Archive for July, 2016
Queens of Syria Posted by aziza on Jul 24, 2016
This week, I have been privileged to watch Queens of Syria! The Queens of Syria are 13 refugee women in Jordan who started to work on this performance together with a group of British and Syrian theater producers in Amman starting 2013. Like all the audiences, I felt that the performance was moving and powerful!…
The Most Populated Cities in the Arab World Posted by jesa on Jul 23, 2016
Marhaba! Can you imagine that about 8 billion people live on Earth? Think about it for a moment. It’s quite a number! However, new humans make it to our world and others leave to another place. Speaking of numbers and human beings, my post today is about the most populated Arab cities. If you follow…
Sing with Ziad Rahbani: Without Anything Else, I Love You Posted by jesa on Jul 19, 2016
Marhaba! In the past I have introduced you all to one my favorite musicians and artists, the one and only Ziad Rahbani. If you remember correctly, Ziad is the son of Fairouz! He is a musical genius and today I am sharing one my favorite songs by Ziad. It’s called Bala Wala Shi (بلا ولا…
The Failed Coup in Turkey (2) Posted by jesa on Jul 17, 2016
Marhaba! I am confident you found the reading comprehension exercise on the failed coup in Turkey interesting and useful. I am following the unfolding developments very closely in the hopes that things will stabilize and become better pretty soon. Today, I am sharing the answers to the previous questions in the reading comprehension post. I…
The Failed Coup in Turkey Posted by jesa on Jul 16, 2016
Marhaba! If you are following the latest and most breaking news, you would immediately know that a coup was underway in Turkey yesterday. While most news outlets are claiming that the government has restored order and thus pushed back those attempting to stage the coup, the outcome of this momentous development is still unfolding. Given…
Queens of Syria, Reading1 Posted by aziza on Jul 15, 2016
In this post, I present the answers of the reading comprehension exercise on a theatrical performance called “Queens of Syria” by Syrian refugees. The article is adapted from bbcarabic website. ملكات سوريا: رؤية حديثة لتراجيديا قديمة في عام 2011 كانت شام صيدلانية لديها أربعة أطفال وتعيش حياة طيبة في العاصمة السورية دمشق. ومع انزلاق…
Queens of Syria, Reading Posted by aziza on Jul 11, 2016
In this post, I present a reading comprehension exercise on a theatrical performance called “Queens of Syria” by Syrian refugees. The article is adapted from bbcarabic website. Please read the article and answer the questions that follow. You can use the useful vocabulary list to facilitate comprehension. ملكات سوريا: رؤية حديثة لتراجيديا قديمة في عام…