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فَصَاحَةfasāḥa, eloquence

Arabic you can touch.

Fasaha is the reading-first Arabic app. Every word, in stories, podcasts, video and the street outside, opens into meaning, sound and memory.

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Free to start. iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android.

Read your first Arabic paragraph this morning.

Tap a word and the dictionary opens in place: meaning in context, root, pattern, forms, family, audio, and one explicit save.

Reading Arabic, as easy as tapping a word.

Reader · A1

I read a short story every evening.

Tap any word

  1. Read

    A graded story with its recording aligned to every word. The audio follows the line you are reading, and any word opens.

  2. Tap

    Tap a word and the dictionary opens in place: meaning in context, root, pattern, forms, family, audio, and one explicit save.

  3. Memory

    Saved words come back on a schedule, through recognise, write, listen and say. Nothing is saved that you did not save.

Try it here

One word, all the way in.

Nothing below needs an account or a download. It runs in your browser, and it is the same shape the app gives you at full scale.

  1. Proof in sixty seconds

    Read a word you could not read a minute ago.

    Arabic has 28 letters and most of them change shape depending on where they sit in a word. Here are the three letters of the word you just tapped. See each one’s shapes, then join them.

    qāf: a deep k, from the back of the throat

    1. قAlone
    2. ق‍Start
    3. ‍ق‍Middle
    4. ‍قEnd

    قصة

    Why letters change shape

    Scroll, and watch ʿayn take its four positions. The same letter, drawn for its neighbours.

    1. عAloneرَبِيع
    2. عـStartعَرَبِيّ
    3. ـعـMiddleمَعْنَى
    4. ـعEndمَعَ
    In the app, the Reading Key does this for every letter, with model readings, and it works offline.

  2. Roots

    One root, a family of meanings

    Arabic builds words from a root and a pattern. Tap a root to open its family; each word carries the level at which the library first uses it.

    • Map of productive roots

    كتب

    • bookA0
    • to writeA1
    • library; bookshopA1
    • writer, clerkA2
    • written; letterA2
    • writingA1
    • office; deskA1

  3. Levels

    One story, seven sizes

    Scrub from A0 to C2 and watch one paragraph grow. The vowel marks thin out as the level rises, the way printed Arabic does, and you can bring them back at any level.

    A1Fully vowelled, as the library prints it at this level

    .

    I read a short story every evening.

    And one that answers back

    Fifteen adaptive questions that find your CEFR level and tell you how much you lean on the vowel marks.

    Take the Arabic level test

  4. Real voices

    Follow Arabic that was never slowed down for you.

    A podcast, a series, a story from the library, an encyclopedia. The transcript moves word by word; tap anything you hear and the dictionary opens without losing your place.

    The Juha Podcast

    The opening of season one, with the words lighting as Shalhoub the donkey sings them.

    Juha, season 1, episode 1, the opening

    Girls and boys, Shalhoub is back after an absence.

    In his bag, the loveliest tales, about Juha, father of antics.

    Wisest of the fools and most foolish of the wise, he faces trouble with all his wit.

    Listener, spread the word: in every story is a lesson for those who reflect.

    The Juha Podcast, Sowt / Shamandar. A thirty-second excerpt; the full episodes play in the app with every line translated.

    Siraj

    The animated series, with the subtitle line the app lays over it. Press play, then tap a word in the line.

    .

    This is Noura, this is Rashid, this is Rashid, this is Noura.

    Siraj is produced by Qatar Foundation and published on YouTube. Nothing loads from YouTube until you press play.

    0:00

    Qasas: aligned stories

    A story from the graded library at A0, with the recording aligned to every word.

    My family and I, level A0

    My family and I

    My name is Ali, and I live in a quiet coastal city.

    I have a small and beautiful family.

    From the Fasaha library. The whole story is thirty-nine seconds; the library goes to C2.

    Arabic Wikipedia, in the reader

    Any article, with the same tap-to-understand tools. This is the first sentence of the article on the Arabic language.

    467 .

    Text from Arabic Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

    Bring your own

    Paste text, a YouTube link, scan a page or speak a phrase. Where the source supports it, the app turns it into a study surface.

