Archive for May, 2020
Letter of the Week (ظ) Thaa Posted by yasmine on May 27, 2020
Moving on to our sixteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ظ). Compared to other Arabic letters, you won’t find as many words beginning with the letter ظ, which is why in this post, I included various words that both begin and have the letter ظ in them, along with more culture/language related facts. Let’s begin…
Eid Under lockdown العيد خلال الحظر Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 26, 2020
Today’s post is a quick report of what has been going on in social media during Eid and how Arabs expressed their feelings عبّروا عن مشاعرهم and reactions ردّات فعلهم towards spending Eid under very different circumstances تجاه قضاء العيد في ظروف مختلفة than most years! The post includes some of the hashtags وسوم that…
“Welcome Eid أهلًا بالعيد” – A Song Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 22, 2020
It’s the festive season again.. It’s just been announced that tomorrow is the last day of Ramadan and so Eid is on Sunday, the 24th. May. Kul ʕaam wa antum bi-khair كل عام وأنتم بخير 🙂 If you’d ask any Arab about a song they often associate with Eid, the song “Ahlan Ahlan Bil-Eid”, by…
Letter of the Week (ط) Taa Posted by yasmine on May 20, 2020
Moving on to our fifteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ط), we will look at various words beginning with (ط) along with more culture/language related facts. Let’s begin with looking at your basic forms of the letter ط. Initial طـ, as in the word “طالِب” meaning “student”. Medial ـطـ , as in the word “مَطَر”…
Oman عُمان: through my eyes (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 15, 2020
Welcome back to this post about Oman. In this second part of the post, I continue to tell you about my experience in Oman عُمَان and its capital – Muscat مَسْقَطْ to be specific. It’s Oman and not Amman عَمَّان by the way 😀 The latter is the capital of the Arabic country Jordan, but…
Letter of the Week (ض) Dhod Posted by yasmine on May 13, 2020
Moving on to our fifteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ض), we will look at various words beginning with (ض) and learn why it is considered to be a very unique letter. In addition to reading a few Arabic jokes. 😄 Let’s begin with looking at your basic forms of the letter ض. Initial ضـ…
Ramadan Campaign: سنة الحياة Sunnet El-Hayaa Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 8, 2020
Our post this week is dedicated to an advert song أغنية لإعلان that Orange (a mobile’s company, Egypt branch) launched أطلقته as part of its Ramadan campaign حملة رمضان this year. The theme of the song موضوع الأغنية is timely مناسب (لهذا الوقت) as it sends a positive message رسالة إيجابية to people by giving…