Learn to Read and Write Arabic — Step by Step

Start your Arabic reading and writing journey with these carefully broken-down lessons. We recommend doing one lesson a day, pairing it with our vocabulary or grammar lessons to keep things balanced and avoid feeling overwhelmed.

We also recommend following the lessons in order, from left to right and top to bottom. This way, you'll gradually build your skills, and each new exercise will include letters you've already learned in previous lessons—making practice more effective and less overwhelming.

Get familiar with the structure of the Arabic language.

Learn how to read and write the basic vowel sounds.

Four letters that look alike: how to tell them apart.

Understand the difference between short and long vowels.

Learn the difference between a soft and heavy H.

Same shape, different sounds: meet the three trickster letters.

Straight and curved shapes with small but important distinctions.

Two letters with the same base shape: how to tell them apart.

Welcome to the world of strong and emphatic Letters.

Two worlds: from an Arabic sound to a French twist.

Three look-alikes but three different voices: how to tell them apart.

Same shape, different sound: Two essential letters you must know.