    The page only checks what you pasted; nothing is sent anywhere.

  5. Memory

    Save a word. Watch it come back.

    Memory is explicit: nothing is saved unless you save it. Then it is scheduled, and it comes back through the kinds of recall you still need.

    story, tale

    Open a word for context. Save it when it is worth keeping.

    1. SavedMon, Sep 28
    2. TomorrowTue, Sep 29
    3. In 3 daysThu, Oct 1
    4. In a weekMon, Oct 5
    5. In a monthWed, Oct 28
    • Recognise
    • Write
    • Listen
    • Say

    The dates are an illustration of the schedule. In the app, the intervals adapt to how well you actually recall each word.

  6. Speak

    Say the line. See what landed.

    Practice Scenes go from listening to a key expression, to building the line, to role play. Here is the last step: say it, and see which words were heard.

    We live on the same street.

    Press the button, then say the line out loud.

    This measures which words your browser recognised, not how they sounded. Fasaha does not claim lab-grade acoustic analysis, in the app or here.

  7. When Arabic finds you first

    A sign, a menu, a page: Lens reads it.

    Point the camera at Arabic and it becomes words you can open. Here, tap a sign.

    Tap a sign to read it.

  8. It speaks your language

    The same screen, in eleven languages.

    The app interface is in English, Arabic, Turkish, Russian, Uzbek, Spanish, French, German, Indonesian, Malay and Urdu, with the same library in each. Pick yours and the words you already own are the first ones you meet.

    • Reader

      أَقْرَأُ قِصَّةً قَصِيرَةً كُلَّ مَسَاءٍ.

      I read a short story every evening

      Save word

      English

    • القارئ

      أَقْرَأُ قِصَّةً قَصِيرَةً كُلَّ مَسَاءٍ.

      قصة قصيرة تُقرأ كل مساء.

      حفظ الكلمة

      العربية

    • Okuyucu

      أَقْرَأُ قِصَّةً قَصِيرَةً كُلَّ مَسَاءٍ.

      Her akşam kısa bir hikâye okurum.

      Kelimeyi kaydet

      Türkçe

    • Чтение

      أَقْرَأُ قِصَّةً قَصِيرَةً كُلَّ مَسَاءٍ.

      Каждый вечер я читаю короткий рассказ.

      Сохранить слово

      Русский

    • Mutolaa

      أَقْرَأُ قِصَّةً قَصِيرَةً كُلَّ مَسَاءٍ.

      Har oqshom qisqa hikoya oʻqiyman.

      Soʻzni saqlash

      Oʻzbekcha

    • Lector

      أَقْرَأُ قِصَّةً قَصِيرَةً كُلَّ مَسَاءٍ.

      Cada noche leo un cuento corto.

      Guardar palabra

      Español

    • Lecture

      أَقْرَأُ قِصَّةً قَصِيرَةً كُلَّ مَسَاءٍ.

      Chaque soir, je lis une histoire courte.

      Enregistrer le mot

      Français

    • Leseansicht

      أَقْرَأُ قِصَّةً قَصِيرَةً كُلَّ مَسَاءٍ.

      Jeden Abend lese ich eine kurze Geschichte.

      Wort speichern

      Deutsch

    • Pembaca

      أَقْرَأُ قِصَّةً قَصِيرَةً كُلَّ مَسَاءٍ.

      Setiap malam saya membaca cerita pendek.

      Simpan kata

      Bahasa Indonesia

    • Pembaca

      أَقْرَأُ قِصَّةً قَصِيرَةً كُلَّ مَسَاءٍ.

      Setiap malam saya membaca cerita pendek.

      Simpan perkataan

      Bahasa Melayu

    • مطالعہ

      أَقْرَأُ قِصَّةً قَصِيرَةً كُلَّ مَسَاءٍ.

      ہر شام ایک مختصر کہانی پڑھی جاتی ہے۔

      لفظ محفوظ کریں

      اردو

    Eleven interface languages, one library: Siraj, Juha, the graded reading, the dictionary and the speaking scenes are the same in each.

