Main group 1

• Ashtiany, Julia.; Jamil, Nadia., Media Arabic., 2nd ed., Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2009Compulsory*
• A dictionary of modern written Arabic (Arabic-English), 4th ed. considerably enl. and amended by the author, New York, Spoken Language Services, 1994Compulsory*

Main group 2

• Badawi, El-Said M.; Carter, Michael G.; Gully, Adrian, Modern written Arabic: a comprehensive grammar, London, Routledge, 2004
• Elgibali, Alaa0 51379; Korica, Nevenka, Media Arabic: a coursebook for reading Arabic news = Lughat wasāʾil al-iʻlām al-ʻArabīyah, Cairo ;a New York, American University in Cairo Press, c2007
• Kendall, Elisabeth, Media Arabic: an essential vocabulary, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2005
• Kendall, Elisabeth, The top 1,300 words for understanding media Arabic, Washington, D.C., Georgetown University Press, 2012
• Lahlali, El Mustapha., Advanced media Arabic, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, c2008

* Compulsory