The Bay Area Arabic Language Meetup

Most of these free Arabic learning workshops take place in our Walnut Creek school. This group is open for all levels and ages.

In addition to these fun and informative meetings, our members will be provided with several free apps and software to help them practice any time they want and lean and master the language. We also do calligraphy, art, and cinema workshops.

Main Location:

Our Walnut Creek center is located at:

Skill Set Academy: 2363 Boulevard Circle, Suite 12, Walnut Creek, CA 94595

You drive: Right off the free way. FREE PARKING!
You take public transportation: About 15 to 20 minutes away walk from Walnut Creek BART.

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Other Locations:

We also meet in: San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, Lafayette, Concord, San Leandro, Daily City, Orinda, Richmond, Pittsburg, Bay Point, etc...

Topics of these workshops and meetups:

LANGUAGE

Modern Standard Arabic

Classical Arabic

Colloquial Arabic

Specific dialects such as:

North African Maghrebi (Tunisian, Libyan, Algerian, Moroccan)
Egyptian
Levantine (Lebanese, Palestinian, Jordanian, Syrian)
Gulf (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, etc..)
Iraqi
Sudanese

CULTURE

Arabic Calligraphy

Arabic Culture

For those of you who are seeking regular (both in-class and online) intensive classes please visit our website at:

ArabicABC.com

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Recent Meetups

November 20, 2011 at 3:30 PM, 3 Araboos attended
Let's Chat & Play!
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Let's get together to chat and play some board games this Sunday. Topics can be anything the majority of you will choose. Free drinks will be served while listening to... Learn more
October 1, 2011 at 12:00 PM, 8 Araboos attended
17th Annual Arab Cultural Festival
This is the 17th Arab Cultural festival in San Francisco. It goes from from 12pm to 6pm. RSVP and let's go!
September 4, 2011 at 2:30 PM, 5 Araboos attended
Arabic Calligraphy Workshop
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This is a 75 minute Arabic calligraphy workshop for those of you who want to practice and improve their handwriting. We'll go over all the shapes of the letters then... Learn more
August 7, 2011 at 3:00 PM, 3 Araboos attended
Arabic Calligraphy Workshop
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This is a 75 minute Arabic calligraphy workshop for those of you who want to practice and improve their handwriting. We'll go over all the shapes of the letters then... Learn more
August 4, 2011 at 6:45 PM, 2 Araboos attended
Islam: Empire of Faith (Part 2)
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During this 90 min meetup we'll watch some of the PBS documentary movie: Islam: Empire of Faith (Details about the movie here) then spend about 20 to 30 minutes... Learn more

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JB commented on Let's Chat & Play!
November 20, 2011 at 2:00 PM

"Sorry my RSVP is so last-minute, but I'm assuming that we're still meeting up! If you get the chance to confirm, that would be great."

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JB RSVPed Yes for Let's Chat & Play!
November 20, 2011 at 1:58 PM

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Let's Chat & Play!
Sunday 3:30 PM at Skill Set Academy

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JB RSVPed Yes for Let's Chat & Play!
November 20, 2011 at 1:58 PM

Nov '11 20

Let's Chat & Play!
Sunday 3:30 PM at Skill Set Academy

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November 18, 2011 at 10:14 AM

Nov '11 20

Let's Chat & Play!
Sunday 3:30 PM at Skill Set Academy

3 attended
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October 18, 2011 at 12:02 AM
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THAER FLIEH joined
October 18, 2011 at 12:02 AM

"I am an Electrical Engineer, I like traveling and get to know other cultures,moved to the states 2008, speaks fluent English, Arabic and intermediate level Italian (working on it), I use to live in New Haven Connecticut and just moved to SF bay area."
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Eric joined
October 18, 2011 at 12:01 AM

"Practice arabic"
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Morgan Gillespie joined
October 18, 2011 at 12:00 AM

"san francisco resident, studied arabic for a few years many moons ago, would like to pick back up studying."
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Theresa Hatch joined
October 17, 2011 at 11:59 PM

"My name is Theresa and I'm interested in learning Arabic for leisure purposes! I'm learning the alphabet now and hope to slowly build upon it!"
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Hamza Rahman joined
October 17, 2011 at 11:59 PM

"Hi! I'm Hamza. I am really looking forward to this group since I'm interested in learning Arabic and lived in Middle East for about 8 years in the past."