October 2024, we were in a period of deep reflection.
Not just about "what will we launch next", but rather:
how to continue living from what we love, without drifting away from Allah, and bringing good to people.
We have always wanted our projects to truly serve a purpose.
Not just "running a business".
We wanted it to have meaning.
To bring people closer.
To open doors.
That’s when the idea came:
to take brothers to learn Arabic in Medina.
Not in a tourist mode.
Not in a rushed mode.
But in the sense of living there, experiencing the city, the mosque, the atmosphere.
So we put in place:
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2 months in Medina
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3 hours of Arabic lessons per day
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Accommodation
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2 Omras
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A day in a villa with a pool and football field
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A day in Yanbu, at the beach
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And above all: we were with them, from start to finish. Either me or members of the team.
Honestly… we did not expect what followed.
Allahoumma barik, there was an enormous enthusiasm.
We ended up managing almost 200 brothers in total.
It was beautiful. But it was hard.
Many were coming to Saudi Arabia for the first time.
The cultural shock is real.
The way of life is not the same.
The reference points are different.
We had to reassure, explain, support, rebalance…
Take time.
Listen.
Encourage.
There were days when it was heavy.
Days when we came back exhausted.
But we saw hearts change.
And that recharges everything we had spent.
The goal was never to "make you Arabic-speaking in 2 months".
We said it from the start.
In two months, you don’t learn the whole language.
But you unlock something.
You realize that you are capable.
You understand that living in a Muslim country is possible.
That piety, when you experience it every day, your heart gets used to it.
And that is the true gift.
Some went to Egypt afterwards.
Others stayed in Arabia.
Others returned with a different vision of their life.
And that…
is what touched us the most.
This project made us grow.
And you too.
Many of you, we first knew you as customers.
Then you became traveling brothers.
Then students.
Then sharers of memories we will never forget.
We never imagined it would take this scale.
But Allah gives according to intentions.
And we ask that He keeps us sincere.
That He preserves the good in this project.
That He increases it if He wills.
This project is DARSU AL MADINAH by Musafirayn.com.