The Department of World Languages and Literatures at Western Michigan University provides links to full instructional units offering authentic texts and audio/video excerpts with self-graded comprehension questions. The materials are free to use and registration is not required. Simply choose one of the courses below and get started.
Advanced Standard Arabic I (Arab Cultures)
Produced by Mustafa Mughazy
- Unit 1: Moroccan Weddings
- Unit 2: Ramadan in Egypt
- Unit 3: Ikhwan Al-Safaa: the Sufi tradition
- Unit 4: Car Racing in Bahrain
- Unit 5: Al-Janadiriyya Festival in Saudi Arabia
- Unit 6: Green Buildings in Beirut
- Unit 7: Desert Palaces of Tunisia
- Unit 8: Soccer in Egypt: Al-Ahly Sports Club
- Unit 9: Cultural Cafes
- Unit 10: Street Car Racing
- Unit 11: A Social History of Cars in Iraq (Part 1)
- Unit 12: A Social History of Cars in Iraq (Part 2)
- Unit 13: Arabic Diglossia
- Unit 14: Petra
- Unit 15: Yemen Markets
Advanced Standard Arabic II (Arab Cultures)
- Unit 1: History of Oil in Iraq (Part 1)
- Unit 2: History of Oil in Iraq (Part 2)
- Unit 3: Growing Wheat in Saudi Arabia
- Unit 4: New Media and Social Change in the Arab World
- Unit 5: The Jordan Valley
- Unit 6: Music of Andalusia in North Africa
- Unit 7: Social Change in Bahrain
- Unit 8: The Arabian Nights (Part 1)
- Unit 9: The Arabian Nights (Part 2)
- Unit 10: Arabic Coffee
- Unit 11: History of Water Engineering in North Africa
- Unit 12: Traditional Dress in the Gulf: The social symbolism of the headband
- Unit 13: Shadow Theater
- Unit 14: Thus Spoke Ibn Arabi: Sufism in Arab cultures
- Unit 15: The Pioneers of Tunisian Theater
Advanced Egyptian Arabic I (The Cultures of Egypt)
- Unit 1: The Romans in Egypt: The Amphitheater of Alexandria
- Unit 2: The Lamp of Umm Hashem: Cinema on East West relations
- Unit 3: Spring Festival: An Ancient Egyptian tradition
- Unit 4: Dancing Across Egypt: Folk dance
- Unit 5: All the Pasha's Men: Mohammed Ali, the Founder of Modern Egypt
- Unit 6: Traditional Puppet Theater
- Unit 7: A School of Trouble Makers: A play that changed theater in Egypt
- Unit 8: The Oasis of Siwa: The Berbers of Egypt
- Unit 9: The Coptic Church: History and structure
- Unit 10: Traditional Cairo Houses: Suhaymi's House (15th Century)
- Unit 11: SimSimiyya: An instrument and a musical tradition
- Unit 12: Egyptian Music Today: Tradition and modernity
- Unit 13: Ultras: Soccer fans in Egypt
- Unit 14: Egyptian Humor: the social functions of jokes
- Unit 15: Patriotic Songs: A historical perspective
