How long
~60 days
full-time pace
What it costs
$2,200 – $4,200
$53/day
Starting level
Beginner
no experience needed
Best months
Sep-Jun
10-month window
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The standard destination for serious Arabic students: MSA plus Levantine dialect, with homestays and desert weekends. Give it 9 weeks and you leave with a language that unlocks a whole country.
Start here. Pull a thread.
The standard destination for serious Arabic students: MSA plus Levantine dialect, with homestays and desert weekends. 12 other cities on this map teach language too - the reason to pick this one over them is what's above.
Yes. It starts from zero, no experience needed. That is the whole point. The days are intense and close to full-time, so come rested.
Most people give it 60 days; the honest range is 28 to 300, and how far you take it is largely up to you. There is no certificate at the end. You come away with the skill itself. Expect it to be MSA + dialect, homestay, safe base.
Around $2,200 – $4,200 for the whole thing, about $53 a day, or ₹2.1L – ₹4.0L in rupees. That covers 2-month intensive, tuition + homestay + meals. Flights and visas never are, and this is a researched estimate, not a quote. Range built from typical 2026 market rates. Verify before you book.
You can. The cheapest language on the map is spanish survival week in Oaxaca, Mexico, from $350, against a $48/day median for the category. Whether the place is worth the difference is the real question.
Best across roughly 10 months of the year: sep-jun. Outside that window the season is against you, not the school, so it is worth planning the trip around it.
Nothing else in Jordan on the map yet, but the nearest is advanced diver and nitrox in Dahab, about 406 km away. If you are flying this far, it is close enough to stack onto the same trip.
While you're out there
Other things worth learning on the same trip, nearest first.
Elsewhere in Middle East
- Baklava and Anatolian cookingGaziantep, Turkey580 km away~4 days$400 – $900
- Paragliding: first solo flightsOludeniz, Turkey810 km away~5 days$700 – $1,400
- Ebru marbling and Islamic calligraphyIstanbul, Turkey1.2k km away~10 days$350 – $900
- Dhow building and traditional navigationSur, Oman2.5k km away~14 days$1,200 – $2,600
Right, how do you actually do this?
We checked pricing, reviews and booking paths for every school we could find. These are the ones with enough published info to stand behind:
Ali Baba International Center (IH Amman)
RecommendedNear University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Booking
WhatsApp only
Ahlan World
RecommendedAmman, Jordan
Booking
Enquiry / WhatsApp
Qasid Arabic Institute
RecommendedAmman, Jordan
Reviews
No reviews found
Booking
Books online
Provider pricing, reviews and booking details on this page were last reviewed 2026-09-19. Course fees, availability and contact details change — confirm directly with the school before booking.
Atlas maps and prices this. It doesn't sell it. Costs are researched estimates to plan around, not a live quote; confirm current dates and price with the school directly before you pay anything.
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