Archive for August, 2014
Reading comprehension – Ebola Outbreak – Answers Posted by aziza on Aug 17, 2014
In this post, I present the answers of the reading comprehension exercise that deals with the Ebola outbreak presented earlier. Article: السيطرة على وباء إيبولا “سيستغرق 6 أشهر” أطباء بلا حدود إن تفشي وباء إيبولا في غرب أفريقيا سوف يستغرق ستة أشهر من العمل للسيطرة عليه. ودعت مديرة منظمة أطباء بلا حدود، جوان ليو، في…
Farewell Robin Williams: 5 of his Most Famous Movie Quotes in Arabic Posted by jesa on Aug 16, 2014
Marhaba! I am sure you’ve all come across the latest news that the Hollywood star (النجم السينمائي) Robin Williams has passed away. Although the Hollywood star decided to end his life voluntarily and there are many contrasting views on suicide (الانتحار) around the world which cut across religions and nations, the important fact remains that…
Reading comprehension – Ebola Outbreak Posted by aziza on Aug 15, 2014
Read the text and answer the following questions. The text is adapted from a news article on bbcarabic. You can use the vocabulary list provided to facilitate your comprehension. السيطرة على وباء إيبولا “سيستغرق 6 أشهر” أطباء بلا حدود إن تفشي وباء إيبولا في غرب أفريقيا سوف يستغرق ستة أشهر من العمل للسيطرة عليه. ودعت…
Egyptian Proverbs (8) Posted by Fisal on Aug 13, 2014
Arabic proverbs الأمــْــثــَــال الــعــَــرَبــِــيــَّـــة reflect the beauty جــَــمــَــال of the Arabic Language and the wisdom حــِــكــْــمــَــة of the Arabs and their culture. In Egypt, these proverbs are part of everyone’s daily routine. There is no one single situation مــَــوْقــِــف that would not have the perfect proverb tailored for it. Just for the sake of fun الــمــُــتــْــعــَــة , I…