Books in the original

1. In the site header open "Sections" and pick "Books" (on a phone — the menu button).
2. Browse the shelves: "Arabic heritage", "World classics", "Detective fiction", "Fables and tales", "For beginners". The arrows on each side move the row.
3. Rather not browse? Use the filters on top: "Type" ("Read" or "Buy"), "Full books only", "Favorites" and "Level" (A1–B2).
4. Tap a cover.
5. The book page opens: cover, level, type, author, ratings and what it is about. In "Read" books the text itself starts right there, below the summary.

Tap any Arabic word. A "Word breakdown" card slides up from the bottom:

• the translation, sometimes several meanings;
• transcription with the stress marked;
• the root and the part of speech;
• an audio button — a native voice in the dialect the book is written in;
• an example with that word.

The word you tapped turns red in the text — and so does every other occurrence, so you can see at a glance how often it comes up. "Save to dictionary" then puts it in your dictionary and turns into "Saved ✓".

The strip at the top follows you down the page:

Vowel marks — turn the little signs above the letters on or off. Easier with them at first, better without them later.

"Listen" — the audio reads the paragraphs of the page one after another and highlights the current one. Tap again — it now says "Stop".

"Translation" — shows the translation under a paragraph. Short adapted books have it; the full originals have no paragraph translations — there the tap-to-look-up carries you.

A− A A+ — the size of the Arabic type.

☾ — dark theme for evening reading.

There are no ready-made audiobooks in the library yet: all the sound comes from the native voice.

Books with the "Full book" badge carry the complete text. In some of them it is split into chapters: above the text you get a drop-down table of contents and the ‹ › arrows. In the rest the text runs as one long chapter. A long chapter is paged, with "← Back", "Next →" and a "Page 2 of 14" counter at the bottom.

Where you stopped is remembered on its own, from the moment you tap a word. A green progress bar shows up on the cover and the book moves to the "Continue reading" shelf.

Below the text:

1. "✓ Mark as read" — the book is done.
2. "Practice words from this book" — takes you to the "My words" trainer, where the words you saved are already waiting: pick the translation, listen and pick, native audio.
3. "Back to library" — go pick the next one.

In books with chapters a "Next chapter →" button joins them.

Two types:

• "Read" — the text opens right on the site. With the "Full book" badge it is the complete original, chapter by chapter; without the badge it is a short adapted retelling of a few paragraphs — but with a translation.
• "Buy" — modern books still in copyright. We do not host the text: the cover, the summary and real store buttons in two rows — "In Arabic — the original" (Neelwafurat, Amazon.ae) and "In translation" (Amazon, Bookshop.org). Each opens a search for the title inside the store. You can also upload your own copy to "My books" and read it with tap-a-word — it lands on the shelf in your account too, labelled "my upload", with a "continue · N%" bar. How that works is in "Your own books" below.

The type is shown as a badge on the book page, and in the library you filter by it under "Type". The book's dialect is on its card in the library — word breakdowns come in that dialect. Some texts are still marked as a draft: the vowel marks and the dialect are waiting for a native review. If something looks off, tell us and we will fix it.

Bought a modern book? Read it right here, with our tools on it.

1. The way in is the "My books · Upload your own book and read it with word breakdowns" plate above the library shelves. Every "Buy" book page carries the same button — "Upload to My books".
2. You have to be signed in: personal books live in your account and only you can see them.
3. Press "Choose a file". EPUB, FB2, TXT and PDF with a text layer will do, up to 25 MB. A scan without a text layer is not readable yet: it holds pictures of pages, not letters.
4. Pick the "Dialect for breakdowns" next to it — translation, transcription and audio follow that dialect.
5. The file is parsed right in your browser; only the text reaches the server. It sits in private storage, never joins the public library and is shown to nobody.

From there the book opens in the same reader: tap a word, vowel marks, paragraph audio, type size, dark theme. Your place is saved the same way. Your own book brings no cover, so the spine on the shelf is drawn from its title.

We keep up to 20 books for now, and each has a "Delete" button.

How many books are free? All of them, for now. The free-plan limit is not switched on yet. Once it is, one book of your choice stays fully open, the rest show their first paragraphs and continue with a subscription.

Are my words and progress saved for good? For now they live in your browser. Clear your history or open the site on another device and they will not be there. Syncing to your account is on the way. Uploaded books are the exception: the book itself lives in your account and opens on any device — how far you read is still remembered by the browser.

Can I upload my own book? Yes. "My books" — the plate above the library shelves. EPUB, FB2, TXT and PDF with a text layer, up to 25 MB, up to 20 books. You need to be signed in, and only you can see the book.

What is the heart on the cover? Favorites. You can pull them all up later with the "Favorites" filter. The stars on the book page are for your own rating.