Assalaamu'Alaykum,
Well i thought i would post back - just an update.
I found the videos very, very helpful although:
1) I couldn't find the additional DVD's.
2) I realised i needed to know how to write Arabic.
The first problem i managed to solve after some searching:
Book 1 contains 9 DVD's.
Book 2 contains 17 DVD's
Book 3 - no info yet.
The second problem was easy as well because i already had the resources, Alhamdulilah.
The website i downloaded the DVD's was from Islamic Torrents, but there is one problem:
1) The speed can be considerably slow because it depends upon the other seeders (those that have already downloaded the file) to 'seed' the file.
And some of the content on the website is a bit, hmmmm.
So, this is what i have done - for DVD 01, i haved packed the files using WinRAR - 13 parts in total and uploaded them to Media Fire - which seems to be best option.
So you can download them without worrying about how long it may take. I would have uploaded them to TTI, but it would have taken an age - more parts because of the restricted upload file size. Insha'Allah downloading from Media Fire won't be too slow.
I have already uploaded DVD 02 and thats available to download.
DVD 01: http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=858a18ad208a73b2d5a101cf914073b4ee06db1417898900
DVD 02: http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=858a18ad208a73b2d5a101cf914073b418adba61f67f2ca3
Insha'Allah, i will continue to update this post with DVD 03, 04 and so on.
How to extract the files:
1) After downloading all the parts for each particular DVD, you will need a program that will extract the files. WinRAR or 7Zip will do fine.
7Zip - http://www.7-zip.org/download.html (This program is free)
2) Once the file has downloaded, Install the program - follow the on-screen instructions.
3) Now, navigate to the folder where you saved the Madinah Arabic files that you downloaded from Media Fire.
4) Right-click on 'Madinah Arabic DVD 01 - part01.rar", 7-Zip and left-click on 'Extract Here'.
5) Allow the extraction to complete and Insha'Allah you will have a folder named 'Madinah Arabic DVD 01' - which contains the MP4 File, audio files and handouts that were used in the course.
I hope these instructions are clear and not complicated, please tell me if there is.
In my opinion in order to complete this Insha'Allah, you must have the ability to:
1) Read Arabic.
2) Write Arabic.
That's the reason why i went back to complete the writing part.
Insha'Allah this proves to be beneficial.
Alhamdulilah.
May Allah reward a_brother with good for his initial post.
Walaykum Salam
:tti_sister: May Allah Subhanna wa Ta'ala blesses the brothers and sisters involves in the creation of this lessons and making it available to anyone who is keen to learn arabic.
