Archive for the year 2010
Abdel Halim Hafez Posted by aziza on Apr 10, 2010
Abdel Halim Hafez (عبد الحليم حافظ) is one of the most famous and popular Arab singers. He was born on the 21st of June 1929 to a simple family in a small town called Halawat in the countryside. His real name is Abdel Halim Ismail Shabana (عبدالحليم إسماعيل شبانة). He lost both his parents and…
Using Arabic Prepositions with Question words Posted by aziza on Apr 7, 2010
Prepositions can be used with question words in Arabic just like English to make questions like from where? or where to? Examples of these questions can be found below: من أين أنت؟ “Where are you from?” إلى أين نذهب؟ “Where do we go?” إلى متى الانتظار؟ “Until when do you wait?” Certain prepositions like (من)…
Easter in the Middle East Posted by aziza on Apr 3, 2010
Easter is celebrated by Christians in the Middle East to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and it is called (عيد القيامة) or (عيد الفصح). It is usually preceded by a week of praying and special ceremonies, e.g. Palm Sunday (أحد الزعف), Good Friday (الجمعة الحزينة), Ash Wednesday (أربعاء الرماد), Thursday (خميس العهد), Easter Saturday…
Khalil Gibran Posted by aziza on Apr 1, 2010
Gibran (جبران خليل جبران) was born in Lebanon to a poor family that could not afford to give him formal education. However, priests taught him about the Bible, as well as the Arabic and Syriac languages. Around 1891, his family’s property was confiscated by the authorities. With no home, Gibran’s mother decided to immigrate to…
Arabic Greetings Posted by Transparent Language on Mar 31, 2010
Learn how to greet people in Arabic, respond to greetings, and other common words and phrases.
Tabbouleh Posted by aziza on Mar 29, 2010
Tabbouleh (تبولة) is one of the best salads I have ever tried. It is very common in the Levant (الشام), i.e. in Syria and Lebanon. It is a very healthy and delicious salad (سلطة), made mainly of fresh chopped vegetables (خضروات), spices (توابل), oil (زيت) and lemon juice (عصير ليمون). Below are two recipes that…
Arabic Numbers 1-100 Posted by aziza on Mar 25, 2010
Here is another post that deals with the writing and pronunciation of Arabic numbers. The table below gives the numbers in writing and transliteration of the sounds. The following video gives the numbers in a sound file with the writing. Please note that the youtube clip includes nunation (تنوين) at the end of each number…