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Everyday Arabic for children in Canada

Your child, speaking Arabic with Habooba.

Bringing our home country home.

Adventures and stories your child lives, in the everyday Arabic we speak at home.

More than a language, in one fun and safe place
🗣LanguageMother tongue
🏡TraditionsCustoms, identity
السلام عليكم يا حبوبةYour child says this in lesson one
🕌Quran & prayerComing soon
💛ValuesSafe and loved
🎬1How the app works

One lesson. Five things your child does.

Watch the story1
Watch the story
Learn the word2
حبوبة
Learn the word
Say it out loud3
Say it out loud
Write it with a finger4
Write it with a finger
Play a picture game5
Play a picture game
🎙ELAF listens. Not quite right? They hear it again and try again.
💬2Parents say

From our Alpha families

With everything competing for children's attention on screens, teaching them Arabic in a fun, interactive way is the biggest challenge, and ELAF takes it on. It opens a new door to make young children love their mother tongue, in a way that suits their time and their close bond with phones. What completes the beauty of this project is that it goes further, planting knowledge of the Quran, prayer and Islamic culture, with the balance and moderation of our faith. Bringing all these values and this knowledge together in one place that is fun and safe, a place the child loves to come back to, is what sets this project apart. We hope the app reaches many families, for the good of our children. We ask Allah to write and multiply the reward and the impact. We count it as knowledge that benefits, and may Allah place this work in the scale of good deeds of all of you.
Mohamed AbdelgadirAlpha parent
My children started competing to say the sentences 😄, so learning was fun and didn't feel like a lesson.
Asim ElsirAlpha parent
The kids are really excited about the app, and they loved the story and the music.
SuadAlpha parent
Fun, smooth and easy to use.
A parentAlpha parent
Really lovely, Ahmed is very happy with it. But the word ملف gave him a hard time 😂
AmalAlpha parent
Peace be upon you. Masha'Allah, Hisham, beautiful work. It focuses on the Sudanese dialect, our identity and the everyday talk people hear at home, and that matters a lot, because it is how people chat with each other. If you are not comfortable in it, you end up far from people. This is really lovely, thank you.
RihabAlpha parent

Translated from the parents' own Arabic.

🧳3The story

Habooba is moving from Sudan to Canada.

Your child is there for every step.

The Biggest NewsAdventure 1

The Biggest News

The Long WaitAdventure 2

The Long Wait

Getting the House ReadyAdventure 3

Getting the House Ready

Airport DayAdventure 4

Airport Day

The Welcome PartyAdventure 5

The Welcome Party

Told for every age:ExplorerAdventureChallenge

3 age levels and 3 Arabic levels. The Habooba journey has 24 adventures and 99 situations, where your child learns 156 words.More journeys and adventures coming soon.

📱4The app

The whole app, at a glance.

Azan and prayer timesAzan and prayersThe next prayer, counting down, and the Azan on time.
Continue from the last adventure (episode)ContinueOne tap and the story picks up where they stopped.
The Arabic Adventures listArabic AdventuresEvery adventure and lesson.
QuranQuranLearn, memorise and recite the Quran. Coming soon.
The Best StoriesThe Best StoriesStories of the Seerah and history. Coming soon.
The ELAF app home screen
Learner's name and pictureThe learnerEach child has their own profile and level.
ELAF ShoofELAF ShoofSafe Arabic cartoons and songs, checked by our team.
My SalatMy SalatLearning to pray. Coming soon.
I'm a MuslimI'm a MuslimEveryday conduct from the Quran and Sunnah. Coming soon.
Progress and FamilyProgress and FamilySee what they learned. One account for every child.
✨5Coming soon

What's next in ELAF

Watch on our YouTube channel, and see what we are building.

📺 Habooba's story continues. Season 2 is coming soon.

The CrewComing soon

The Crew

A mystery series in everyday Arabic, ages 7 and up

▶ YouTubeMore on our channel@YellaELAF
Hisham Hantoush, founder of ELAF, with his son Ziyad
❤️6Our story

It started with Ziyad.

“ELAF is the learning experience Ziyad enjoyed coming back to.”
Hisham Hantoush, founder, and his son Ziyad
Read our full story →
❓7FAQ
Which Arabic does my child learn?

Everyday Arabic, the way families speak at home.

What ages is it for?

All ages from 3 up. The same story is told three ways, Explorer, Adventure and Challenge, each with 3 levels.

What can my child do today?

Adventures 1 to 5 of Habooba Comes to Canada. The full story has 24 adventures, and new ones are added as they are finished.

Does ELAF record my child's voice?

No. The app turns your child's voice into text and does not keep a recording.

What devices does it work on?

A web browser on a tablet, computer or phone. Android and Apple apps are coming soon.

This time, they take the phone and don't run.

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