Helpful Arabic Language Media Resources

Sabeel Media is a great resource for Arabic language videos ,  and Arabic language MP3 audio downloads (podcasts). They produce videos and other media resources in several languages and dialects.

For instance, Sabeel recently released some new videos in their Arabic Culture and Life series – entitled “Reliving Harat Abu Awad”. It’s an interesting glimpse at a historical theatrical tour (in 1991) of “Harat Abu Awad”, the famous Jordanian play, in five U.S. cities. Including some never before seen documentary footage! In this segment, we will meet the artist Nabil Mashini (Abu Awad), the artist Hassan Ibrahim (Marzooq), the artist Rashida Dahani (Um Awad), and the producer of the theatrical tour, Mr. Samir H. Haddad. Also, the artist Musa Hijazin who will play the oud and sing on stage with Marzooq and Abul khil (Ghassan Mashini).

Sabeel Media also offers a collection on DVD of 12 short films:  Scenes from the  Heavenly Books, which contains short stories (video clips) – Stories of the Prophets in the Bedouin dialect of Arabic.  You can preview many of the Sabeel Media videos on the Sabeel Media YouTube channel, or the Sabeel Media Vimeo channel.

Along with Arabic language resources, they have recently added some Indonesian. You might also be interested in their FREE downloads of original poetry, featuring many audio podcasts in the Stories of the Prophets series.

A Way Out

Rescuing women from prostitution, strip joints, and drugs…  World Magazine tells the story of A Way Out, a faith-based “rescue program”, run by George Kuykendall, a former helicopter pilot, who is doing a new kind of rescue in Memphis, TN.

Since 1992, A Way Out has been rescuing women from Memphis’ prostitution, stripping, and drug culture. Out of 248 women helped, only seven have ever returned to “the industry” after completing the program.