Building Hebrew’s Cultural Fortress
Hebrew is thousands of years old and yet has evolved into a language that many use as their primary — or only — language. This is its story.… Read More
Mandarin Chinese Learning Resources that Got me Fluent
Mandarin Chinese was my sixth language to learn to fluency. Here are my favourite resources that I used, all of which are the best today. Most of them are free or cheap!… Read More
The “Garbage People”: The Faces Behind Cairo’s Giant Trash Problem
The story of the Zabaleen – “Garbage People” who have for generations been the informal backbone of Cairo’s waste management.… Read More
Learn Hebrew Cheaply with These Resources
The best resources we used to get good in beginner Hebrew fast, all of them cheap (and some free).… Read More
Review of Lingvist: Fun, but Incomplete
Lingvist is a fun app that teaches you sentences by getting you to put in the missing word. However, we wouldn’t recommend it for serious language study.… Read More
How Hard is Korean for English speakers?
Korean isn’t too hard — but it was harder than I thought when I tried to learn it in late 2018! Here’s my view, as an experienced language learner, of how hard it is.… Read More
A Beginner’s Guide to Arabic Coffee
An introductory guide to Arabic coffee, including the definition of “Arabic coffee”, where to drink Arabic coffee in Egypt and the Middle East, how to make Arabic coffee at home, and an analysis of Arabic vs Turkish coffee.… Read More
Watch us speaking Arabic after 60 days
The conclusion of our 60 day challenge to learn Arabic in 60 days.… Read More
Hebrew and Spoken Arabic — How Similar Are They?
They’re both Semitic languages… but how similar are they? After learning to speak Arabic (and decent Hebrew) I try to answer this question in an easy-to-understand way.… Read More