Are you ready to experience Egypt up close?
A complete Arabic and Quran study abroad programme taking care of students from the moment they arrive until they leave.
SUPPLEMENTARY LEARNING RESOURCES
Get exclusive access to our study resources that will ease your journey of learning Arabic and give you optimum understanding of topics studied.
TRIPS & EXCURSIONS
Get a chance to explore Egypt besides your studies through trips organised by us.
DEDICATED SPEAKING PRACTICE
Learning to communicate effectively is every student’s priority. Our EXTRA Fusha conversation and dialect classes are dedicated to help you achieve just that,
AIRPORT
Our team will pick you up and bring you to your apartment.
ACCOMMODATION
Furnished accommodations with WifI and utility bills taken care of!
SUPPORT & CARE
Staying in Egypt can be filled with challenges. Our team is there to make them go away.
PROGRAMME DETAILS
Date: December 23 – July 24
Levels: Beginner – Advanced
This One-Year study programme looks to provide students with a well-rounded experience on their year abroad. It will give students a good immersion experience with plenty of speaking practice alongside studying Arabic grammar and vocabulary.
The all-inclusive package includes:
- Arabic language lessons (listening, reading, grammar, speaking)
- Language Skills Enhancer sessions
- Small-group conversation practice
- Egyptian Dialect classes (one term)
- Quran classes (Hifdh and tajweed)
- Furnished accommodation (+ WiFi & utility bills)
- Airport pick-up
- Visa assistance
- Flight ticket
- Care and support throughout your stay
- Course books & EXCLUSIVE supplementary study resources
- Recreational and documentary trips once a month
Other services (additional costs):
- Children’s nursery
- Arabic, Quran & Islamic Studies programme for kids
TIME REMAINING
Special Offer for 2023!
£4,900 instead of £5,000 save £100 with the code ONEYEAREGYPT
*the code is valid until 31/05/2023
Curriculum – Arabic Language
Study the Arabic Language whether you seek to develop existing knowledge, begin your journey or delve into its sciences.
Beginner
- Arabic letter and numbers
- Reading and writing Arabic
- Common keywords for everyday things
- Language preparation
- Expressions related to greetings and acquaintance
Elementary
- Vocabulary and basic phrases related to: making acquaintance, family, study, food, telling the time, prices, vacation, daily life, atmosphere and clothes
- Arabic grammar
- Studying texts to improve comprehension in listening and reading
- Language activities to improve productive skills
Pre-Intermediate
- Key vocabulary and expressions related to: travel, housing, health, shopping, work, places to visit, sports, memories.
- Arabic grammar
- Studying texts to improve comprehension in listening and reading
- Language activities to improve skills
- al-Aajroomiyyah matn
Intermediate
- Key vocabulary and expressions related to: describing people, holidays and religious occasions, nature, different cultures, proverbs, expressions and wisdom, figures with history, education
- Arabic grammar
- Studying texts to improve understanding in listening and reading
- Language activities to improve skills
- Mutammimat al-Ajroomiyyah
Upper-Intermediate
- Key vocabulary and expressions related to: health, social problems, politics, work, religion, history, environment
- Arabic grammar
- Study texts to improve comprehension in listening and reading
- Language activities to improve skills
- Qatr an-Nada
Advanced
- Nahw (syntax) – Qatr an-Nada (revision)
- Sarf (morphology) -alsarf alkafi book
- Balaghah (rhetoric)
- Literature: poetry and prose
Curriculum – Quran
Improve your recitation of the Quran, prepare to take Ijaaza in the Quran and receive Ijaaza from teachers with a high sanad.
Hifdh
Memorize at least 2 ajzaa’
Tajweed
Study and memorisation of Tuhfat al-Atfaal and al-Jazariyyah and An-Nooraniyah.
Recitation
The whole Quran is recited upon a teacher with Ijaazah (which is obtained upon successfully passing the exam)
Nursery
Cultivating Islamic values in young learners and setting strong foundations in Arabic and Quran.
Islamic School
Preparing youth to become seekers of knowledge in the Islamic sciences, Quran and Arabic.
Teacher Training
Training and qualifying students to become teachers and developing teachers in the field education and instruction.
Nursery
By the end of the programme, students will be able to:
- Read the Quran (by looking)
- Read Arabic relatively well
- Say the names of Allah mentioned in the Quran and Sunnah from memory, and understand their meanings
- Read simple English words
- Say and recognise the numbers in English and Arabic
- Pray and do the Islamic ablution (wudhu’)
- Tell and apply some of the sunnahs of the Prophet saw.
Timetable:
8am-3pm (5 days a week)
Curriculum:
- The 30th Juz’
- Tuhfat-al-Atfaal (a poem on tajweed)
- Introduction to Aqeedah at-Tahaawiyyah
- Qaa’idah Baghdaadiyyah (Baghdaadi Primer)
- A selection of topics form 200 Question on Aqeedah
- A summary of the 3 fundemental principles
- A selection of authentic ahadith
- A selection of topics on Figh
- The Seerah of the Prophet ﷺ
- Maths, English and Science subjects
Overview
Al-Kisai has a nursery for young learners within the institute where children participate in classes which aim to build an islamic foundation for the pupils according to the understanding of the Salaf. The classes focus on Quran, Arabic and Aqeedah (creed) and Fiqh in an easy-to-follow and enjoyable manner using educational activities and games and modern technology. There is a particular focus on developing children emotionally and strengthen their devotion to Islam and develop their thinking skills so they can be of benefit to themeselves and others.
