Revisiting the Arabic Alphabet

This week I feel like it is time for me to revisit the incredibly complicated Arabic alphabet. The best way for me to learn it is by repetition over and over. I learn the best by repeating things through my head. I also attempted to watch more of those silly videos. They seem dumb but I think they are starting to help.

Writing

Something new I wanted to try out this week was my attempt at writing the alphabet out. I've been staring at these letters for awhile now and I figured I should try and attempt to write them out. I found a website online that showed me the correct ways to draw out each character.

 

I loved this image so much because it had arrows pointing to which direction I needed to go and which part of the letter that I needed to start with. A lot of these looked really complicated especially Shin and yeh. None of these however, proved to be too difficult.

My Attempts

My first attempt was A LOT better than what I was expecting. The only thing I noticed was that since I used a pen, the dashed that I was supposed to make above some of the characters were too thin. It didn't look right to me.

So I tried it a second time using a marker and I think it looks really good. For someone who has never done this before, I am very satisfied with what I did.

Above is my most recent attempt at the alphabet. Some of my dashes seem really big or awkward but I think I can get better with that over time. I feel like sin (3rd row 2nd letter from the right) and sad (3rd row 4th from the right) are perfect. I am really proud of those 2 letters because they look exactly like what they should. I'm not quite sure how I did it to be honest, but they look really good.

Just a reminder that the Arabic alphabet is read from right to left. So the first letter is in the top right corner instead of the left.

Reflections

This week was really short and sweet but I'm proud of all that I have accomplished so far. With this semester drawing to a close and only having a few week left until the big project, I feel like I am more and more prepared. I know that all the work I have done this semester will benefit me as I pursue this career path. Starting early will definitely give me the edge I need to succeed.

Bibliography

Zahirovic, Ermin. "Arabic Alphabet." Arabic Alphabet. Wordpress, 2015. Web. 29 Apr. 2015.

Jin, Tony. "The Arabic Alphabet - Chart." Stanford University Arabic Department. Stanford University, 2014. Web. 29 Apr. 2015.