Arabic with Imran Lum

Episode 31: Series on Islam and Trade in the Malay Archipelago. Part 1 - Who are the Austronesians? Mar 7, 2026 2717 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!This episode begins a three-part series on Islam and trade in the Malay Archipelago.Before we can understand how Islam spread through Southeast Asia, we first need to understand the people who inhabited the region long before its arrival — the Austronesians. In the first episode, Anisa and I talk about how these remarkable seafarin

Episode 30: Introduction to a Three Part Series on Islam and Trade in the Malay Archipelago Mar 7, 2026 727 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!This is an introduction to a three-part series on Islam and Trade in the Malay Archipelago with my other podcast: Muslim Money with Dr Imran LumBefore we can understand how Islam spread through Southeast Asia, we first need to understand the people who inhabited the region long before its arrival — the Austronesians. In the first e

Beginners Arabic Lesson 29: Lifelong Arabic learning. A conversation with my mum Dr Rokkiah Tawi Jan 28, 2026 2906 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!This has got to be one of my favourite episodes, because I got to chat with my beautiful mum Dr Rokkiah Tawi about her lifelong passion for learning Arabic. Like a true Asian mum, she forced me to learn Arabic, until I loved it. In this episode, we’ll hear about how as a little kid, she used to defy ‘shoot to kill’ curfew orders du

Intermediate Episode 13: Want to Study Arabic in Morocco? My sister Melati shares her experience in Arabic! Jan 4, 2026 817 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!My sis Melati and her husband recently came back from studying Arabic in Rabat, Morocco at the Mimbar Institute. She shares her experience in Arabic! #Arabic #learnarabic #arabiclanguageSupport the showFor our free 6-Part series on basic Arabic to get you started, sign up to our E-mail list ⁠HERE⁠!Support the show HERE! Follow us

Intermediate Episode 12: How I Learnt Arabic - An Interview with SBS Jun 16, 2025 898 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!I recently did an with SBS Arabic on how I learnt Arabic. Keep listening after the interview, because we will be picking out some words and phrases that you can use in your day-to-day conversation. Here is the link to the full interview. #Arabic #learnarabic #arabiclanguageSupport the showFor our free 6-Part series on basic Arabic

Beginners Arabic Lesson 28: At the Restaurant Jun 12, 2025 674 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!Check out our latest beginners episode on words related to going to a restaurant. صحتين / Sa7tain "Two healths for you!"#Arabic #Arabiclanguage #learnarabicSupport the showFor our free 6-Part series on basic Arabic to get you started, sign up to our E-mail list ⁠HERE⁠!Support the show HERE! Follow us on Instagram: arabicw

Intermediate Episode 11: Dubai Bling? Shaher shares what it's really like moving to Dubai Nov 23, 2024 2252 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!Shaher moved to Dubai 7 years ago. A thriving career and a couple of kids later, it doesn’t look like he’s coming back any time soon. Shaher talks about his experience living there with his young family. If you’re thinking of moving to Dubai, this episode is for you. This episode is mostly in Arabic, but stick around until the end

Beginners Arabic Lesson 27: Practising the Past Tense with Singer Kulsoom Creates Aug 24, 2024 1203 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!As part of a charity auction I owed the phenomenonal singer Kulsoom 3 Arabic classes and it took us 3 years to complete! In this lesson we practise the past tense and demonstrate that it doesn't take much to learn some sentences, even if you average 1 lesson a year! Check out Kulsoom's amazing songs, here is her pre-save

Intermediate Episode 10: Do people even speak FuS7a (formal Arabic) in the Arab world? Jun 7, 2024 960 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!In this episode we speak to Omar who I randomly met at a protest. We have a chat about if anyone actually speaks formal Arabic in the Arab world. Should you learn formal Arabic? Or dialect?Support the showFor our free 6-Part series on basic Arabic to get you started, sign up to our E-mail list ⁠HERE⁠!Support the show HERE! Follow u

Intermediate Arabic Episode 9: A chat with Haidar a Turkomani Kurdi Iraqi who grew up in Iran May 19, 2024 1315 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!Shaakumaaku?! In this episode we talk with my mate Haidar someone who encompasses the whole Middle East! We talk about the beautiful diversity of Iraq, civilisation, Iraq under Saddam, languages and end with a few essential Iraqi phrases. Although this is an intermediate episode, stick around until the end and learn some interestin

