This week in Arabic
Every Saturday, we share our personal picks from the Arabic world, one MSA lesson, one root, one expression, a song we can’t stop playing, a TV show or film we’re binging, plus a city and a dish you should know.
It’s part language, part culture, part lifestyle, designed to help you connect with Arabic in a fun, consistent way.
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TWIA #33: the phrase every human has heard, raw lamb, and six words for ‘some’
This week: six Arabic words that all mean ‘some’ but…
May 31, 2026
TWIA #32: the grammar trick that skips ‘of’, two rivers becoming one, and a snack you eat standing up
This week: the grammar trick that lets Arabic skip the…
May 23, 2026
TWIA #31: pillars, a cliff-top city, and the sentence Arabic builds without a verb
Welcome back. This week: how Arabic builds sentences without ‘is’…
May 17, 2026
TWIA #30: tears, lies, con men, Erbil, and machboos
Welcome back. This week’s thread is what Arabs do with…
May 10, 2026
TWIA #29: greed, going down, baby language, Egyptian comedy, and Dubai
This week: the demonstrative pronouns that help you point to…
May 2, 2026
TWIA #28: envy, a haunted hotel room, and ful medames at dawn
This week: the pronoun endings that turn two words into…
April 25, 2026