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Assalaamu `alaykum,
In the past when I’d come home after traveling abroad I had a hard time retelling the same stories or answering the same questions over and over to different people about my adventures. This time I’ve decided to take advantage of blogging in hopes that my blog will be my one-stop opportunity to fill you in on what’s happening with me and my life in Egypt.
So join me as I experience life in Egypt as a foreign student and tourist. I’ll be updating this blog throughout the year insha’Allah so… stay tuned!
salam…eid mubarak
student? where?
ALLAH yusallimuk
hey there, it seems that you are really enjoying studying at markaz fajr.
I have a friend there, his name is Uwais from south africa, maybe you’ll run into him some time.
anyhow, all the best, enjoy yourself and keep up the good work.
ma’assalaamah
**reply to my personal mailbox
Assalamualaikum wr wb.
I am very interested in studying arabic in the future. As of now, I am pursuing a course in basic arabic in Singapore. I was wondering if you could share with me the requirements and the preparations needed for it.
Like how long will you take to grasp arabic till the level of being able to converse comfortably in arabic and how much will it cost and how did you arrange for your accomodation and stuff. And is there any minimum qualifications they are looking for?
I would also love to go to Egypt to pursue the arabic language.
regards. You can reply to my email if it is convenient for you. Thank you! :)
Wa `alaykum assalaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh,
Parvin, I’m sorry I didn’t see your post sooner!
That’s great to hear that you’ve been pursuing your Arabic studies in your home country, may Allah assist you in your edeavors, ameen.
There are no minimum qualifications for studying Arabic at the centers here. You can literally start from scratch and work your way to the top. I started at level 1 and studied all the way to the final level, 13. With the Fajr Center program, I was comfortably able to converse (with mistakes here and there) as well as read and write and understand by level 6. Obviously we could speak to some extent before level 6 but not with as much confidence or accuracy.
The costs are all listed on the centers’ websites so it depends on where you plan to study.
For accommodation I went through friends of mine here and they helped me out when I first arrived. I strongly suggest doing something through direct contacts here and the if you cannot the last resort would be to ask the center’s accomodation service to help you out. The reason why I don’t recommend that first is because they usually choose expensive apartments that are very poor quality…
I hope I answered some of your q’s - please stay in touch if you have more!
- Alia
Asslaam alaykum
just wanted some advice from you. I have been in Egypt almost 4 months now and close to completing book 2 of kitab alassai but feel my progress is slow and I lack vocab. How many words do you think you learnt over the course of over one year and what technqiues did you use to memorise the words? Right now i feel that i have a mental block right now
aoshi