Cletus please fuck off to your containment board
also OP dont do the retarded, mistake and think you can get a government job being a translator for US interest in middle east.
The more helpful language is iranian, or dari. which are spoken in Afghanistan
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>How does one starts learning Arabic? Let's say the objective is to be a translator or an interpret from Arabic to his native language. Is it better or more common to learn MSA (fusha) first, or to learn a specific dialect at first?
MSA first, you simply can't be a translator if you don't master the written language, and dialects are all about the vernacular (speech), their grammatical rules and vocabulary aren't as well dodumented and they don't have many learning resources you can use as a beginner, It's much better to start off with MSA to gain an intuitive understanding of how this language group operates, and then tacle a dialect of your choice (keep in mind if you pick a North African dialect it's like learning a new language altogether, "dialect" is being used generously here).
>What is the language used at the Arab League conferences? Do they use interprets like at the UN conferences or do they all speak Middle Standard Arabic?
MSA simply because it's the language of political administration, it's expected to be used when making a speech even if everyone in the room is from your country or understands your dialect.
>And how does MSA allow you to be understood
Lingua franca.
>can the less educated people in regions understand it, or is it something that you may only use in big cities?
Unless you're illiterate you will be able to understand it.
For my advanced Arabic learners:
Mouthurfie holghareeq soupaftalanj! Wannarik jaz foonoogi al-hapu hapu, bobintuhul orakhistrim. Shatranj-ud-hadad bee nafsatah, wejeeh shuyukh bin ilam-ud-jizya. Kush warooh bil biladeeyoon ar-ras! Intifad al-salam jabal korban bismlahm.