foreigners. We took it from a book written by Kamil Keilany, an Egyptian writer and a poet. The original text was written for native speakers of Arabic. To make it suitable for learners of Arabic as a foreign language, it has been abridged, simplified, and slightly modified. Some of the details in the original story have be…

الْعُلْبَةُ الْمَسْحُوْرَةُ This Arabic short story is for foreigners. We took it from a book written by Kamil Keilany, an Egyptian writer and a poet. The original text was written for native speakers of Arabic. To make it suitable for learners of Arabic as a foreign language, it has been abridged, simplified, and slightly modified. Some of the details in the original story ha…

عُمَارَةُ This Arabic short story is for foreigners. We took it from a book written by Kamil Keilany, an Egyptian writer and a poet. The original text was written for native speakers of Arabic. To make it suitable for learners of Arabic as a foreign language, it has been abridged, simplified, and slightly modified. Some of the details in the original story have been left out. …

لَيْلَــــةُ الْمَهْرَجَــــانِ This Arabic short story is for foreigners. We took it from a book written by Kamil Keilany, an Egyptian writer and a poet. The original text was written for native speakers of Arabic. To make it suitable for learners of Arabic as a foreign language, it has been abridged, simplified, and slightly modified. Some of the details in the original stor…

هَلْ أَكَلَتِ الْفِئْرَانُ الْحَدِيْدَ؟! This is an Arabic short story for foreigners. We took it from a book written by Mohammed Al-Abrashi, an Egyptian educator and writer. The original text was written for native speakers of Arabic. To make it suitable for learners of Arabic as a foreign language, it has been abridged, simplified, and slightly modified. Some of the details …

جُحَــــا وَالْبَخِيْــــلُ This is an Arabic short story for foreigners. We took it from a book written by Kamil Keilany, an Egyptian writer and a poet. The original text was written for native speakers of Arabic. To make it suitable for learners of Arabic as a foreign language, it has been abridged, simplified, and slightly modified. Some of the details in the original story…

نَاقُــــوسُ الْعَدَالَــــةِ This is an Arabic short story for foreigners. We took it from a book written by Mohammed Al-Abrashi, an Egyptian educator and writer. The original text was written for native speakers of Arabic. To make it suitable for learners of Arabic as a foreign language, it has been abridged, simplified, and slightly modified. Some of the details in the orig…