I am ashamed of myself for having spent my life in the Gulf and yet reached only intermediate Arabic fluency; it hurts even more because I just love the language, the way it sounds and the way it flows.. even if I wasn't Muslim god forbid and even if it wasn't the language of the Quran, I'd still find Arabic to be my favourite language. Inshallah, my dream is to one day speak it like the arabs.... People say its difficult to learn but I feel English as a language is more difficult to master and most people speak it only because that's what they started early with in school and because its the primary language of business and education worldwide...