This is a graded Lebanese Arabic reader designed to grow with you from first stories to confident reading.

This eBook contains six original stories written in Lebanese Arabic, each presented in four progressively more complex versions. By revisiting the same narratives at A1, A2, B1, and B2 levels, you build vocabulary, grammar, and reading confidence while engaging with culturally meaningful, adult-focused content. Audio and translations support comprehension at every stage.

What’s inside

• Six culturally authentic Lebanese Arabic stories.
• Four CEFR-aligned versions of each story.
• Phonemic transcription at A1 only.
• Slow and natural-speed audio by native Lebanese voice artists.
• English translations, vocabulary lists, and cultural notes.
• Simplified tashkeel for easier reading.

Stories included

• The Shared House (البيْت المُشْترك): Three cousins from the diaspora inherit their grandmother’s traditional home in Byblos. As they return to sort through the property, differing ideas about responsibility, memory, and belonging begin to test their bonds.
• The Cedar Mystery (لِغِز الأرْزِة): When ancient cedar trees begin disappearing from a protected mountain reserve, a retired investigator teams up with a young forest ranger, uncovering motives tied to heritage, power, and profit.
• The Garden Project (مشْروع الحديقة): In a refugee settlement in the Bekaa Valley, displaced families use traditional seeds and farming knowledge to improve daily life, setting changes in motion beyond the garden itself.
• The Watchmaker’s Secret (سِرّ السّاعاتي): In Beirut in 1943, as the French Mandate nears its end, an elderly watchmaker notices troubling details hidden inside the watches he repairs, forcing him to confront the cost of silence.
• Sound and Image (صوْت وصورة): A wedding photographer and a traditional singer are required to work together despite clashing artistic approaches, as rivalry unfolds during a charged celebration.
• Winter Rain (الشّـِتي): A powerful storm drives strangers into a café in Gemmayze, where shared shelter and conversation blur the boundaries between personal memory and the city’s living history.

Who it’s for: Adult learners of Lebanese Arabic from beginner to upper-intermediate levels.

Audio: Audio for all content is available to download or stream below.