Hello and Salaam! If you're like me, you were born in the West or immigrated here at a young age. While we can understand or perhaps speak Urdu at a middle or high school level, we're mostly unable to understand in depth any sort of newscast, philosophical, or poetic discussion. The purpose of this website is for you to improve your Urdu so that you can follow along when listening to a complex conversation. You do not need to be able to read Urdu for this website. I will read out loud poems, news articles and other selections. This first audio recording will translate the difficult words of each selection in English as I read along in Urdu. Once you feel you know the words, a second audio recording of the same selection will be read only in Urdu for you to test yourself.