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Imran’s Phonetic Keyboard for Arabic
Learners of Arabic who type in Arabic on a Western Keyboard prefer a keyboard layout closer to the phonetic of the US keyboard than the Arabic keyboard layouts that MS provides (but try also phonetically transcribing IME like Google Arabic Input or Microsoft Maren – provided the pedagogy of your writing assignment permits that! Also note the LRC has 1 hardware keyboard with overlay keys for Arabic). Here is what your keyboard installation looks like in intl.cpl: 
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Hi, where can I download this keyboard from?
I do not exactly remember where I found it, but quick Google search turns up this match for Imran’s Phonetic Keyboard for Arabic: http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1895924 (scroll down to the link).
Good luck!
كيف احمل هذا مجانا؟ انصرني يا أخي الكريم.
If you want to download it, you used to be able to for free from the forum post I linked in this article.