Arabic with Imran Lum

Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message! This episode begins a three-part series on Islam and trade in the Malay Archipelago. Before we can understand how Islam spread through Southeast Asia, we first need to understand the people who inhabited the region long before its arrival — the Austronesians. In the first episode, Anisa and I talk about how these remarkable seafaring peoples spread across the Indian and Pacific Oceans, from Taiwan and the Philippines through ...

Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message! This is an introduction to a three-part series on Islam and Trade in the Malay Archipelago with my other podcast: Muslim Money with Dr Imran Lum Before we can understand how Islam spread through Southeast Asia, we first need to understand the people who inhabited the region long before its arrival — the Austronesians. In the first episode, we will hear how these remarkable seafaring peoples spread across the Indian and Pacifi...

Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message! This has got to be one of my favourite episodes, because I got to chat with my beautiful mum Dr Rokkiah Tawi about her lifelong passion for learning Arabic. Like a true Asian mum, she forced me to learn Arabic, until I loved it. In this episode, we’ll hear about how as a little kid, she used to defy ‘shoot to kill’ curfew orders during the Malaysian communist insurgency to learn the Quran; to how she uses simplified Arabic gr...

Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message! My sis Melati and her husband recently came back from studying Arabic in Rabat, Morocco at the Mimbar Institute. She shares her experience in Arabic! #Arabic #learnarabic #arabiclanguage Support the show For our free 6-Part series on basic Arabic to get you started, sign up to our E-mail list ⁠HERE⁠! Support the show HERE! Follow us on Instagram: arabicwithimranlum and check out my other podcast Muslim Mon...

Would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, send us a message! I recently did an with SBS Arabic on how I learnt Arabic. Keep listening after the interview, because we will be picking out some words and phrases that you can use in your day-to-day conversation. Here is the link to the full interview. #Arabic #learnarabic #arabiclanguage Support the show For our free 6-Part series on basic Arabic to get you started, sign up to our E-mail list ⁠HERE⁠! Support the show HERE! ...