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Hamza Namira: “Free for a bit?” فاضي شويّة؟ Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Mar 31, 2022
Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of attending a live performance by the Egyptian artist Hamza Namira in London حضور أداء موسيقي حيّ للفنّان المصري حمزة نمرة في لندن. It was a lovely night that it made me want to share one of his hit songs titled: ‘Fadhy Shwayya‘ – ‘Free for a bit?‘…
Choices: Listening Practice in Saudi Arabic (Part 2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Mar 28, 2022
Welcome to the 2nd part of this blog post where we’re still discussing the topic of choices الاختيارات. Last week,we started studying a one-minute, video clip in Saudi Arabic باللهجة السعودية. The clip is taken from a live broadcast بث حي by Dr. Sumaya Al-Nasser الدكتورة سمية الناصر. Last week, an English transcript of the…
Song: My beloved mother أمي الحبيبة Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Mar 21, 2022
Welcome to a new post 🙂 Today is Mother’s Day in the Arab world اليوم هو يوم الأم / عيد الأم في الوطن العربي. To celebrate this day, I’d like to share with you a lovely song, in Egyptian Arabic, by the amazing singer: Hisham Abbas هشام عبّاس. The song is short and not quick-pacd…
Choices: Listening Practice in Saudi Arabic (Part 1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Mar 14, 2022
Welcome to today’s blog. We will be studying a one-minute, video clip in Saudi Arabic باللهجة السعودية. The clip is taken from a live broadcast بث حي by Dr. Sumaya Al-Nasser الدكتورة سمية الناصر. She is an awareness coach مُدَرِّبَةُ وَعْي & a leading figure شَخْصِيَّةٌ بَارِزَةٌ in the field of self-help مجال تطوير الذات/…
International Women’s Day: Break the Bias Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Mar 8, 2022
I’d like to send love and respect to women all over the world. Today is the International Women’s Day يوم المرأة العالمي/ اليوم العالمي للمرأة. As is the case every year, the United Nations هيئة الأمم المتحدة designates تُخَصِّص this day of every year to clebrate women لِتَحْتَفِي بَالنِّسَاء , and their achievements, in all walks of…
Libyan Recipe: Bazeen بازين Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Feb 25, 2022
In this post, you will be introduced to the number 1 (savoury) dish in Libya – it’s El-Bazeen البازين. Bazeen is one of the most known delicious and sophisticated dishes across Libya. Tunisia is probably the only other country that makes this dish but is cooked differently. In that sense, El-Bazeen is really unique to…
Mahraganaat Music أغاني المهرجانات – Part 3 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Feb 21, 2022
Welcome to the last part of this blog post series Mahraganaat Music. Last week, we started studying the lyrics of a specific example of this type music; a song called: إنتِ قلبي you’re my heart that is performed by Omar Kamaal & Shaima Al-Maghrabi. The 2nd half of the lyrics, in Arabic & English, are provided below…