Recent research shows that young people in the Arab world are using Arabizi which is defined as a written variety of Arabic using Latin characters and Arabic numerals to carry out Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) (Palfreyman, D. and Khalil, M. a., 2003, Yaghan, 2008, Essawy, 2010 & Abdel-Ghaffar, N., et al, 2011). This study investigates the view of learners of Arabic as a foreign language (AFL) on Arabizi. Hanson (2010) argues that one of the factors that hinder reading proficiency in AFL is the completely different writing system of Arabic. Hence, it is hypothesized in the pilot study that since Arabizi is written in Latin script, reading and writing Arabic language should be easier to learners whose L1 is written in Latin script. The pilot study explored the following questions: Do AFL learners believe that Arabizi is a new writing variety of Arabic that they need to learn? Do AFL learners think that Arabizi hinders or facilitates their communication with native Egyptians on CMC? Do AFL learners believe that Arabizi facilitates or complicates their learning of Arabic? What do AFL learners think of Arabizi in relation to Egyptians’ sense of identity? A web-based questionnaire was posted on the researcher’s Facebook page. Hence, the participants were from the researcher’s acquaintances who in turn sent the questionnaire to other participants via Facebook or email. Nineteen complete responses were received and analyzed. The results reject the hypothesis and indicated that AFL students believe that Arabizi complicates learning AFL and communication in Arabic on CMC. However, AFL learners expressed their need to learn Arabizi in order to communicate better in Arabic on CMC as they think that Arabizi is a new writing variety of Arabic. Yet, they believe that Arabizi is used to adapt Arabic to technology and is not related to Egyptians’ sense of identity. The present study targets a larger sample. The questionnaire was amended in which a few questions were added to provide more insight. Participants were students enrolled in the Center for Arabic Studies Abroad (CASA) and the Arabic Language Institute (ALI) summer programs in 2011 both at the American University in Cairo (AUC). Total complete responses are twenty three. The study confirms the results of the pilot questionnaire. It also concludes that Arabic may be facing a situation of “digraphia” where society employs two writing systems, in this case Arabic script and Arabizi. Implications on teaching AFL are discussed.