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Reading Comprehension Practice 2: عيد النوروز – Nowruz Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Mar 28, 2018
Welcome to the second part of this post. In last week’s post, we looked at a passage about Nowruz, an occasion that is being celebrated in particular countries in the world round this time, particularly on 21st. Mar of every year. This week, I provide answers of last week’s post, check the answers below and…
Reading Comprehension Practice 1: عيد النوروز – Nowruz Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Mar 21, 2018
Welcome to this reading comprehension test, based on Nowrus, which is an occasion مناسبة that is celebrated in many countries around this time of the yearفي هذا الوقت من السنة . This post will be of two parts: the first part (current one) is based on a reading passage about the Nowrus, with a…
Egyptian Arabic Proverbs and their equivalent in Libyan Arabic (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Mar 14, 2018
To pick up where we left last week, we will be looking at two more proverbs in today’s post. As mentioned in last week’s post, we’re going to focus on proverbs حكم – آقوال in Egyptian Arabic اللهجة المصرية, which are probably familiar معروفة – متداولة to many Arabic learners, and we’re going to learn…
Egyptian Arabic Proverbs and their equivalent in Libyan Arabic (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Mar 7, 2018
In today’s and next week’s posts, we’re going to focus on four proverbs حكم – آقوال in Egyptian Arabic اللهجة المصرية, which are probably familiar معروفة – متداولة to many Arabic learners, and we’re going to learn about their equivalent مرادف in Libyan Arabic, a somewhat less popular dialect. What these three proverbs have in…
A listening task: Liverpool Arab Art festival (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Feb 28, 2018
Last week, we looked at a listening task regarding the Liverpool Arab Art festival. This week, we’re going to look at the answer. You can also find a list of the most important words and phrases that are mentioned in the video clip. This is a link to the video clip. (The link is a…
A listening task: Liverpool Arab Art festival (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Feb 21, 2018
Our comprehension task for today is about an amazing, annual سنوي cultural eventحدث ثقافي that takes place in the city of Liverpool, England every year in the Summer. It’s the Liverpool Arab Art Festival مهرجان ليفربول للفنون والثقافة العربية (Mahrajaan Liverpool lil-funoon wa a-thaqaafa al-ʕarabiya) Below is a short video clip of the last…
‘Real love, lasts long, baby’ – ‘الحب الحقيقي بيعيش يا حبيبي’ Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Feb 14, 2018
It’s valentine’s day عيد الحب! On this occasion, today’s post is dedicated to a song أغنية called ‘Real Love’ by the Egyptian singer: Mohammed Fouad محمد فؤاد The song (see clip below) was released in 1998 and it is in Egyptian Arabic. It’s considered one go Mohammed’s Fouad’s classics and one that Is still probably…