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World Mental Health Day يوم الصحة النفسية العالمي – Part 2 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Nov 1, 2021
Welcome to the 2nd. part of this blog post. Last week, we started learning about the topic of mental health الصحة النفسية as it’s celebrated internationally يُحتَفَل بها حول العالم in the month of October في شهر أكتوبر. In the previous post, we focused on the main vocabulary around the topic, through watching a short…
World Mental Health Day يوم الصحة النفسية العالمي – Part 1 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Oct 25, 2021
In this month, the world celebrates يَحْتَفِل العَالَمُ بِـ the Mental Health Day يوم الصحة النفسية. It is celebrated on the 10th. October of each year. This post (made up of 2 parts) studies a short video clip, produced by BBC Arabic, which discusses (in Standard Arabic) five ways in which خمس طرق التي يستطيع…
Discussing opinions in Levantine Arabic (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Oct 18, 2021
Welcome to the 2nd part of this blog post 🙂 مرحبا بكم في الجزء الثاني من هذه المدوّنة. Last week, we started studying ways that one can use to discuss their opinion مناقشة آرائهم in Arabic, particularly Syrian Arabic اللهجة السوريّة. We particularly looked at expressions that can be used to express/state an opinion التعبير عن…
Discussing opinions in Levantine Arabic (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Oct 11, 2021
Welcome to a new post 🙂 مرحبا بكم في مدوّنة جديدة. Our topic today is opinions وجهات النظر/ الآراء . We will be learning how one can express/state their opinion يعبّر عن رأيه as well as asking others for their opinion يسأل الآخرين عن آرائهم in Arabic, particularly Syrian Arabic اللهجة السوريّة. This post will focus…
Song: ‘We love you بِنْحِبِّكْ’ *Egypt مَصْرْ* Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Oct 4, 2021
Today, I would like to share with you a patriotic song. أغنية وطنية, by the iconic Syrian singer – Assala Nasri أصالة نصري. The song is in Egyptian Arabic and was released last summer. Apart from the fact that most Arabs love Egypt, Assala has a special bond with Egypt as she has settled in…
Domestic tourism in Covid-19 times السياحة الداخلية (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Sep 27, 2021
Welcome to the 2nd part of this blog post مرحبًا بكم في الجزء الثاني من هذه المدونة. Last week, we started talking about domestic/ local tourism السِّيَاحَة الدَّاخِلِيَّة that has been quite popular lately because of the pandemic. We started focusing on article from BBC Arabic that focuses on the tourism situation within the UK…
Domestic tourism in Covid-19 times السياحة الداخلية (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Sep 20, 2021
Welcome to a new blog post مرحبًا بكم في مدونة جديدة. Since the beginning of the pandemic, most people were prevented from traveling مٌنِعَ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ مِنَ السَّفَرْ. Many, as a result, started to travel within their countries بدأ الكَثِيرُونَ فِي السَّفَرِ فِي الدَّاخِل and explore the parts واكْتِشَافِ الأَجْزَاءِ they have not been…