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A 16-lesson course, taught in Arabic, that takes a beginner from opening an investment account to a portfolio they built themselves — with examples from the banks, currencies and platforms people actually use in Bahrain and the Gulf. 50 BHD, paid once, lifetime access, and the instructor answers every question himself. 381 students so far.
What the course is
Five units and sixteen video lessons — about 3h 45m in all — with a short quiz after each lesson. It follows one person, Khalid, through every decision: he checks whether he is ready, opens his account, chooses his first investments, builds his portfolio and keeps going. You watch him decide, then you decide.
- Ordered, not a library. Lesson 1 to lesson 16 is one path. You finish with a portfolio, not a reading list.
- Examples from here. Bahraini dinars, the banks and brokers available in the Gulf, and an account opened on camera.
- Questions answered by the instructor. Every lesson has a Q&A thread, and A.Rasool Shukralla answers it himself — not a support team, not a bot.
- The seven free tools are built in. The lessons use the same calculators and assessments that are free on this site — the English versions are here.
Who it is for — and who it is not for
It is for you if you follow spoken Arabic comfortably, you have never invested and want an ordered path, and you want a person to ask when you get stuck.
It is not for you if you want stock tips (there are none), you want someone to manage your money (that is not offered), or you cannot follow Arabic video — every lesson and every quiz is in Arabic, and this page is the only English part.
The curriculum
The lessons are taught in Arabic. This list is here so English readers can see what the course covers before buying. The English titles are translations; the Arabic under each is the lesson as it appears inside the course.
| # | Lesson | What it covers | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 · The basics | |||
| 1 | Introduction to investing مقدمة عن الاستثمار | What investing is, how it differs from saving and from trading, and why you start now rather than later. | 12:31 |
| 2 | Understanding and assessing risk فهم وتقييم المخاطر | Risk against return, and how to measure your own tolerance — with the risk tool. | 12:23 |
| 3 | Time horizon and types of investment الفترة الزمنية للاستثمار وأنواع الاستثمار | Matching what you buy to when you will need the money. | 9:20 |
| Unit 2 · Your financial readiness | |||
| 4 | The power of compound returns قوة الفائدة المتراكمة او المركبة | Why time matters more than the amount — worked through in the compound calculator. | 10:03 |
| 5 | Checking your financial readiness free preview التحقق من الامكانيات المالية | Income, expenses, debts and the emergency fund: whether you are ready to invest at all. | 23:12 |
| Unit 3 · The account and the platform | |||
| 6 | Choosing the right investment account اختيار حساب الاستثمار المناسب | CFDs against owning the shares, and how to pick a broker. | 10:32 |
| 7 | Opening an account at Interactive Brokers (IBKR) التسجيل في منصة IBKR | Registration, step by step. | 8:11 |
| 8 | Bonus: using the IBKR platform free preview درس اضافي: كيفية استخدام منصة IBKR | Depositing money and placing your first orders. | 22:45 |
| Unit 4 · Types of investment | |||
| 9 | Low-risk investments استثمارات بمخاطر قليلة | The options that fit short- and medium-term goals. | 15:01 |
| 10 | Medium- to high-risk investments استثمارات متوسطة الى عالية المخاطر | What they are and where they belong in a long-term plan. | 18:21 |
| 11 | Types of shares by strategy أنواع الأسهم حسب الاستراتيجيات | Value, growth and dividend shares — what each is for. | 12:25 |
| Unit 5 · Building the portfolio and keeping going | |||
| 12 | Building the portfolio: asset allocation بناء المحفظة: توزيع الاصول | Diversification, and how to split your money across asset types. | 14:11 |
| 13 | Researching sectors بحث القطاعات | Starting from what you already follow, and the tools for reading a sector. | 12:38 |
| 14 | Choosing the investments (ETFs) اختيار الاستثمارات | Picking the funds that give you the sectors you chose, and what to compare. | 26:49 |
| 15 | Dollar-cost averaging استراتيجية متوسط التكلفة الدولارية | Investing a fixed amount on a schedule, and why it beats guessing the moment. | 6:51 |
| 16 | Building positive investing habits بناء عادات ايجابية للاستثمار | The habits that keep you invested for years, not weeks. | 10:16 |
Sixteen lessons, fifteen quizzes, 3h 45m of video. Two lessons are free previews — lesson 5 has its own page, with the full video embedded and no sign-up.
Try before you buy
Two things you can do for nothing, before spending anything:
- The financial health check — eight questions, in English, that tell you honestly whether the course is the next step or whether there is something to sort out first.
- The free lesson — lesson 5, complete, in Arabic. Twenty-three minutes of exactly how the course teaches.
There are no refunds — the content is digital and all of it is delivered the moment you enrol. That is why both of these exist: you can test the fit and the teaching before you pay, not after.
Price, and how to buy
50 BHD, paid once. Lifetime access to all sixteen lessons, the quizzes, the Q&A and every future update. No subscription.
Enrolment is on the course page itself, which — like the course — is in Arabic. One course, one enrolment: there is no separate English edition, and your progress is recorded on the same course whichever language your dashboard shows.
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