本书由上海外国语大学东方语学院阿拉伯语系多名教师历时两年时间编写完成，分上、下两册，共60篇课文，30余万字。全书诵读题材来源于阿拉伯国家经典著作，涵盖了文学、历史、地理等各个领域。包括了诗歌、小说、散文、演讲、戏剧等多方面内容。The book is wrote by teachers of Arabic specialty, School of Asian and African Studies, Shanghai International Studies University it's divided into two volumes, has a total of 60 texts and over 300 thousand words. The reading text in the book selects Arabian classics covering all sectors such as literature, history and geography, etc, includes various contents like poetry, novel, prose, speech and drama, etc.