Intermediate Episode 8: On being Palestinian, Rangas, Surf Lifesaving, AFL and Racism - A conversation with Young South Australian of the Year, Layan Saadeh May 6, 2024 2828 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!In this episode we speak to the proud Palestinian and the 2021 Young South Australian of the Year Layan Saadeh. Born in Saudi arabia, Layan moved to Australia at the age of ten in 2014. She shares her unique experiences of immersing herself into Surf Lifesaving and Aussie rules footy as young Palestinian Muslim woman. We’ve crossed

Beginners Arabic Lesson 26: Good, Better, Best! The ism at-tafDeel (اسم تفضيل) Sep 15, 2023 427 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!This episode is on the ism at-tafDeel (اسم تفضيل) which is part of Sarf. The best way to think about it is how to say something is better than something else. Or how to say good, better, best. We’ve just crossed 300k downloads so a massive shukran jazeelan to all the listeners. If you’re enjoying them, please don’t forget to give u

'Intermediate Episode 7: On Singing, Studying at Oxford, Melayu and Kelantanese with Iman Farrar Jun 25, 2023 2546 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!In today’s Ep, we chat to the superstar singer/songwriter and activist Iman Farrar! We discuss how she learnt Arabic, what it’s like studying at Oxford University then for the Malay speakers we switch to Bahasa Melayu and talk about growing up in a multilingual household and learn or I attempt to learn some Kelantanese. Biography:

Beginners Arabic Lesson 25: Using Basic Arabic to Memorise Hadith Jun 6, 2023 617 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!Every Ramadan in Arabic class, we get students to come up with their favourite ayaat (verses) of the Quran or Hadith (sayings of the Prophet Muhammad saw) and we translate it and try to memorise it. The key lesson here is with basic rudimentary Arabic, you’re able to break down the ayah or Hadith word for word and it makes your fav

Beginners Arabic Lesson 24: What are your Hobbies? Mar 20, 2023 371 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!What are your hobbies? It sounds like a question you'd ask when reviewing someone's biodata for marriage. I've never heard this question in a conversation and I've never used it. That said, there are some interesting vocab that you can learn from saying what your hobbies are. So, what are your hobbies? For those

Beginners Arabic Lesson 23: Jom Belajar Bahasa Arab dengan Melati Lum! (In Malay) Mar 12, 2023 658 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!In this episode my sister Melati and I practise our sketchy Malay and at the same time learn how to say some phrases in Arabic on what Melati studied and where she worked. For non-Malay speakers skip to 7mins and 30secs for a short lesson.Melati Lum has a background in criminal law having prosecuted a wide range of serious offences

Beginners Arabic Lesson 22: Tips on Learning Languages with Nejra - Part B Feb 12, 2023 1137 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!Join us again with the amazing Nejra, a writer and PhD Candidate at Monash University, specialising in poetry, philosophy, and Islamic intellectual history. In this episode we get some tips on how she learned three languages at the same time; French, Arabic and Bosnian so join us for that! For those of you who want that little bit

Intermediate Lesson 6: In Conversation with Nejra. On Identity, Sandžak and Learning Arabic - Part A Feb 4, 2023 1489 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!Join us with the amazing Nejra, a writer and PhD Candidate at Monash University, specialising in poetry, philosophy, and Islamic intellectual history. In this chat, recorded in August 2022, we discuss our family origins, mutual love of languages and her journey into learning Arabic. This is the first part of our conversation, the s

Beginners Arabic Lesson 21: Shopping for Clothes in Arabic Sep 19, 2022 752 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!In this episode, Mals joins us to chat about clothes in Arabic and how to ask for different clothes at a shop. If you like the podcast, please hit us up with a rating and comment. Don't forget to share it with other Arabic learners! Check out my Instagram page @arabicwithimranlum and my new podcast series Muslim Money.--- Sen

Beginners Arabic Lesson 20: Direction phrases with Chantelle En español! Aug 2, 2022 587 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!In this episode, we chat to our friend Chantelle who also teaches us a little Spanish. For the non-Spanish speakers, just skip ahead and I'll break down some direction phrases discussed. If you like the podcast please share it with other Arabic learners and check out my Instagram page @arabicwithimranlum ma3a as-salaama!Also,

Intermediate Lesson 5: Interview with Financial Journalist Hassan Jivraj Mar 22, 2022 1231 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!Salams and ahlan! Apologies it has been ages since I've posted a new episode. I've been working on a new podcast series called Muslim Money which I'll be launching soon. In one of the episodes, I chat with the phenomenal Hassan Jivraj who is a London-based Financial journalist primarily focusing on Middle Eastern deb

