My first impressions after learning the Arabic alphabet

Last weekend I decided to learn to read Arabic. I'm not talking about learning any words, building any vocabulary, or even being able to communicate or understand anything. I just wanted to learn how to read this strange-looking language.

I split my study into two sessions, about an hour on Saturday, and approximately the same on Sunday. It might be possible to do it all at once, but without a teacher here to show me the right way, I'm stumbling through this and probably making it a lot harder... continue reading at Fluent Every Year