Best shows and podcasts to learn Arabic

Start with the shorts and videos as a beginner; move to the full podcast once you're comfortable with faster, less-supported speech.

Short audio and video lessons on listening, vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar and everyday conversation. The channel mixes varieties, so check whether a lesson is in Modern Standard, Egyptian or something else.

Friendly cartoon lessons that teach everyday vocabulary in slow, clear Modern Standard Arabic. Made for kids, but gentle listening practice for adult beginners too.

Clips from Lebanese and Syrian shows broken down line by line, real material made approachable for beginners.

Short, focused videos on practical conversation, common expressions, vocabulary and pronunciation, all in Modern Standard Arabic. Khasu learned Arabic himself, so he explains it the way a learner needs to hear it, and the length makes it easy to watch something every day.

Lively free lessons on vocabulary, pronunciation, expressions, grammar and culture. Maha covers both Modern Standard Arabic and Palestinian Levantine, so you can hear the same idea in each.

A free platform built around Modern Standard Arabic: video lessons and real media clips with transcripts, vocabulary support and comprehension exercises, all sorted by level.

Authentic video clips with interactive captions and listening exercises. Filter by level and choose your variety, whether that is Modern Standard Arabic or Levantine, Egyptian and Gulf.

A beloved Damascus family drama in everyday Syrian Levantine, ideal for hearing how people really talk around the dinner table. Season one is free on YouTube.

Another Levantine-dubbed Turkish series with clear doublage voices, ideal once you can follow a long-form plot.

A long-running Turkish drama dubbed into Levantine Arabic; the repetitive, high-frequency vocabulary sticks fast once you're attached to the plot.

A third Levantine-dubbed Turkish favorite, same appeal: long episodes, clean audio, vocabulary that keeps repeating.

Clear, well-produced Lebanese-dialect podcast on interesting everyday topics.

A Lebanese podcast with warm, intimate conversations, translated into English so you can check your comprehension.

Storytelling videos that show the translation, arabizi, and Arabic script together, great for tying pronunciation to the written word.

Native speakers in street interviews and everyday conversation, subtitled in both Arabic and English. Episodes cover Egyptian, Palestinian, Tunisian and Modern Standard Arabic, so check which one you are listening to before you settle in.