Beginners Arabic Lesson 19: Introductory Phrases with Shaher Jul 31, 2021 642 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!One of the beautiful things about Arabic and Arab culture is that when you meet someone you don't just say 'Hi'. You want to know everything about them and what's going on in their life. You want to know about their health, their family, their parents, their kids, their work etc. In this lesson Shaher will be te

Beginners Arabic Lesson 18: What to say when you visit people on Eid with Silma Ihram Jul 17, 2021 338 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!Given Eid is in a couple of days, in this lesson we have a chat with my mother in law Silma Ihram and learn some phrases that you can use when you visit people or have people over. Here is a link to Silma's documentary Silma's School.If you like the podcasts check our my website Arabic with Imran which has more free conte

Beginners Arabic Lesson 17: Conjugating اكل or He Ate in the Past Tense with Melati Lum Apr 19, 2021 402 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!I hope you all are enjoying Ramadan. In this beginners lesson I chat to my sister Melati Lum and we will be going through some sentences using the verb اكل or He Ate in the past tense. Melati is releasing her third book in the Ayesha Dean series called Ayesha Dean: The Lisbon Lawbreaker. Melati is a writer with a background in crim

Beginners Arabic Lesson 16: Conjugating رجع or He Returned in the Past Tense with Jean Apr 6, 2021 508 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!In this podcast we chat our friend Jean and fellow Co-Founder of Markaz in the beautiful city of Queenstown, NZ to learn how to conjugate the verb رجع. I hope you enjoy this episode and don't forget to check out my website arabicwithimranlum.com a free resource for Arabic students with over 70 instructional videos and 140 page

Intermediate Lesson 4: What to Say in Ramadan with Bahi Mar 29, 2021 809 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!As Ramadan is fast approaching, in this podcast we chat to my Saudi bro Bahi from Makkah and learn some phrases we can use in Ramadan with our friends and family. Try them out this Ramadan and don't forget to keep us in your prayers! Check out my website arabicwithimranlum.com a free resource for Arabic students with over 70 i

Beginners Arabic Lesson 15: Mixing up the Past Tense with Faruq Apr 14, 2020 434 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!In this podcast we chat again to our friend Faruq and step through some past tense sentences. Remember to practise as if you're part of the conversation. Check out my website arabicwithimranlum.com a free resource for Arabic students with over 70 instructional videos and 140 pages of worksheets.If you have any feedback or if y

Intermediate Lesson 3: Conversation with Kamal on his life and Algeria Mar 31, 2020 1405 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!In this podcast we chat to a friend of mine Kamal about his life and and how he ended up in Australia. We talk about the different languages and cultures of Algeria. After the lesson, Anisa and I step through a few words and phrases. Check out my website arabicwithimranlum.com a free resource for Arabic students for more videos an

Intermediate Lesson 2: Conversation with Shaykh Abdurrahman Mawar Feb 5, 2020 930 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!Check out our second intermediate lesson with our teacher Shaykh Abdurrahman Mawar. Don't forget to sign up to our website for free and like our IG page!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arabicwithimran/messageSupport the showFor our free 6-Part series on basic Arabic to get you started, sig

Beginners Arabic Lesson 14: Mixing up the Past Tense with Yusra Jan 7, 2020 371 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!In this lesson, we chat with our student Yusra and go over some past tense sentences. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arabicwithimran/messageSupport the showFor our free 6-Part series on basic Arabic to get you started, sign up to our E-mail list ⁠HERE⁠!Support the show HERE! Follow us on Instag

Intermediate Lesson 1: Introductory phrases when you greet or meet someone Dec 16, 2019 1022 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!Vary rarely do you meet an old friend and just say hi, how are you. In Arabic, you'd ask how their parents are, their kids, their spouse, work, life, health among many other things. In this intermediate lesson, we're going to go through these phrases. Before we start the interview, Anisa and I will be going through some t

Beginners Arabic Lesson 13: Conjugating سافر or He Travelled in the Past Tense with Barry Danielian Nov 3, 2019 376 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!Check out my Arabic Podcast Lesson with the phenomenal brother Barry Danielian who is a retired former trumpet player for Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band. He has toured and performed with many of the biggest names in the music industry, including Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand, Billy Joel, and James Taylor. He was one o

