 | Alif Baa: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds - Book & Audio CD Edition by Kristen Brustad
Buy used from: $14.00 Arguably the best introduction to the alphabet; prerequisite to the al-Kitaab series. CDs included. Answerbook sold seperately, highly recommended.
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 | Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya with DVDs: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Part One Second Edition by Kristen Brustad
Buy new: $49.46 / Used from: $33.00 Level-1 Fusha/Modern Standard (Media) Arabic, while introducing Fez/Cairo/Beirut/Baghdad derija. Cds, answerbook sold seperately, highly recommended.
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 | Arabic (Egyptian): Learn to Speak and Understand Egyptian Arabic with Pimsleur Language Programs by Pimsleur
Buy new: $15.96 / Used from: $10.00 Abridged: only 12 lessons, 30 mins each. Strictly oral, no text. Egyptian is the most widely spoken derija.
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 | A New Arabic Grammar of the Written Language by John A. Haywood
Buy new: $26.40 / Used from: $20.98 Arabic grammar focuses on verbs and morphology--Arabic words morph systematically, eg madrassa=school, darasa=study
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 | The Connectors in Modern Standard Arabic by Nariman Al-Warraki
Buy new: $15.95 / Used from: $8.90 Only Arabic text--as far as I am aware--with an in-depth look at syntax.
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 | A Dictionary of Syrian Arabic: English-Arabic (Georgetown Classics in Arabic Language and Linguistics)
Buy new: $32.50 / Used from: $21.99 Syrian/Levantine Dictionary:(West Bank, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon).
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 | Levantine Arabic for Non-Natives: A Proficiency-Oriented Approach: Student Book (Yale Language Series) by Lutfi Hussein
Buy new: $27.00 / Used from: $20.90 Syrian/Levantine Textbook (West Bank, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon).
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![Pimsleur Instant Conversation Arabic (Eastern) [CD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CE9JC5V5L._SL75_.jpg) | Pimsleur Instant Conversation Arabic (Eastern) [CD] by Pimsleur
Different from above(#3), this is for Eastern Arabic, ie. Levantine/Beirut derija.
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 | Audio CD for A Reference Grammar of Syrian Arabic (Georgetown Classics in Arabic Language and Linguistics) by Mark W. Cowell
Buy used from: $55.42 Note: Abridged version.
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 | A Dictionary of Moroccan Arabic: Moroccan-English & English-Moroccan (Georgetown Classics in Arabic Language and Linguistics)
Buy new: $35.70 / Used from: $29.95 Moroccan Dictionary--this derija is widely held as the most unique and thus distant one in all Arabic.
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 | A Basic Course in Moroccan Arabic (Georgetown Classics in Arabic Language and Linguistics) by Richard S. Harrell
Buy used from: $21.95 The classic Moroccan derija textbook. (Note: Derija is not typically taught in Arabic speaking countries; Georgetown has made its name by breaking ground in this field.)
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 | A SHORT REFERENCE GRAMMAR OF MOROCCAN ARABIC (Georgetown Classics in Arabic Language and Linguistics) by Richard S. Harrell
Buy new: $29.95 / Used from: $18.95 |
 | A Dictionary of Iraqi Arabic: English, Arabic/Arabic, English (Georgetown Classics in Arabic Language and Linguistics)
Buy new: $35.96 / Used from: $27.36 |
 | A BASIC COURSE IN IRAQI ARABIC (Georgetown Classics in Arabic Language and Linguistics) by Wallace M. Erwin
Buy new: $34.30 / Used from: $18.60 Iraqi, the least well known derija, though closely related to Levantine Arabic.
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 | A Grammar of the Bedouin Dialects of the Northern Sinai Littoral: Bridging the Linguistic Gap Between the Eastern and Western Arab World (Handbook of Oriental Studies/Handbuch Der Orientalistik) by Rudolf De Jong
Buy new: $309.00 / Used from: $254.50 |
 | Modern Arabic: Structures, Functions, and Varieties (Georgetown Classics in Arabic Language and Linguistics) by Clive, Holes
Buy new: $39.95 / Used from: $34.93 A linguistic study of Modern Standard; looks at fusha-structural lapping of derijas.
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 | Tales from Kalila Wa Dimna: For Students of Arabic by Munther A. Younes
Buy new: $50.00 / Used from: $25.00 The only way to advance beyond "intermediate" in any language is to read literature and listen to native speakers--this sudio sets helps with both.
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 | The Incoherence of the Philosophers (Islamic Translation Series) by al-Ghazali
Buy used from: $2.95 #18-20, Nice translation series: English on every left-had page, w/ Arabic text every other one.
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 | The Elixir of the Gnostics: A parallel English-Arabic text (Islamic Translation Series) by Mulla Sadra
Buy new: $27.96 / Used from: $32.50 |
 | Decisive Treatise and Epistle Dedicatory (Islamic Translation Series) by Averroes
Buy new: $19.96 / Used from: $16.97 |
 | Colloquial Persian: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series) (Colloquial Series (Book Only)) by Abdorreza Rafiee
Buy new: $21.86 / Used from: $13.99 Language with a totally different vocabulary, but uses the Arabic script.
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 | Farsi by Pimsleur
Buy new: $83.95 / Used from: $24.99 Note: Abridged.
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 | Persian Grammar: For Reference and Revision by John Mace
Buy new: $44.10 / Used from: $47.16 |
 | 600 Mulla Nasreddin Tales (Silsilah-I Tajdid-I Chap-I Mutun-I Mashhur-I Farsi)
Buy new: $19.95 / Used from: $20.68 |
 | True Translation of Hakim Omar Khayyam's Robaiyat by Omar Khayyam
Buy new: $24.95 / Used from: $32.50 Best-selling poem ever! Victorian translation is revised; the original Farsi is provided for you to judge the translation.
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