Anita Said:

How long it takes for a non arab to learn to speak Arabic?

We Answered:

a lifetime

Nicholas Said:

what are some good websites to learn to speak arabic?

We Answered:

http://mylanguages.org/learn_persian.php (50% of the population speaks Dari)

or

http://mylanguages.org/learn_pashto.php (35% of the population speaks Pashto)

Hazel Said:

I need to learn how to speak conversational Arabic, any ideas?

We Answered:

The Egyptian dialect of Arabic is the most widely understood colloquial dialect, so if you can find a book, you may want to make sure that it's based on that specific dialect. I cannot think of any instructional materials for Egyptian Arabic, but there is a good book called 'Teach Yourself Gulf Arabic' from the renowned 'Teach Yourself' series.

James Said:

Is it realistic for a college student to learn to speak Arabic or Hebrew reasonably well?

We Answered:

That's reasonable and quite useful if you know another language, no matter how native-like you'll become at the end of the day. For learning a foreign language, the first goal that you would have is being able to express yourself and being understood (accent? no matter at all!). The next stage would be working on your speed and grammar. Never assume that you need be native-like so that the native speakers understand you, or accept you.
However, there are two points here: 1) What is your REAL goal (call it "motivation") for learning a, say, Middle Eastern language? I see that you haven't even decided on which language exactly you like to learn. Do you like to travel there (quite different countries are there: Iran is geographically and historically the most fascinating country in that region, Arab states are trying to modernise their outside appearance, and Israel is already a modern country scientifically). Do you like to read their literature? Do you like to work there? Are you interested in their cultures? ... If you don't have a strong motivation, you will not succeed to learn that language in the long run.
2) how much learning stuff do you have at hand? Do you have any software, book, film, etc? And, how much exposure do you have to the native speakers of those languages? No exposure means no real learning environment, and that means no real learning.
Finally, I repeat my words, it is very useful to learn another language (at least you won't lose anything), but it is motivation and amount of exposure that count.
Good luck with it! :)

Edit:
Just to correct a few things Rumaitha said,
1) Farsi (Persian) is an Indo-European language not Semitic. It has many words and word roots in common with European languages.
2) Letters are out of question here, because the writing systems used in those languages are different to the Latin writing system used in English.
3)Talking about "sounds", Arabic has six vowels, and 28 consonants (9 of which don't exist in English, but lack 4 English sounds), while Persian has 6 vowels and 21 consonants, only 2 of which are absent in English, and the 2 "th" sounds of English are not present in Persian. Unfortunately I'm not informative enough about Hebrew.
4) English is among the few languages which don't have verb conjugations regarding "person" (except for third person singular). On the other hand, most of other languages, from Latin languages, Germanic, Iranian, Semitic to African languages have complex conjugations for every person.
5) Farsi has no grammatical distinction for gender.
6) The Grammar Structure given by her is correct only for Arabic, not Farsi (and most probably Hebrew).

Mae Said:

How can I learn speaking Arabic online free?

We Answered:

Ahhh another person yet to visit the excellent links in my profile. You have missed out on much,my brother. For your convenience, here you go :

http://www.madinaharabic.com/ < start with this one.
http://www.lqtoronto.com/

Salaam

Felix Said:

is there anyone whod help me learn to speak arabic?

We Answered:

Hi. I'm glad to hear that you're feeling better. I speak Arabic fluently, and would be more than happy to talk, or correspond with you, to help you learn the language. I am sure it would be a lot of fun and learning! But I must warn you the language is one of the hardest in the world! I think it would be better for you to learn basic public (amiah) Arabic, than the literal (fusha) straigh away. In all cases I'm ready to help. Send me an e-mail if you decide to really start. Good luck.