Likewise, the children’s Islamic educationand manners is promoted and complemented by being immersed in an Islamic environment where students pray in congregation daily, and witness Islamic manners from their teachers and supervisors.
Additionally, students study Maths, English and Science and paticipate in educational and leisure activities which promotes their skills from all angles of development.
Islamic School
Preparing youth to become seekers of knowledge in the Islamic sciences, Quran and Arabic.
By the end of the programme, students will be able to:
- Recite the Quran by heart;
- Apply and explain the rules of tajweed;
- Recite by heart the following Mutoon on Tajweed: Tuhfat-al-Atfaal and al-Jazariyyah
- Recite by heart the following Mutoon on Arabic Grammar: al-Ajroomiyyah (nudhm ash-Shinqeeti)
- Explain the fundamental matters of the Islamic Aqeedah (upon the understanding of Ahlus-Sunnah wal Jamaa’ah)
- Day the names of Allah by heart and explain some of the meanings.
- Explain matters related to Fiqh rules of Imam ash-Shaafi’i and al-Hanbali (depending on the choice of the class) in summary;
- Recite the matn ‘Qawaa’id al-Fiqhiyyah’ by heart and explain some of its matters;
- Recite the matn ‘Nakhbat al-Fikr fi Mustalah Ahlal-Athar’ by heart and explain some of its matters.
- Narrate a summary of the Seerah of the Prophet ﷺ and event from Islamic history;
- Communicate in the Arabic language fluently verbally and in writing;
- Appreciate traditional and contemporary literary texts;
Overview
Al-Kisai Institute runs an Islamic school within the institute where children participate in classes which aim to build an islamic foundation for the pupils according to the understanding of the Salaf. The classes focus on Quran, Arabic and Aqeedah (creed) and Fiqh in an easy-to-follow and enjoyable manner using educational activities and games and modern technology. There is a particular focus on developing children emotionally and strengthen their devotion to Islam and develop their thinking skills so they can be of benefit to themeselves and others.
Likewise, the children’s Islamic education and manners is promoted and complemented by being immersed in an Islamic environment where students pray in congregation daily, and witness Islamic manners from their teachers and supervisors.
Curriculum
Students who are complete beginners in Arabic will start with a foundation year where they learn to read and write, memorise short surahs and learn Arabic words which they will need in the forthcoming levels.
The duration for each level is one year.
Foundation Level
- Qaa’idah an-Nooraniyyah
- Quran memorization: From Surah an-Naas to Surah an-Naba’
- Arabic language (beginner to intermediate)
Level 1
- Quran memorization: From Surah an-Naas to Surah al-Mulk
- Tafsir as-Sa’di – Juz Amma
- Arabic language books by Imam Muhammad bin Saud university
- Abi Shujaa’ Matn and ‘Nihaayat Tadreeb al-Fiqh’
- Adaab al-’Aalim wal Muta’allim (Manners of the Scholar and Learned)
Level 2
- Quran memorization: From Surah at-Tahreem to Surah ash-Shurah
- Tafsir as-Sa’di – Juz Tabaarak
- Arabic language books by Imam Muhammad bin Saud university
- Maqaddimat al-Jazariyyah matn
- Al-Aajrumiyyah (Shinqeeti’s composition)
- Abi Shujaa’s Matn and ‘Nihaayat Tadreeb al-Fiqh ash-Shaafi’
Level 3
- Quran memorization: From Surah Fussilat to Surah al-Qasas
- Tafsir Surat al-Faatihah in detail
- Arabic language books by Imam Muhammad bin Saud university
- “Sullam al-Wusool fi ‘ilm al-Usul fi Ma’rifat al-Haq wa itbaa’ ar-Rasool” matn
- Abi Shujaa’s Matn and ‘Nihaayat Tadreeb al-Fiqh ash-Shaafi’
- Seerah of the Prophet ﷺ and selected stories from the lives of the Sahaaba (Ibn Hishaam)
Level 4
- Quran memorization: From Surah an-Naml to Surah Yusuf.
- Tafsir of Ayatul-Kursi in detail
- Arabic language books by Imam Muhammad bin Saud university
- Aqeedah al-Waasitiyyah by Sheikhul Islam ibn Taymiyyah
- Abi Shujaa’s Matn and ‘Nihaayat Tadreeb al-Fiqh ash-Shaafi’ (متن ابي شجاع ونهاية التدريب في الفقه الشافعي)
- ‘Waraqaat fi Usul al-Fiqh’ matn
- Seerah of the Prophet ﷺ and selected stories from the lives of the Sahaaba (Ibn Hishaam)
Level 5
- Quran memorization: From Surah Hud to Surah al-Faatihah.
- Mabahith fi Ulum al-Quran and Reasons for revelation
- Arabic language books by Imam Muhammad bin Saud university
- Selected lessons from ‘at-Tuhfah al-’Iraaqiyyah fi al-’Amaal al-Qalbiyyah’ (قطوف من كتاب التحفة العراقية في الأعمال القلبية)
- Abi Shujaa’s Matn and ‘Nihaayat Tadreeb al-Fiqh ash-Shaafi’ (متن ابي شجاع ونهاية التدريب في الفقه الشافعي)
- al-Wajeez fi Usool ad-Da’wah (الوجيز في أصول الدعوة)
- Seerah of the Prophet ﷺ and selected stories from the lives of the Sahaaba from Tadh-heeb Seerat ibn Hishaam (تهذيب سيرة ابن هشام)