If you want to learn to speak, read, or write Arabic as we did (we learned Egyptian Arabic) you have to choose one of the Arabic dialects or choose to learn Modern Standard Arabic. The Al Ramsa Institute is one of the qualitative projects that represents the spirit of innovation of the nation’s youths, as well as the desire of the Emirati people to teach their culture and dialect to foreigners, which reflects the nation’s pride in their Emirati identity. Arabic Dialects Compared: Maghrebi, Egyptian, Levantine, Hejazi, Gulf, and MSA.
The institute was launched as parts of the goals of Dubai SME to support local entrepreneurs, adopt the most important technical advances and provide the necessary requirements to guarantee the sustainability of national projects, as well as to create added value for the business community and local industry.Ī delegation from Dubai SME, headed by Abdul Baset Al Janahi, CEO of Dubai SME, with several of its managers and officials, took part in an introductory tour of the centre, and viewed its most important services and programmes to educate non-Arabic speakers in the Emirati dialect.Īl Janahi stressed that Dubai SME aims to support national project owners and entrepreneurs, to help their endeavours and work on improving their performance, as well as to promote sustainability and competitiveness on local, regional and international levels. While it’s true that 90 of the population of Qatar isn’t Qatari, close to half of the expat population are still Arabs from other parts of the Middle East and North Africa. Outside of Egypt and Jordan I’ve probably had more opportunities to practice Arabic in Qatar than any other place I’ve visited or lived in the world. DUBAI, 1st August, 2017 (WAM) - Dubai SME, an agency of Dubai Economy, has officially launched the Al Ramsa Institute to teach the Arabic language and Emirati dialect to non-speakers, with classes being taught by the project’s heads, Hanan Al Fardan and Abdullah Al Kaabi, and leading national specialists in teaching the Arabic language. Qatar and the UAE offer a smorgasbord of Arabic varieties.