--- product_id: 7014544 title: "Kallimni ‘Arabi Bishweesh: A Beginners’ Course in Spoken Egyptian Arabic 1 (Arabic Edition)" price: "VT1789" currency: VUV in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/7014544-kallimni-arabi-bishweesh-a-beginners-course-in-spoken-egyptian-arabic store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # Kallimni ‘Arabi Bishweesh: A Beginners’ Course in Spoken Egyptian Arabic 1 (Arabic Edition) **Price:** VT1789 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Kallimni ‘Arabi Bishweesh: A Beginners’ Course in Spoken Egyptian Arabic 1 (Arabic Edition) - **How much does it cost?** VT1789 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/7014544-kallimni-arabi-bishweesh-a-beginners-course-in-spoken-egyptian-arabic) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The complete series of innovative new coursebooks in Egyptian colloquial Arabic Drawing on her years of experience as an Arabic instructor and course developer, Samia Louis has used a functional approach to create a bright, innovative set of coursebooks for the study of Egyptian colloquial Arabic—the spoken dialect most frequently studied and most widely understood in the Arab world. Now three new books, for beginner, early advanced, and higher advanced students, have been added to the series. Designed according to the ACTFL guidelines for teaching Arabic as a foreign language, each book of Kallimni ‘Arabi trains students through highly structured lessons in the crucial skills, with particular emphasis on listening and speaking, using real-life situations and expressions. The associated audio files carry recordings of the dialogs and exercises in each chapter, made by Egyptian native speakers. “The books in the [Kallimni ‘Arabi] series altogether present the best Arabic textbooks available . . . miles ahead of most others.”—David Wilmsen, American University of Beirut Review: Mumtaaz! ma shaa'Allah. What a great resource to learn Egyptian Dialect - Regardless of what the other reviews have said, I consider this to be one of the finest book series for learning the Egyptian Dialect on the market. I have studied Arabic for 6 years, starting off with the Al-kitaab series in High School and now am studying abroad and learning Egyptian. There are no other book like this one. You cannot learn Arabic in English. You have to be immersed in the target language. and for those who cannot study abroad in the Middle East for whatever reason and thus become immersed, this is the next closest thing to total immersion. That being said, yes, the book is written entirely in the Arabic Script. I realize this comes as a surprise to some, however one cannot seriously pursue learning the Arabic language without first learning the Arabic alphabet/script. You just simply cannot learn anything past basic Arabic with transliteration in Latin script. Secondly, nobody, NOBODY speaks FusHa or MSA. Nobody. I have been to Egypt and Lebanon and converse with Arabs on campus and trust me: nobody speaks it. You will be at a total loss if you try to speak MSA. The Arabs look at you funny and realize that you're an ignorant foreigner and then proceed to talk to you in MSA very slowly, as if you were dumb and need help. Thus, this book is valuable in that it immerses one in the most commonly understood dialect of the Middle East. The CD audio is amazing and the dialogues are interesting. the speakers on the CD gradually begin to speak faster in order to attune your ears to normal conversational-level speech. The only flaw is that there is not a complete, comprehensive list of all of the vocabulary. I understand that this is because the author wants students to guess by context, but in some cases there is no way of inferring what the speaker means and you simply must have a translation. Other than that, I love this series and cant wait to finish the current book and move onto the next Review: This book CAN be used for Self-study - I have read so many comments stating that this book is not for self-study, granted it does state this fact in the introduction, but I am currently at the end of the second book of this series all the while doing self-study. I learned the Arabic alphabet online for free, although this book teaches all of the letters with the vowels. I then downloaded an Egyptian Arabic dictionary to assist in any new words that I may encounter in the book. I also set up an italki.com account where you can ask native speakers questions and receive legitimate responses within a couple of minutes. If someone has the determination to learn Egyptian Arabic this book will be the greatest asset! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #921,535 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1,963 in Foreign Language Instruction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 3.8 out of 5 stars 128 Reviews | ## Images ![Kallimni ‘Arabi Bishweesh: A Beginners’ Course in Spoken Egyptian Arabic 1 (Arabic Edition) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91auq6qVPCL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Mumtaaz! ma shaa'Allah. What a great resource to learn Egyptian Dialect *by Z***H on June 26, 2015* Regardless of what the other reviews have said, I consider this to be one of the finest book series for learning the Egyptian Dialect on the market. I have studied Arabic for 6 years, starting off with the Al-kitaab series in High School and now am studying abroad and learning Egyptian. There are no other book like this one. You cannot learn Arabic in English. You have to be immersed in the target language. and for those who cannot study abroad in the Middle East for whatever reason and thus become immersed, this is the next closest thing to total immersion. That being said, yes, the book is written entirely in the Arabic Script. I realize this comes as a surprise to some, however one cannot seriously pursue learning the Arabic language without first learning the Arabic alphabet/script. You just simply cannot learn anything past basic Arabic with transliteration in Latin script. Secondly, nobody, NOBODY speaks FusHa or MSA. Nobody. I have been to Egypt and Lebanon and converse with Arabs on campus and trust me: nobody speaks it. You will be at a total loss if you try to speak MSA. The Arabs look at you funny and realize that you're an ignorant foreigner and then proceed to talk to you in MSA very slowly, as if you were dumb and need help. Thus, this book is valuable in that it immerses one in the most commonly understood dialect of the Middle East. The CD audio is amazing and the dialogues are interesting. the speakers on the CD gradually begin to speak faster in order to attune your ears to normal conversational-level speech. The only flaw is that there is not a complete, comprehensive list of all of the vocabulary. I understand that this is because the author wants students to guess by context, but in some cases there is no way of inferring what the speaker means and you simply must have a translation. Other than that, I love this series and cant wait to finish the current book and move onto the next ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This book CAN be used for Self-study *by M***E on November 5, 2016* I have read so many comments stating that this book is not for self-study, granted it does state this fact in the introduction, but I am currently at the end of the second book of this series all the while doing self-study. I learned the Arabic alphabet online for free, although this book teaches all of the letters with the vowels. I then downloaded an Egyptian Arabic dictionary to assist in any new words that I may encounter in the book. I also set up an italki.com account where you can ask native speakers questions and receive legitimate responses within a couple of minutes. If someone has the determination to learn Egyptian Arabic this book will be the greatest asset! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ excellent resource but not for absolute beginners *by A***W on March 8, 2020* Not for absolute beginners. The book is intended to be a teaching tool for instructors, so some of the lessons won't quite make sense if you're going on you're own. If you have a decent base however (basic sentence structure, some vocabulary, and definitely the alphabet) it is a great tool for conversational Egyptian. ## Frequently Bought Together - Kallimni ‘Arabi Bishweesh: A Beginners’ Course in Spoken Egyptian Arabic 1 (Arabic Edition) - Kallimni ‘Arabi: An Intermediate Course in Spoken Egyptian Arabic 2 (Arabic Edition) - Kallimni ‘Arabi Aktar: An Upper Intermediate Course in Spoken Egyptian Arabic 3 (Arabic Edition) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vu/products/7014544-kallimni-arabi-bishweesh-a-beginners-course-in-spoken-egyptian-arabic](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/7014544-kallimni-arabi-bishweesh-a-beginners-course-in-spoken-egyptian-arabic) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vanuatu* *Store origin: VU* *Last updated: 2026-06-05*