Archive for June, 2011
Body Language with Specific Meaning in the Arab World Posted by Fisal on Jun 6, 2011
We read before about kinds of communication in the Arab culture. Today, we are going to learn some body language or body signs with their specific meanings in the Arab culture. An open hand at the ear level is equal to Assalamu Alykom (the Muslim greeting) or hello. It usually accompanies the verbal greeting or…
This Day in History: The 1967 War (حرب 1967 ) Posted by Fisal on Jun 5, 2011
Every nation’s life is like everyone’s life; it has ups and downs. This day in 1967 was an unlucky day to all Arab countries neighboring Israel. Like today and on 5th June 1967, Israel launched a sudden and violent military attack against Syria, Egypt and Jordan. The war lasted for only six days. That…
Weak Verbs: The Lafeef Verb الفعل اللفيف Posted by Fisal on Jun 4, 2011
Today we are going to learn the last type of the weak verbs which is the Lafeef verb الفعل اللفيف . We said before that a weak verb is that which has one or two sick or vowel letters in its root form. The letters that make a verb sick/weak are: Waw (و ), Alif…
If You are my Love, .. إن كنت حبيبي Posted by Fisal on Jun 3, 2011
We have read before about the great Egyptian singer and actor Abdel-Haleem Hafez. Today, we are going to read and listen to a part of one of his great poetic songs entitled “A Message from under Water”. The poem was written by the famous poet Nizar Qabbani. You will find the song words and…
Weak Verbs: The Naaqis (Defective) Verb الفعل الناقص Posted by Fisal on Jun 1, 2011
We said before that a weak verb is that which has one or two sick letters in its base (root). The letters that make a verb weak are: Waw (و ), Alif (ا ) and Yaa (ى ). The position of the sick letter in the root verb determines the type of the weak verb…