Archive for December, 2015
Listening Comprehension Answers: Dubai International Film Festival Posted by Fisal on Dec 11, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! How was the listening exercise? Have you ever been to Dubai? If you are in Dubai, there is a chance to watch the latest films fully free of charge. Just hang out at the festival area! Ok. Now, here are the answers to the last listening exercise about the Dubai…
Salep/Sahlab Posted by aziza on Dec 11, 2015
Salep (سحلب) is a warm drink made with is a flour made from the tubers of the orchid genus Orchis (thanks Wikipedia). Salep or Sahlab is a warm drink which is consumed in cold nights in Arab countries. It is soothing and calming, and I consider it a great alternative to tea and coffee, however…
Listening Comprehension Exercise: Dubai International Film Festival Posted by Fisal on Dec 10, 2015
اِســتــمــع إلــى الــتــقــريــر ، ثــُــمَّ أجـِــبْ عـَــن الأســئــلــة الــتــَّــالــِــيــَـــة : Listen to the report and then answer the following questions: الأســـْـــئــِـــلــة Questions مــا هــو رقــم هــذه الــدورة لــلــمــهــرجــان؟ 1) What number is this round of the festival? مــَــنْ هــى الــمــمــثــلــة الــفــرنــســيــة الــتــي يــكــرمــهــا الــمــهــرجــان؟ 2) Who is the French actress that the festival honors?…
“You, That I Love”; Amr Diab Posted by Fisal on Dec 9, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic fans! Today I am presenting a beautiful song by Amr Diab عــَـــمــْـــرو دِيــَـــاب . The song is entitled “أنــت يــالــلى بــحــبــك/Enta Yally Bahibak/” which translates literally as “You, That I Love”. Like all of Amr’s songs, the songs on the Egyptian slang Arabic. Slang or dialectic Arabic is a phenomenon…
9 Arabic Phrases to Use During Emergencies Posted by jesa on Dec 5, 2015
Marhaba! At all times in our life, we ask for help. When we were kids, we would cry in our times of despair to get help. As adults, we ask for aid by yelling ‘Help’ and other similar phrases converging on the notion of support. Against the background of important Arabic phrases for traveling to…
UAE National Day 2015 Posted by Fisal on Dec 3, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Yesterday, the Arabic version of Google participated in the wide celebrations of the UAE 44 National Day اليوم الوطني by changing the Google Doodle into the colors of the Emirati flag and sharing an image of Qasr Al-Hosn قصر الحصن as an “O”. Here is some brief information about the…
Adele’s “Hello” in Arabic Posted by jesa on Dec 1, 2015
Marhaba! So, are you an Adele fan? Well, I am. My wife and I have been following her since the release of her first album ‘19’ in 2008. Her latest hit “Hello” from the album ‘25’ is topping all music charts around the world. Over 500 million fans (and counting!!!) have watched the music video…