I´ve been working through the Media Arabic 1 book incl. Anki cards for over half a year now, and I really see progress.
In my opinion the repetition and contents are well chosen, and exactly the language I find in the newspapers and podcast, but at a level I am just able to still cope. So that´s perfect.
The only suggestions for improvement would be giving the plural of the nouns where possible - Anki in general is such a superb resource and is done so very well! I do that every single day, no problems with my Audio at all (only suggestion: Could you order the files in 01/02 instead of 1/2, as some players sort numerically but don´t get single digits right next). The speakers of the book are great, only the congresswoman in the dialog seems artificial... has that been produced with AI? Other than that I love it so far.
I bought lots of resources and I also appreciate the hub you are providing here for me to have all my materials together in one place.
Altogether, highly recommended, 5 stars.

I wanted to express my gratitude to you for creating such an excellent product! I've purchased all four Media Arabic books and anki, and have thoroughly immersed myself in the series. I've found the articles to be very engaging and effective way to learn, making language acquisition truly enjoyable. Your approach has kept my interest piqued, and I'm eager to continue learning.

Hello, I am Anil.
I bought all 4 books of the Media Arabic Vocabulary set. I haven't fully progressed yet. But I can say that it has a full content and can increase our vocabulary. One of the biggest reasons why I prefer these books is that they have audio recordings. Because listening is of course very important in learning a language. Good luck everyone.

Thanks Matthew for your reply, and for all your efforts to provide such valuable materials for avid learners like me. By telling I'd rather have "real life" materials, I actually meant having texts anchored in the context of the Arabic speaking world, its daily life, social, political and cultural issues, but I understand that's another issue altogether. As for the audio, I really find the quality average. The speakers sound professional and read well. I'm just bothered by the hissing sounds prevailing throughout the recordings, as if the speakers were too close to the microphone while recording. Likewise, some sounds aren't that clear. I guess it is a general issue with mp3 and compressed formats in general? Anyway, apart from this, I highly recommend this material and actually love the format (vocabulary lists illustrated by sentences, as in Al-Kitaab, then texts with these vocabs). I think it is the best Media Arabic text available on the market (even better than Lahlali's) and am looking forward for the second instalment. Francois

Overall, this book is good and works a lot on repetition which helps greatly acquire the new vocabulary, that is very aptly introduced through sample sentences illustrating every new vocab. One might regret the fact sentences are not taken from real life media and sound a bit artificial, repetitive and not so interesting. TmHowever, the only real downside is the poor sound quality of the audio recordings. I could probably do a better job with my Phone. How come the audio
is barely audible at times? Hard to understand! This being said, the overall quality of this material is much above average, I just hope my advice will be taken into account for future materials. All the best.