    Works on the plane

    Connected

    • Reading Key lessonsAvailable
    • Downloaded stories and lessonsAvailable
    • Dictionary data, once installedAvailable
    • ReviewAvailable
    • Streaming Siraj and JuhaAvailable
    • Lens analysisAvailable
    • Sync across devicesAvailable

    This site, in eleven

    Switch the language and stay on this page.

    iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android phones and tablets. One account, one library.

Inside the app

The app, screen by screen.

Eight screens, the same eight the store shows, except that these ones work. Swipe on a phone; choose on a larger screen.

Library · A0

My family and I, level A0

My family and I

My name is Ali, and I live in a quiet coastal city.

I have a small and beautiful family.

A graded story with its recording aligned to every word. The audio follows the line you are reading, and any word opens.

Who it is for

Made for the way you arrive at Arabic.

“Arabic is impossible. I cannot even read it.”

The Reading Key

Letters, their four shapes, the vowel marks, model readings. Bundled lessons work offline. The first stories use only what you have learned.

Read your first word above

My family and I, level A0

My family and I

My name is Ali, and I live in a quiet coastal city.

I have a small and beautiful family.

Membership

Free to start. Premium when the library pulls you deeper.

Everything on this page is free in the app. Premium opens the complete library, real media, speaking scenes, smart review and offline study.

Free

No payment to start

Start reading tonight. No card and no account needed to begin.

  • Reading Key: the letters, their shapes and the vowel marks
  • The first stories at your level, with audio
  • Tap any word for its meaning, root and pattern
  • Save words and review them

Premium

Save 58%

$49.99 a year

or $9.99 a month

  • The complete graded library, A0 to C2, and the classical works
  • Siraj and The Juha Podcast with interactive transcripts
  • Practice Scenes with feedback on your line
  • Smart review across recognise, write, listen and say
  • Downloaded lessons, reading and dictionary for offline study
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The honest part

Questions worth asking.

Yes. After downloading content, core learning flows work without internet. Some features like AI analysis need a connection.
Yes. Guided scenes move from listening to a key expression, building the line, and role play. Feedback shows which words were captured and whether the line was complete, without pretending to diagnose every sound.
Fasaha organizes reading from A0 to C2. Start where you feel comfortable, use the placement guidance, and move levels whenever the material feels too easy or too demanding.
Lens helps translate Arabic and break a word or sentence into useful pieces, including meanings, roots, and patterns where available. It is a learning aid, not a universal syntax tree.
Yes. Spaced repetition schedules reviews over time to improve long‑term recall. Fasaha uses spaced repetition to help you revisit words efficiently and keep progress steady.
Every day you get a new Word of the Day (with root, pattern, and pronunciation) plus a proverb or idiom with cultural context. Activity rings track your reading, speaking, and review — they are there to show you what you did, not to punish you for a day off.
The website uses no analytics cookies. In the app we collect the minimum needed to run the service and improve learning, and the privacy policy is written to be read rather than skimmed past.
Fasaha is live on the App Store and Google Play. iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android. For support: fasaha.app@gmail.com
With the Reading Key. It teaches the letters, their four shapes and the vowel marks, and it works offline. The first stories at A0 use the letters you have just learned, with audio for every line.
Yes. The dictionary shows every word’s root and family, so a word you know from recitation opens into the words built from it. Classical reading, including Al-Ājurrūmiyyah, sits beside the graded library.
It was built for you. The graded library offers the same story at several levels, the vowel marks switch on and off, and everything is Modern Standard Arabic, so what you hear at home connects to what you read.
No. Each of those languages carries hundreds of Arabic words. The app and this site are in Turkish, Uzbek, Russian and Spanish, so explanations are in your language and the words you already know are the first ones you meet.
Lens reads Arabic from the camera: menus, signs and pages become words you can open. On this page, the sign gallery shows how; on a phone, you can try the camera.
The library reaches C2, the Arabic Wikipedia reader opens any article with the same tap-to-understand tools, and the classical works are read in the original with grammar records.
There are no streaks, gems or hearts. Progress is shown as evidence: the words you read, saved and recalled. Review is scheduled by memory, not by guilt.

One last thing

Here is that word again.

Say the meaning to yourself, then tap the word to check.

Tap it when you have an answer.

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