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The Last Dance Posted by on Jun 5, 2017

This is one of my favourite songs! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Mostafa Amin (مصطفى أمين) is a young Egyptian singer whom I think is very talented. This is one of his most recent songs released in 2016. The lyrics are below, and video has the English translation.   مزيكتنا…

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Ramadan came Posted by on May 29, 2017

The holy month of Ramadan is here again. Muslims around the world celebrated the beginning of the holy month 3 days ago.  In this post, I present a traditional song from Egypt to welcome the holy month. The song is called Ramadan came (رمضان جانا).   رمضان جانا وفرحنا به Ramadan came and we are…

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Top 10 phrases for Palestinian Arabic Posted by on May 26, 2017

In this post, I present a  very interesting video by Sam who is a teacher of Arabic with a very interesting YouTube channel called (Arabic with Sam ). In this video, Sam teaches us the top 10 words in Palestinian Arabic and gives us very interesting cultural insights about Nablus and Palestinian Arabic and culture…

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Reading answers, social media Posted by on May 19, 2017

In this post, I present the answers of the reading comprehension exercise based on an article from BBC Arabic, on the effect of social media on youth in the UK.   أكد استطلاع جديد أجري في بريطانيا أن غالبية البريطانيين يرون أن موقع انستغرام هو “الأسوأ بين منصات التواصل الاجتماعي” من حيث تأثيره السيء على…

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Reading comprehension, social media Posted by on May 19, 2017

In this post, I present a reading comprehension exercise based on an article from BBC Arabic, on the effect of social media on youth in the UK. Please read the news story and answer the following questions. You can use the additional vocabulary list at the end to aid your comprehension. أكد استطلاع جديد أجري…

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Egyptian Arabic words of Italian Origin Posted by on May 15, 2017

Egypt hosted a large Italian community in the 19th century and early 20th century. Italians lived in coastal Egyptian cities, particularly Alexandria.  They constituted an important segment of the Egyptian society and worked in all fields. Moreover, some famous actors and singers in Egypt like Dalida and Stefan Rosti were of Italian origin. As a…

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Missiles turn into works of art, answers Posted by on Apr 29, 2017

In this post, I present the answers of the listening comprehension questions on the news report from the BBC Arabic service on a Syrian baker who changes missiles into works of art. Questions and answers: أين يسكن أبو علي وكم يبلغ من العمر؟ يسكن أبو علي في دوما بالغوطة الشرقية ويبلغ من العمر أربعين عاماً. ما الذي يميز أبو…

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