American English speakers will typically say “kuh-TAR,” with the stress on the second syllable, which sounds like the word “tar.” British English speakers add an “a” sound more equivalent to “cat,” ...

Transliteration means expressing a language which uses a different writing system (such as Arabic) in terms of symbols based on the Roman alphabet. There is no generally accepted system for doing this ...

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and messenger. It ...

Sooner or later the moment will arrive for everyone, or at least everyone who doesn’t speak Arabic but hopes to discuss this year’s World Cup without sounding like a total idiot. What happens when ...

Khouloud (or Khulud), which means “immortal” in Arabic, is pronounced “huh-LOOD,” where “LOOD” rhymes with “food.” Geologist and space photographer Dr. Farouk el-Baz is a pioneer and a legend; the ...

The pronunciation of Qatar, a small country on the Arabian Peninsula jutting into the Persian Gulf, is a no-brainer for Arabic speakers and speakers of similar languages. However, to English speakers, ...