Lingvist Review: Fun, but Incomplete [2021 updated]
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.
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.
Examining how hard Korean is for English speakers. Quite hard! Don’t be fooled by the phonetic alphabet.
An complete 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. By obsessive coffee lovers.
Egypt is safe for women – if you’re prepared. Here’s everything we learned from three months of living in different parts of Egypt.
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.
We learned to speak Egyptian Arabic in 60 days. See the video evidence, read how we did it and what we learned for our future challenges.
The story of how we nearly ended up living on a beachfront paradise in exchange for management skills.
Our practical 2026 guide to Luxor: Karnak, Luxor Temple, Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut’s temple, current ticket prices, East vs West Bank, and getting around.
How we use Anki for languages in 2026: card design, sentences and audio, FSRS scheduling, new-card limits, leeches, decks, and what not to overcomplicate.
The many sounds of Cairo — traffic, the call to prayer, recycling collectors and the “bos bos” sound.