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Ramadan came to us رمضان جانا Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Apr 12, 2021
Ramadan Kareem رمضان كريم to those serving this month of fasting 🙂 It’s just been announced in – Saudi Arabia – that tomorrow is the first day of Ramadan غدًا هو أول أيام رمضان. So, I would like to share with you an old song that celebrates the start of Ramadan. It’s in Egyptian…
Helping homeless cats during the pandemic Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Apr 6, 2021
We all probably heard of cat cafes مقاهي القطط before, but not many of us heard of a café for homeless cats مقهى للقطط المشرّدة! Yes, there is one! In Sweden J Unlike in other countries, the café stayed open المقهى ظل مفتوحًا during the pandemic خلال الجائحة and the demand الطلب is higher أعلى…
Mother’s Day: how did it start? (part 2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Mar 26, 2021
Welcome to the second part of this blog post. In the previous post, we started learning about Mother’s Day عيد الأم and how it’s differently celebrated around the world. In today’s post, you will have another exercise to work on. Also, you will be able to check your answers to last week’s exercise…
Mother’s Day: how did it start? (part 1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Mar 22, 2021
Welcome to a new post. Yesterday, the Arab world celebrated Mother’s Day عيد الأم. As you probably know, countries around the world celebrate this occasion on different dates في تواريخ مختلفة and in different ways بطرق مختلفة . Below is a video clip, by Cairo Time, which briefly talks about this difference. In today’s post and…
How to make Libyan Shakshooka? Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Mar 15, 2021
Welcome to a new post. In today’s post, I will introduce you to a traditional Arabic meal وجبة عربية تقليدية that is called Shakshooka شكشوكة , which means something that is mixed and put together, referring to the way this meal is cooked. Below, I will show you the Libyan version of it الطريقة الليبية…
Couscous: the famous Maghrebi dish Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Mar 8, 2021
Today, we’re learning about Couscous كسكسي/ كسكس. If you’ve not heard of it before, it’s a savoury dish that is made in North Africa, i.e. the countries of Maghreb (click here if you’re interested in learning how you can make couscous the libyan way). The reason why I would like to focus on this dish…
Hepta: The Movie Trailer – part 2 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Mar 1, 2021
Welcome to the second part of this blog post. We’re still looking at the Egyptian movie Hepta هيبتا . In the last post, we studied the language used in the trailer of the movie. The Arabic used in the trailer is Egyptian Arabic. In this post, I’m going to provide the Standard Arabic equivalent to…