Archive for December, 2014
Reading Comprehension Answers: My Language is Arabic Posted by Fisal on Dec 25, 2014
Ahlan, Arabic fans! Here, I present the answers to the Reading Comprehension Exercise: My Language is Arabic. To view the exercise and questions again, please click here. الإجــابــات Answers عــنــوان الــمــســابــقــة هــو «لـغــتـي عـربـيــة» 1) The title of the competition is; “My Language is Arabic” تــَــمَّ إطــلاق الـمـسـابـقـة بــواســطــة وزارة الـتـعـلـيـم الـعـالـي و الـبـحـث…
Reading Comprehension Exercise: My Language is Arabic Posted by Fisal on Dec 25, 2014
اِقــرأ الـقــطـــعــــة الـتــالــيـــة ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة Read the and following passage and then answer the questions: أطـلـقـت وزارة الـتـعـلـيـم الـعـالـي و الـبـحـث الـعـلـمـي بـالـتـعــاون مـع جـمـعـيـة حـمـايـة الـلـغـة الـعـربـيـة بـدولـة الإمـارات الـعـربـيـة الـمـتـحـدة مـسـابـقـة عـالـمـيـة بـعـنـوان «لـغــتـي عـربـيــة»، و ذلـك بـالـتـزامـن مـع الإحـتـفـال بـالـيـوم الـعـالـمـي لـلـغـة الـعـربـيـة فـي الــثـامـن عـشـر مـن ديـسـمـبـر لـهـذا…
Where do the Arabic names of weekdays come from? Posted by Fisal on Dec 24, 2014
Ahlan أهــْــلاً Arabic lovers! In today’s post, I am going to discuss the meaning of the Arabic names of weekdays and where they came from. The weekdays, as they are known today, took some time along history until they reached the form known in the Arab world today. Arabs did not have separate…
Why I Think the Christmas Spirit Cuts Across Religious and Cultural Lines Posted by jesa on Dec 23, 2014
Marhaba! As you can see from my previous post, I am really excited about the Christmas season!! Although Christmas is considered a religious holiday for many Christians around the world, I fervently believe that the spirit of this beautiful holiday cuts across religious and cultural lines. I believe that you do not need to belong…
The 10 Most Interesting Facts about Christmas in Arabic! Posted by jesa on Dec 21, 2014
Marhaba! It’s that time of the year again!! To borrow from a famous song, ‘It’s Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas!!’ It’s somewhat impossible not to come across Christmas decorations, lights, presents, hundreds of candy choices, and people all around rushing to buy gifts and enjoy this beautiful festive season in most parts of…
Sibawayh Posted by aziza on Dec 19, 2014
In this post, we get to know a very famous grammarian of the Arabic language. He is the author of the first grammar of Arabic. Abū Bishr ʿAmr ibn ʿUthmān ibn Qanbar Al-Baṣrī (أبو بشر عمرو بن عثمان بن قنبر البصري), commonly known as Sībawayh (سيبويه), was an influential grammarian of the Arabic language. His seminal work…
Nizar Qabbani; “River of Sorrows” Posted by Fisal on Dec 17, 2014
Ahlan أهــْــلاً Arabic lovers! Today, I am presenting a very beautiful love poem by the great Arab poet Nizar Qabbani نــِــزَار قــَــبــَّــانــِــي . The poem is entitled; “River of Sorrows نــهــرُ الأحــزان“. It reflects the suffering that the poet finds in his love. I have also posted a youtube video of Nizar Qabbani…