Archive for April, 2016
La Vie En Rose in Arabic Posted by jesa on Apr 24, 2016
Marhaba! Have you been in love? Well, it’s one of the best feelings in the world. Looking at someone and knowing that you want to spend every second of your lifetime with that person is unique. Today, I am sharing one of favorite love songs of all time. My wife and I love this song…
Learn All African Countries and Territories in Arabic – Part 2 Posted by jesa on Apr 23, 2016
Marhaba! Building on my part one of all African countries and territories in Arabic, today I focus on the second group of nation-states. Similar to previous posts, I have translated and transliterated the country names so that you can use them when writing and/or speaking Arabic. As you know, Africa is a large continent with…
Mohammad Ghani Hikmat (1929 – 2011) Posted by Fisal on Apr 21, 2016
Ahlan أهــْــلاً, Arabic lovers! Yesterday, Google Middle East celebrated the 87th anniversary of Mohammad Ghani Hikmat مـحـمـد غـانـي حـكـمـت showing one of his famous monuments called “Saving the Iraqi Culture”. So, I thought it is a good chance to write a short biography about the man. Hikmat was one of the most important Iraqi…
Everything You Need to Know about the Panama Papers in Arabic (2) Posted by jesa on Apr 19, 2016
Marhaba! Hope you all enjoyed learning about the Panama Papers in Arabic. It is an impressive story and I will keep a close watch of different developments over the next few months. Today, I want to share the answers to the listening comprehension exercise in the previous post. I will share the video again from…
Everything You Need to Know about the Panama Papers in Arabic Posted by jesa on Apr 16, 2016
Marhaba! A few days ago, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists leaked a set of 11.5 million confidential documents about 214,000 offshore companies listed by the Panamanian corporate service provider Mossack Fonseca. I am sharing a very interesting and concise overview of the Panama Papers in the form of a listening comprehension exercise from the…
Angelina Jolie’s visit Answers Posted by aziza on Apr 15, 2016
In this post, I present the answers of the reading comprehension exercise on Angelina Jolie’s visit to a refugee camp in Lebanon from a news story from BBC Arabic. تلقي الممثلة الأمريكية أنجلينا جولي كلمة رئيسية حول أزمة اللاجئين في إطار يوم من التغطية الخاصة تنظمه بي بي سي. ومن المقرر أن تُلقي جولي، وهي مبعوثة…
Reading comprehension Angelina Jolie Posted by aziza on Apr 15, 2016
In this post, I present a reading comprehension exercise based on a news story from BBC Arabic. تلقي الممثلة الأمريكية أنجلينا جولي كلمة رئيسية حول أزمة اللاجئين في إطار يوم من التغطية الخاصة تنظمه بي بي سي. ومن المقرر أن تُلقي جولي، وهي مبعوثة مفوضية اللاجئين بالأمم المتحدة، كلمتها في جلسة تُعقد يوم 16 مايو/…