Archive for the year 2012
Wake Up and Smell the Arabic Coffee! Posted by Hichem on Mar 16, 2012
You’ve always had cappuccinos, frappuccinos, espressos, lattes—and now you’re in for a change? Well, why not learn how to prepare القهــــــــوة العربيـــــــــة (Arabic coffee) in just 10 super easy steps! Arabic Coffee has quite a special pot called “دلَّــــــــة” (dallah) as well as a particular coffee cup that is small and without a handle… A video…
Quick Intro to “Classy Insults” in Classical Arabic Posted by Hichem on Mar 13, 2012
!لا تَفْجَعُـــــــــــــوا يا أَصْدِقَــــــــــائي (Don’t panic, my friends!) Today’s post is not yet another vulgar compilation of الكلام الفاحش (profanities) such as the ones you can often run into on the Web in almost any language… Not at all. What you will find here is a quick intro to rather “classier” examples and paradigms of how insults…
International Women’s Day Posted by Fisal on Mar 8, 2012
International Women’s Day Google celebrates today the International Women’s Day يــَــوْمُ الــمــَــــــرأة الــعــَـــــالــَــمــِــــــــيّ (IWD), so ‘Happy International Women’s Day‘ to all women all over the world. The day is marked on March 8th every year and is a national holiday عــُــطـــْـــلــــَـــة in many countries. The focus of the celebration ranges from showing respect اِحــْـــتــِـــــرام , appreciation…
Top 100+ Must-Know Arabic Words for Facebook Posted by Hichem on Mar 2, 2012
Ever wondered how to say “Poke” in Arabic? Whether or not you’re certifiably مُدمــــــــن على الفيــــــس بـــــــوك (a “Facebookaholic”), this Top 100+ list can be a nice and fun way for you to quickly gain lots of Arabic vocabulary. Now, if you really want to propel your Arabic skills to the next level, this will set the ground…
How Ancient Arabic Books Help Understand Today’s Weird Climate Change Posted by Hichem on Mar 1, 2012
Who would have anticipated that كُتُبٌ عَرَبِيَّــــــــــة قَدِيــــــــــمة (old Arabic books), far from being “woefully outdated”, would maintain a thriving relevance for several centuries to come, and help humanity understand a world beyond the time and place they were written in—Our world today? Three days ago, the UK’s Daily Mail published an article citing an academic…
A word search game in Arabic – media answer Posted by aziza on Feb 29, 2012
Did you manage to answer the word search game? You can check your answers below. Can you think of other Arabic words about media? Please find more words below: the media industry =صناعة الإعلام correspondent =مراسل reporter =صحفي freedom of expression =حرية التعبير cersorship = رقابة
A word search game – media Posted by aziza on Feb 29, 2012
In this post, I have created an Arabic word search game for you. Can you find the 10 words below in the table? If you are not sure about the meaning of any word, look at the bottom of the page for the translation. 1- إعلام 2- إعلان 3- مجلة 4- صحيفة 5- صحفي…