‘Madinah Arabic Reader: Arabic Course as taught at the Islamic University Madinah’ is the children’s version of Dr. V. Abdur Rahim’s world-renowned Arabic Course: ‘Duruus al-Lughah al-Arabiyyah li Ghayr al-Naatiqiina bihaa’. Through simple, methodical steps, lexical and grammatical elements are taught using bright colours, vibrant design, full-filled art-work and illustrations. Copious, creative exercises test all areas of the young learner’s grammar, language skills and comprehension.

Professor Abdul Rahim is the director of the Translation Centre of the King Fahd Quran Printing Complex and former professor of Arabic at the Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia. Professor Abdur Rahim’s eight-volume texts enable the student to acquire a knowledge of Arabic in the classical structural form. All of the books teach essential language skills through applied grammar. Each lesson is based on a conversation which illustrates distinctive language patterns. A variety of exercises helps the student to understand and master each of the patterns occurring in the lesson. The vocabulary ranges from classical and Quranic Arabic to words and expressions current in modern Arabic. This series of books is currently being utilized at various schools to prepare students for the University of London (UK) GCE O-Level and A-Level examinations.