About Us
Meet Ola Shoubaki, the Teacher and founder of Arabic Gems.
"We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur'an so you people may use reason"
إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ قُرْءَٰنًا عَرَبِيًّۭا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ
(12:2)
Let's dive into the ocean of the Qur'an and scour the oceanbed for its gems
About the Teacher
The
Background
Arabic Gems was founded in 2007
by Ola Shoubaki
Ola was born and spent most of her childhood in the UK. Born to Palestinian parents, she learnt their dialect of Arabic as a child at home although English remained her first language. Like many from her generation when she began to understand Islam in her own right, she began simultaneously to appreciate the absence of the Qur’an in her life which led her to enroll in a degree in Arabic in SOAS which by the grace of Allah she passed with a first class. Within a year of starting the course her life had been changed forever. The Qur’an was now understandable to some degree, she was able to memorise verses with understanding, her prayer was different, and that year Ramadan was different. The fundamental change that the Quran caused within her life led her to believe that if this was possible for her then it should be possible for everyone and thus began her dedication towards teaching the Arabic language.
She began teaching Arabic grammar from the second year of her degree to friends and to students from other disciplines at University. Facilitating the journey of students through the Arabic language has been and continues to be from amongst the most rewarding memories that she has, and she prays to Allah that He accepts those efforts from her.
Ola’s life then moved out of the UK for a while and she found herself with the opportunity to do a Masters in Arabic Linguistics from the International Islamic University of Malaysia where she lived for two years. At the Masters level, which was taught entirely in Arabic, Ola had the opportunity to develop her appreciation of the intricacies of the language and perhaps for the first time actually witness the miracle of the Qur’an for herself. It was a fascinating two years which culminated in the development of the Arabic Gems website – an attempt to give English speakers the opportunity to witness what she had witnessed of the miraculous nature of the language and prose of the Qur’an.
A Better Relationship with Allah
Get to know the message of your Creator through Arabic in an amazing and unique way.
Everyone Can do It
Unique approach to teaching, so that everyone feels they can do the course
Grading
Reach new heights of Arabic and be acknowledged on your efforts.
About the Teacher
The
Teaching
Every door of knowledge can be opened if you know which keys to turn.
Being native to the English language and the English educational mind-set has been the key to creating a unique educational experience to the English speaker attempting to learn the Arabic language. Drawing on her 20 years of teaching experience she has developed a course which has surpassed all expectations in facilitating the learning of the Arabic language to brothers and sisters both in the UK and all over the world.
She has developed an intuitive style of teaching that is sensitive to the particular problems posed to the English-speaking mind when faced with the completely different grammatical demands of Arabic. She seamlessly weaves this into her explanations such that many questions are answered before they are asked, anticipating problems within the mind of the learners before they arise. The results have been very encouraging by the grace of Allah; seeing people who were struggling to learn Arabic flourish through their hard work continues to motivate her today as it has over the past two decades.
She has developed an intuitive style of teaching that is sensitive to the particular problems posed to the English-speaking mind when faced with the completely different grammatical demands of Arabic. She seamlessly weaves this into her explanations such that many questions are answered before they are asked, anticipating problems within the mind of the learners before they arise. The results have been very encouraging by the grace of Allah; seeing people who were struggling to learn Arabic flourish through their hard work continues to motivate her today as it has over the past two decades.
We ask Allah the Exalted to make this heavy upon her scales and make her a continual source of benefit to the Ummah of the Prophet Mohammad (salla Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam).