Podcasts
The Egyptian Tourism Authority's interactive language tool teaches useful Arabic phrases and words to help English-speaking travelers navigate day-to-day situations, from catching a taxi to bartering in the suqs.
With these intermediate Arabic lessons, you'll master idiomatic expressions, like what to say when someone sneezes, as well as sports terms and how to ask for help.
Learn Arabic from host and blogger Mohammad Saleh Kayali. The 20-year-old Syrian college student has created several mini-lessons about Arabic culture and language, covering both conversational skills and formal grammar.
A group of 30 American students enrolled in colloquial Egyptian-Arabic classes at Egypt's American Research Center immerse themselves in Cairo's complexities for two months while studying Arabic. Hear excerpts from their language classes and highlights from their travels.
Zone out with National Geographic's free downloadable 18-minute atmosphere video clip, and watch Cairo slowly wake up as the sun crests over the Nile.
Recorded live at Cairo's Mosque of the Healers, guide Emil Shaker and the mosque's Imam, a sufi master, lead a tour through the Ar-Rifai Mosque. Once inside the Royal Tombs, the Imam sings in Arabic for a moving and spiritual experience.
Arthur Edwards's Royal Podcasts
Armchair-travel through Cairo like royalty as British journalist Arthur Edwards shadows Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, on a trek through the land of the pharaohs to the Egyptian Museum and Al-Azhar Mosque.
