Online Arabic and Quran lessons in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Learning Arabic from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Arabic has deep roots in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Many Bosniak children learn to read the Quran at the mekteb, and Arabic is taught at madrasas, at the Faculty of Islamic Studies in Sarajevo and in the University of Sarajevo’s oriental studies department. Learners often come to online lessons to go further than weekly classes allow: to understand the Arabic they recite, to correct Tajweed, or to speak.

Lisanova Academy is an online academy run from Morocco. It has no classroom, branch, agent or locally based tutor in Southeast Europe: every lesson is a live one-to-one video lesson with a Moroccan teacher.

Arabic words you may already know

Bosnian everyday speech keeps many words that came from Arabic through Ottoman Turkish — sabah (morning, from ṣabāḥ), insan (person, from insān), dženet (paradise, from janna) — and much of the vocabulary of prayer comes from Arabic. Teachers use these as anchors, then build the real Arabic forms, pronunciation and grammar around them.

Lisanova teaches two kinds of Arabic: Modern Standard Arabic (MSA, Fusha) — the formal Arabic of books, news, documents and Islamic scholarship — and Moroccan Darija, the everyday spoken Arabic of Morocco. Quran lessons are a separate path. It does not teach Levantine, Egyptian, Gulf or other Arabic dialects, or Turkish.

Modern Standard Arabic lessons in Bosnia and Herzegovina

MSA lessons suit adults who can read the Quran but want to understand it, students at madrasas or university who want conversation and grammar practice, and beginners who want to read and write. Lessons follow the six CEFR levels from A1.

Moroccan Darija lessons in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Online Moroccan Darija lessons suit learners with Moroccan partners or friends and people planning time in Morocco. Darija is a spoken dialect, separate from Quranic and Modern Standard Arabic.

Quran lessons online in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Quran lessons online suit children continuing from the mekteb, adults who want Tajweed correction, and learners working on memorization with steady revision. The teacher listens to every verse and corrects pronunciation, lengthening and stops respectfully and patiently.

Quran lessons available: reading from the first letters, recitation with correction, Tajweed rules, memorization (Hifz) with revision, and understanding the meanings. Lisanova’s Quran teachers hold Ijazah in recitation and Tajweed. Lessons are arranged on WhatsApp so the academy can confirm the teacher, the explanation language and a realistic scope; no memorization outcome is promised.

Quran and Islamic Studies: single class $12 per hour; Monthly Package 1, 8 hours per month, $80; Monthly Package 2, 12 hours per month, $110. Families get 15% off for each additional sibling. Discover Islam sessions are free.

An online Arabic tutor for Sarajevo

In Sarajevo, home to the sixteenth-century Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque and madrasa, many learners already have some Arabic from the mekteb or school. A private online tutor starts from what you know: Tajweed for confident readers, meanings for those who recite without understanding, or speaking practice for students.

Learners in Mostar, Tuzla, Zenica and Banja Luka follow the same online arrangement.

Lesson times

Bosnia and Herzegovina is on Central European Time. Central European Time is UTC+1 in winter and UTC+2 in summer. Morocco is on UTC+1 for most of the year and UTC+0 during Ramadan, so your clock usually matches your teacher’s in winter and is one hour ahead in summer, with one hour more during Ramadan.

When you book the free trial or ask on WhatsApp, send your city and two or three preferred local times. The academy replies with a proposed time in your local time and in Morocco time; the lesson is fixed only once you both confirm. No timetable is published in advance and no hour is guaranteed.

Explanation language

Lisanova has teachers who explain lessons in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese, as well as in Arabic; not every teacher speaks every one of these languages. The Arabic you learn is a separate choice from the explanation language. English suits most learners; lessons are not explained in Bosnian, Croatian or Serbian. Tell us your preference when you enquire and we match you with a suitable teacher.

Prices and getting started

Private Arabic and Moroccan Darija: one 60-minute lesson $20; 8 hours $120; 12 hours $170; 16 hours $200. Prices are in US dollars; no euro, dinar, lek, denar or other local-currency price is offered. The first trial lesson is free.

Book the free Arabic/Darija trial with your name, WhatsApp number and preferred package; the academy arranges the time with you on WhatsApp. You can pay by bank transfer, by card or through a money-transfer service such as Western Union. Quran enquiries are arranged on WhatsApp. Cancellation and refund conditions are on the Terms page.