Our History

We’ve taught Arabic for nearly half a decade.

We cater to every level of student interested in learning Classical Arabic, from complete pre-beginners who want to read the Arabic script right through to intermediate and advanced learners interested in Arabic Literature and Rhetoric. Our popular Foundation course is designed for beginners to learn how to understand, write and speak Arabic to a conversational level.

Our courses are taught either on-demand with pre-recorded lessons or in live online interactive classes. Complementing our Foundation courses are two-week residential excursions abroad where students find themselves in a welcoming, safe and supervised learning environment with colleagues and teachers exclusively speaking classical Arabic with one another.

Our Brand

Arabic by Application represents learning Arabic in the most natural and intuitive way – by applying it in practice. Whether you dip your toes into the water or dive in head-first, what you discover will transform you. Once immersed you feel weightless, surrounded by the most amazing insights driven by the beauty built in to the language of Arabic, the language God chose for His book. This is the feeling our brand sets out to capture.

The artwork in our logo, the phrase العربية بالتطبيق in Arabic, is composed by calligrapher Samar Farooq in Almoravid Kufic Script inspired by Moroccan art forms in domes and minarets in an interconnected design representing integral relationship between teacher & student that can never be automated or replaced, and is an essential part of every course we offer, from our On-Demand ones through to our Residential Excursions abroad.

Our Founder

Jubril Alao has been teaching and developing Arabic curricula for over fifteen years.

Jubril studied Economics at UCL completing a Masters degree in Computer Science before joining the Ibn Jabal Arabic Language Institute as a student progressing to a Senior Teacher. He studied Arabic Literature and Poetry at the University of Damascus and continued his studies with Shaykh Ahmed Babikir and Shaykh Ahmed Pirzada under whom he studied the fiqh of the Five Pillars (Hanafi and Maliki Fiqh), Tafsir, Diseases of the Heart and works of Imam al-Ghazali⁠.

Our Values

  • Community
    You are not alone

    We are a community of enthusiastic individuals passionate about teaching and learning the Arabic language.

    Through stewardship, past students often support new ones. As such, you will never feel alone in our courses.

  • Guarantee
    Our promise to you

    We've been teaching Arabic from pre-beginner to intermediate level, enabling students to understand the Qur'an with a dictionary.

    Our safe learning environment & no-judgement zone ensures you can do the same!

  • Support
    Regular feedback

    We are always there to provide support whenever you might need it along on your Arabic learning journey.

    No question is too simple or asked too many times – repetition is how learning happens!

Contact Us

Email us at [email protected]