Marginally. If you want to go from seeing it as "foreign text" to "it makes this sound".
If you get a kick out of being able to identify a word here and there, or to read a map, or maybe even a label, it might be worth it.
If you're curious enough to learn it, it won't stop there. For Arabic, a little bit of good instruction will allow you to parse a little bit of the syntax of a phrase or sentence, the tense or other inflections, and some prepositions.
Marginally. If you want to go from seeing it as "foreign text" to "it makes this sound".
If you get a kick out of being able to identify a word here and there, or to read a map, or maybe even a label, it might be worth it.
If you're curious enough to learn it, it won't stop there. For Arabic, a little bit of good instruction will allow you to parse a little bit of the syntax of a phrase or sentence, the tense or other inflections, and some prepositions.