Beginners Arabic Lesson 12: Basic Past Tense Sentences in Arabic with Faruq Oct 19, 2019 315 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!In this lesson, we mix it up with our Arabic student Faruq. We're still focusing on the past tense verbs and developing basic sentences around them. Today we go through a day in the life of the great man himself Faruq; how he went to work, ate a banana with colleagues and of course going to Arabic class, exciting stuff! We als

Beginners Arabic Lesson 11: This and That - Demonstrative Pronouns Oct 12, 2019 454 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!We did this lesson at like 11:30pm after all the kids finally went to sleep so apologies if it sounds like we’re going to sleep ourselves! In today's lesson Anisa will be taking you through the demonstrative pronouns or asmaa2 ul-isharah (أسماء الإشارة). You'll learn how to say 'This is a...' to masculine and fe

Beginners Arabic Lesson 10: The Sun (الشمس) and Moon (القمر) letters with Shaykh Abdurrahman Sep 29, 2019 1096 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!In this lesson we’re going to learn the definite and indefinite construction with our main man Mawlana Abdurrahman. He is going to teach us how to pronounce words starting with the Sun and Moon letters.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arabicwithimran/messageSupport the showFor our free 6-Part ser

Beginners Arabic Lesson 9: Developing sentences around the Past Tense Verb ذهب / he went with Nawal Sep 22, 2019 372 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!In this lesson we expand on the verb ذهب / he went. We learn some sentences around the verb in the past tense with Nawal.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arabicwithimran/messageSupport the showFor our free 6-Part series on basic Arabic to get you started, sign up to our E-mail list ⁠HERE⁠!Support

Beginners Arabic Lesson 8: Conjugating the Past Tense Verb ذهب / he went with Inty Sep 16, 2019 789 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!In this lesson we chat to Anisa about her journey learning the Arabic language and she talks about the importance of finding someone that you are comfortable speaking Arabic with. Finally, I chat to our student and good mate Inty from Inty Chiropractic where she helps us practise conjugate the verb ذهب / he went in the past tense.

Beginners Arabic Lesson 7: Conjugating the Past Tense Verb فعل with Faruq Sep 10, 2019 656 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!In this lesson, Anisa and I talk about the importance of finding the جذر or the Arabic trilateral root in words and we chat to our student Faruq on conjugating the verb فعل or he went in the past tense.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arabicwithimran/messageSupport the showFor our free 6-Part ser

Beginners Arabic Lesson 6: Arabic Pronouns with Zoe Sep 4, 2019 516 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!Zoe is one of our buddies that is going to help us go through some basic Arabic pronouns. She has an interesting Arabic connection, her ‘jeddu’ was from Lebanon and migrated to Australia in the 1950s. Try to memorise all of the pronouns because we're going to keep referring to them throughout our lessons.--- Send in a voice me

Beginners Arabic Lesson 5: Arabic Letters with Mawlana Abdurrahman and Yusuf from Chicago Aug 31, 2019 1891 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!In this lesson we go through how to pronounce Arabic letters correctly.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arabicwithimran/messageSupport the showFor our free 6-Part series on basic Arabic to get you started, sign up to our E-mail list ⁠HERE⁠!Support the show HERE! Follow us on Instagram: arabicwith

Beginners Arabic lesson 4: More Basic Phrases with Inty Aug 27, 2019 371 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!In this Arabic lesson we go though some more basic phrases.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arabicwithimran/messageSupport the showFor our free 6-Part series on basic Arabic to get you started, sign up to our E-mail list ⁠HERE⁠!Support the show HERE! Follow us on Instagram: arabicwithimranlum and

Beginners Arabic Lesson 3: Basic Arabic introductions (in French) Aug 24, 2019 396 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!This lesson is a little bit random, we got through basic Arabic introductions but in French with our friend Madina. Please excuse my dodgy French! Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @arabicwithimranlum--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arabicwithimran/messageSupport the showFor our free 6-

Beginners Arabic lesson 2: Asking 'How are you?' Aug 24, 2019 581 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!In this lesson, Anisa and I go through how to say 'How are you?' in Arabic and I have a chat to my friends Kareem and Shams from Chicago. Formal Arabic is often very different from colloquial Arabic so in this podcast we go through some of the regional differences. We'd love to hear your comments and remember to try

Beginners Arabic lesson 1: Introduction and essential Arabic words Aug 18, 2019 440 Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message!In this lesson, we introduce ourselves and go through some essential words.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arabicwithimran/messageSupport the showFor our free 6-Part series on basic Arabic to get you started, sign up to our E-mail list ⁠HERE⁠!Support the show HERE! Follow us on Instagram: arabic

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