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Learn spoken Levantine (Syrian/Lebanese) Arabic with engaging and interesting episodes covering culture, history, politics, and the stories of people from the region. These clips are in slow, simplified spoken Arabic from the Levant, with English interjections to help you along. We also provide Arabic and English transcripts on our website:
Episodes

Nov 4, 2020
Nov 4, 2020
14 min
In this episode, we introduce you to the civil war in Yemen, its causes and its impacts.
For transcriptions and translation go to https://realarabic.weebly.com
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Sep 24, 2020
Sep 24, 2020
12 min
In this episode, we explore the Druze, a curious sect that have their home mainly in the mountains of the Levant, of which Amer is a part.
For transcriptions and translation go to https://realarabic.weebly.com
To support this podcast, please donate to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22262458

Aug 29, 2020
Aug 29, 2020
11 min
This episode is about the explosion that destroyed a significant part of Beirut on August 4th. If you want to donate to support people struggling in Lebanon, we recommend supporting 26 Letters who do incredible work with Syrian refugees in Beirut, or the Lebanese Red Cross who function as Lebanon's ambulance service.
For transcripts and translation go to https://realarabic.weebly.com

Jul 25, 2020
Jul 25, 2020
8 min
In this episode we talk about how Europe is implicated in the situation of Syrian refugees in Turkey. This is second part of a two-part series.
Thank you to Kit Roberts for suggesting this topic.
For transcripts and translations, or to sign up for Arabic classes, go to https://realarabic.weebly.com

Jul 9, 2020
Jul 9, 2020
7 min
In this episode we talk about what's happening with Syrian refugees in Turkey. This is part of a two-part series. Next week we will talk about European policies towards Turkey that make Europe complicit in the situation.
Thank you to Kit Roberts for suggesting this topic.
For transcripts and translations, or to sign up for Arabic classes, go to https://realarabic.weebly.com

Jun 17, 2020
Jun 17, 2020
14 min
In this episode we move a little bit away from the Middle East, and talk about European migration policies, one of Keire's favourite topics to discuss and criticise.
For transcripts and translations, or to sign up for Arabic classes, go to https://realarabic.weebly.com

Jun 7, 2020
Jun 7, 2020
9 min
This week, we share the third (and last for a little while) of our A Walk Through... series where we bring you through Gemmayze, one of Beirut's most Westernised neighbourhoods, and try to take a critical lens to the area. For transcripts and translations, or to sign up for Arabic classes, go to https://realarabic.weebly.com

May 31, 2020
May 31, 2020
11 min
Real Arabic is public again! It turns out, making paid content took the joy out of making this podcast, so we're going back to making the podcast freely available. This is the second in our A Walk Through.. series which we made available to our contributors last week but we're now making available to everyone. It tells you about Saida, a city to the south of Beirut. Please consider donating if you enjoy our content, your support means a lot to us and helps us to keep going. Our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22262458.
For transcripts and translation go to: https://realarabic.weebly.com

May 18, 2020
May 18, 2020
9 min
We're very excited to share the first episode in our A Walk Through... series, where we will take you through some of our favourite places in Lebanon (and hopefully later, other places in the Middle East). We start with Hamra, the closest to our heart, where we lived together in Beirut.
For transcripts and translation, or to sign up for Arabic classes, go to our website: https://realarabic.weebly.com

May 10, 2020
May 10, 2020
10 min
Last week, we told the story of Sarah, a Lebanese woman who braved family pressure to stop wearing the hijab. This week, we share an interview with Sarah where she talked about the reaction to the story when she published it on Freethought Lebanon, the power of extended family in Lebanese culture, and the future.
Thank you to Amer's cousin Lama for recording this episode with us. Her accent is from Suweida, in the South of Syria.
For transcripts and translation, or to sign up for Arabic classes, go to our website: https://realarabic.weebly.com
