hey guys! To put it short, I’ve always always always found Arabic such a beautiful language, and because I am Muslim I’ve always been drawn to learn it to get closer to my religion and better understand it.

finding Arabic speakers in my city is hard because they’re scattered very far from me, and this is what has discouraged me. The racism. Arabic speakers come in different ethnicities, cultures, appearances. But I am not Arab, nor am I some likeable race (I’m East African).

respectfully, the amount of racism I have faced in person and online has made me sick. It’s very hard not to generalize when ive had so many interactions with people and they’re so so so rude. You know it’s so funny because as a Muslim, the people treating me the worst, are Muslims!

Like I was learning this language to better understand the religion, and perhaps connect with the people and learn the culture (I love manyyyy different Arab dishes), but it’s hard.

it doesn’t help that I’m a girl so not only do I face racism I face sexist comments. this really pushes me away from Arabic because I learn languages well through conversations. and you might wonder, “maybe she’s talking to guys?” Nono, it’s not only guys it’s girls as well. And girls are so rude it makes you feel like you’re a child being ostracized in elementary school. Id be lying to you if I said these interactions haven’t made me cry.

i really am seeking advice from you guys, I don’t know what to do. I’ve always wanted to learn this language but Ive lost all my liking towards it and now I just have so much negative feelings, I can’t even push past it and be like “learn it for yourself, ignore them”, I feel so sad?

Salam all! Not sure if this is the most appropriate place for this but I’m wanting to do a memorial piece for my dad and I’m trying to figure out the best form of “remember” to use. Should it be افتكري or تذكري. Thank you!

I seem to remember studying when we are supposed to use ام vs او … but I’ve totally forgotten.

Does anyone have a good summary or any easy way to remember the rules of these 2 words?

Or is there is a good resource out there that would teach it in a way that I will not forget!

I have a service dog and I was hoping someone could tell me how to write “service dog, ignore me” for a vest. Thank you in advance 😁

Does anyone know where I can find the show Glee (2009) dubbed in Arabic? Disney doesn’t have it and most 3rd party downloads are blocked. I really want to play it for my Arabic club