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Juju – Arabic Buddy helps children aged 4–7 practise school Arabic at home, even when their parents don't speak Arabic. The problem: in the UAE, children learn Arabic at school from an early age, but in many expat families the parents can't read or speak it. When homework comes home, parents rely on Google Translate and children lose interest. In our survey, 51 of 63 parents said they can't confidently support Arabic homework, and the biggest challenge was no English support for parents. The solution: Juju, a friendly baby camel, turns the child's own home into the classroom. Children photograph real objects (a sofa, a door, a cup) to learn their Arabic names and sentences, practise each school letter through Listen, Speak, Read and Write, and play camera games in Juju's Magic World, like shaping a letter in playdough or feeding Juju something that matches three Arabic clue words. Parents get Parent Corner: Arabic basics in plain English, progress by letter and skill, a weekly report, and Ask Juju for homework questions answered in English. Safe by design: the Arabic children learn is human-reviewed with full vowel marks, never AI-generated. Meta's models handle understanding photos, speech and context. The app was reviewed by the Head of Arabic B at GEMS Founders School, Abu Dhabi, and next we plan to offer it to UAE schools as a home-learning companion for expat families.