English-Arabic Arabic-English Dictionary & Phrasebook (Hippocrene Dictionary and Phrasebook)

The transaction went very well and the book was received in good condition and in a timely manner. This book will be a good tool for my boss in his move to Saudi Arabia.

As book meant for Middle East bound travelers who don't speak the language I rate it as a 5 star book. But for someone actually learning MSA it is "3 star" (no short vowels). I am looking for a contemporary, easy to use English-Arabic dictionary to supplement my study and this is not it. It is missing many basic words (especially lacking pronouns), and also, why no short vowels? I have 2 other books by Gaafar and Wightwick (1 of 2 they abandoned short vowels very early in the text)which I find very useful, I don't know what happened to this book however.

I received it in a few days which is pretty good speed of delivery. However, as a middle aged person, I feel the fonts are bit small for me to read. As a result, I have not looked much at it.

I am very pleased with this particular phrase book. It will definitely give me a good start to learning arabic.

I have just spent two months in an Arabic speaking country. I had this book with me and it was VERY useful in helping me communicate. An especially good feature was having the words in the Arabic alphbet as well as the transliteration so literate Arabs could read in their own language the words I wanted to communicate to them. The book was also very popular with Arabic-speaking people who want to improve their English - so much so that I left my copy with one person there and ordered another copy for myself when I got home.