When young Yasmin goes for a visit, her grandmother teaches her a Muslim's daily prayers, makes special prayer clothes, and gives a gift that will help Yasmin remember when to pray. Includes facts about prayer customs.

Maryam is a determined young doctor who runs for city council after the male incumbent repeatedly ignores her request to fix the muddy road leading to her clinic. Despite her father and her community's struggle to accept her as their town's first female candidate, Maryam's creative and ambitious campaign builds momentum, becoming a symbol for a larger movement.

A humorous, heartbreaking film that explores life among the Israeli Arab community, shot largely in homes and places in which Elia Suleiman's family once lived. Inspired by his father's diaries, letters his mother sent to family members who had fled the Israeli occupation, and the director's own recollections, the film recounts the saga of the filmmaker's family in subtly hilarious vignettes.

A Beirut beauty salon becomes a treasured meeting place for several generations of women from various walks of life to talk, seek advice and confide in one another.

Arabic for Beginners is an ideal introductory textbook -- quickly teaching you everything you need to get started learning this beautiful language. Spoken by over 400 million people, Arabic is the world's 5th most spoken language. This book teaches language students Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), which is understood by all native Arabic speakers. Though spoken dialects vary widely by region, MSA is taught at schools throughout all Arab countries and...

A complete interactive, self-study, beginner's course in Arabic, "previously available only to travelers on world-class international airlines."-- Container.

Presents a beginning language learning program designed to teach the listener Eastern Arabic in progressive steps.

Building upon skills taught in Pimsleur's Modern Standard Arabic level one, these twenty lessons teach listeners the basics for communicating with Arabic speakers in everyday situations.

Presents a short course in conversational Arabic, featuring seven units, each including a dialogue on topics such as saying hello and goodbye, reserving accommodations, ordering food, banking, shopping, and sightseeing, with Arabic and English translations of words and phrases used, grammar tips, and activities.