Archive for July, 2020
Letter of the Week (ل) laam Posted by yasmine on Jul 8, 2020
Moving on to our twenty third letter of the Arabic alphabet (ل), we will look at various words and phrases beginning with (ل) along with more culture/language related facts. Let’s begin with looking at your basic forms of the letter ل. Initial لـ, as in the word “لَوْن” meaning “color”. Medial ـلـ, as in the…
Orange the world (2) لوِّن العالم برتقاليًا Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jul 6, 2020
Welcome to the second part of this blog post where we’re still talking about the way Twitter users responded to the UN campaign :حملة الأمم المتحدة “Unite to end violence against women” اِتّحدوا لإنهاء العنف ضد المرأة that is celebrated on the 25th Of each month. “Orange the world” or “لوّن العالم برتقاليًا” is the…
Orange the world (1) لوِّن العالم برتقاليًا Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jul 3, 2020
Over the last few days, the colour orange اللون البرتقالي could be seen on many Twitter accounts in the Arab world. The reason was to raise awareness about لنشر الوعي حول domestic abuse against women العنف المنزلي ضد النساء. Many hashtags were created in Arabic as a response to the UN campaign :حملة الأمم المتحدة…
Letter of the Week (ك) kaaf Posted by yasmine on Jul 1, 2020
Moving on to our twenty second letter of the Arabic alphabet (ك), we will look at various words and phrases beginning with (ك) along with more culture/language related facts. Let’s begin with looking at your basic forms of the letter ك. Initial كـ, as in the word “كَبير” meaning “big”. Medial ـكـ , as in…