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Basics of the Libyan cuisine المطبخ الليبي – Part 2 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 16, 2018
This two part post is a comprehension practice about the Libyan cuisine and some of the main الرئيسية/popular الأكثر شهرة dishes الأطباق in Libya. In last week’s post, you had the opportunity to listen to the clip and follow the transcript of the clip (a combination of Libyan & Egyptian dialect). There were also a…
Basics of the Libyan cuisine المطبخ الليبي – Part 1 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 9, 2018
This three part post is a comprehension practice about the Libyan cuisine and some of the main الرئيسية/popular الأكثر شهرة dishes الأطباق in Libya. The first part provides some questions for you to answer. In addition, a transcript of the clip (a combination of Libyan & Egyptian dialect) will provided here. The second part of…
Listening Comprehension (Sabaʕ Gaar سابع جار) 4 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 2, 2018
Over the past three weeks, we have been looking at a short scene (see below, from 2.46 to 5.46) from a popular Egyptian TV show that is currently screened in the Arab world. Now that we have the transcript of the script in both Arabic and English, it is time to test your understanding of…
Listening Comprehension (Sabaʕ Gaar سابع جار) 3 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Apr 25, 2018
Picking it up where we left last week, we’re still looking at the short scenario from the Egyptian TV show سابع جار (the seventh neighbour). In this week, I’m going to provide a translation of the same scenario we have been learning the last two weeks in Egyptian and Standard Arabic. We’re still looking…
Listening Comprehension (Sabaʕ Gaar سابع جار) 2 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Apr 18, 2018
In this week’s post, we’re still looking at the short scenario from the Egyptian TV show سابع جار (the seventh neighbour). As you probably remember, the transcription provided last week was in Egyptian Arabic. This week, however, we’re looking at the Modern Standard version of the same scenario. Make sure you check last week’s transcript…
Listening Comprehension (Sabaʕ Gaar سابع جار) 1 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Apr 11, 2018
Today’s post is a listening practice, based on a short clip from a very popular TV show that is currently being screened on CBC Drama. The show is called سابع جار (the seventh neighbour). The show follows the everyday life details of a number of families who live in the same apartment building. This is…
Some insights into people names in the Arab world Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Apr 4, 2018
People in the Arab world pay a lot of attention to names and put a lot of effort يبذلون الكثير من الجهد into choosing names for their babies’, boys and girls. As a result, names in the Arab world are often interesting with some unique features خصائص مميزة that perhaps make them stand out. In…