Tag Archives: Arabic culture
The Ancient City of Fes فاس Posted by yasmine on May 17, 2022
In this post, we’ll learn about the ancient city of Fes in Morocco مدينة فاس القديمة في المغرب. It’s history تاريخها dates back over a thousand years ألف سنة. Fes فاس is filled with souks أسواق, cafes مقاهي, Islamic architecture العمارة الإسلامية, and mosques المساجد. We’ll begin with watching a clip about what makes مدينة…
The Christian Community in Jordan Posted by yasmine on Mar 23, 2022
In part one of this post, we’ll be learning about Arab Christians المسيحيون العرب in Jordan. We’ll watch a clip in Modern Standard Arabic that lists the different Christian sects الطوائف المسيحية existing in Jordan, the churches الكنائس in each area, and the holidays الأعياد they celebrate. In the next post, we’ll learn about their…
Juha, His Son and the Donkey جحا وابنه والحمار Posted by yasmine on Feb 23, 2022
In every culture, certain characters شخصيات emerge over time with their own way of teaching us life lessons دروس الحياة. Juha جُحا is one of those characters who’s tales حكايات have been around for centuries قرون beginning from the seventh century. He is what you call a wise old fool عجوز أحمق حكيم. This foolishness…
The Enduring Art of Traditional Palestinian Tiles Part Two Posted by yasmine on Feb 16, 2022
Welcome back to part two of this post about the struggle in trying to preserve الحفاظ على a part of Palestinian heritage تراث فلسطيني which is that of making traditional decorative tiles البلاط التقليدي المزخرف. You will hear the reporter speaking in لغة عربية فصحى and the men who work with these tiles speak Palestinian…
El-Funoun Dance Troupe فرقة الفنون الشعبية الفلسطينية Part 2 Posted by yasmine on Sep 1, 2021
Welcome back to part two of this post about the Palestinian folklore group called فِرْقة الفنون الشَّعبية الفِلَسطينية El-Funoun Dance Troupe. We’ll continue listening to the rest of the short interviews in the clip while following along with the transcription, then answer a few questions. 🎇 فرقة الفنون الشعبية الفلسطينية🎇 .عضو من الفرقة: بجوز كانت…
How to Give your Condolences in Arabic التعزية Posted by yasmine on Jul 21, 2021
If you happen to know someone who is of the Islamic faith and who has lost a loved one, you may want to know how to express your condolences تعزي in Arabic, since such phrases are taken from both the Quran and Hadith. Knowing how to say at least one of these phrases will mean…
What Does it Mean to Have a Good Reputation? Posted by yasmine on Jul 7, 2021
What comes to mind when you hear the word reputation السُّمْعة? Where you live, in your culture, how important is it to have a good reputation سمعة كويسة? In this post, I thought to talk about the importance of one’s reputation in the Arab world, specifically in Jordan since I’m Jordanian and what it means…