Drapetomaniac

I think the internet is a great place to help learn languages.  Reading literature or news helps, but today we have social networks and blogs where you can get more immediate exposure to common language and easier gathering of topics.

With Arabic, you have to learn the alphabet to learn the language, but Yamli.com has introduced a search service which reduces the amount of time you have to spend switching between Arabic and English characters.  It also transliterates for you, so while you type the English Al Jazirah, below your typing space you can select from transliterated options like:
al-jazirah
It then does a Google search on the Arabic الجزيرة,.

Of course, you’ll notice Al Jazirah is different from Al Jazeera, which is how the company itself shows it’s name.  But Jazirah seems to be a more common transliteration for the arabic word for peninsula. Here are two more takes on the new site.“