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10 movies and series to watch if you’re learning Arabic

Watching films and box-sets in Arabic is a brilliant way to improve your listening skills and to familiarise yourself with the Arabic language. The following list of Arabic movies and TV shows from across the Middle East features a range of different dialects and will help you start improving your Arabic from your couch!

12 Ways To Learn Arabic At Home For FREE – 2023

The following tips and hacks will help you to build an Arabic study habit into your daily routine so you can learn from your home, for free.

Covid-19 – Pink Jinn’s top 6 lockdown tips

With the outbreak of Corona virus causing havoc around the world, we want to send our thoughts and best wishes to our community at this difficult and confusing time. If you’re staying home at the moment for whatever reason, we’ve put together a list of 6 tips and recommendations to help you look after your mental health and use this time positively for things you might not otherwise have time for, like reading or learning a language.

3 Arab women filmmakers causing a stir

You may have seen the news of the recent successes of Syrian wife, mother and filmmaker Waad al-Kateab’s remarkable documentary, For Sama. We thought this would be an excellent opportunity to showcase and celebrate Waad’s story and her success, along with some of the other great achievements of Arab women in film in recent years. Below are three incredible films from inspiring female directors from the Arab World that you absolutely need to watch!

Revolution for Dummies: The Egyptian heart surgeon exiled for making jokes

Bassem Youssef, a heart surgeon living with his wife and baby daughter in Cairo, was…

The Middle East in London: November events calendar

If you’re based in London, there are plenty of Middle East-focused events going on throughout…

Fauda: The Israeli Netflix drama that’s got the Middle East talking

A Netflix series focusing on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict is taking the Middle East by storm.…