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Listening Exercise: The Charm of Arabic Calligraphy Posted by Fisal on Jun 11, 2015
اِســتــمــع إلــى الــتــقــريــر ، ثــُــمَّ أجـِــبْ عـَــن الأســئــلــة الــتــَّــالــِــيــَـــة : Listen to the report and then answer the following questions: الأســـْـــئــِـــلــة Questions مــا هــى أســاســيــات الــخــط الــعــربــي الــتــى حــولــتــه إلــى فــنٍ مــتــعــارف عــلــيــه؟ 1) What are the basics of the Arabic calligraphy that turned it into a common art? اِذكــُــر بــعــض أنــواع الــخــط الــعــربــي؟ …
Arabic Nouns: Accusatives Posted by Fisal on Jun 10, 2015
Ahlan أهــْــلاً , Arabic lovers! Today, we are going to continue our Index of Arabic Grammar. We have gone a bit deeper so far. However, it is still a long way! In a previous grammar post, we discussed the Arabic Nouns Case. This post was followed by another on the Arabic Nouns; Nominatives. Today…
Reading Comprehension Answers: Naguib Mahfouz Posted by Fisal on Jun 5, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! How was the last Arabic reading exercise about the only Arab Nobel Laureate for Literature; Naguib Mahfouz? I hope you have done well in it. Here are the answers just for you to check. To view the passage and the questions again, please click here. الإجــابــات Answers ولــِــدَ نــجــيــب مــحــفــوظ فــى…
Reading Comprehension Exercise: Naguib Mahfouz Posted by Fisal on Jun 4, 2015
اِقــرأ الـقــطـــعــــة الـتــالــيـــة ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة Read the and following passage and then answer the questions: “ولــدَ نــجــيــب مــحــفــوظ فــى االــحــادى عــشــر مــن شــهــر ديــســمــبــر 1911 فــى حــىّ الــجــمــالــيــة بــمــديــنــة الــقــاهــرة. نــشــأ فــى أســرة مــتــوســطــة و كــان أصــغــر الأطــفــال. اِنــتــقــلــت أســرتــه لــلــعــيــش فــى عــدّة أحــيــاء فــى الــقــاهــرة الــقــديــمــة مــثــل حــىّ الــعــبــاســيــة و الــحــســيــن…
Naguib Mahfouz: (1911 – 2006) Posted by Fisal on Jun 3, 2015
Ahlan Arabic lovers! Today, I am going to tell you the story of a great Egyptian novelist روائــي, writer كــاتــب and philosopher فــيــلــســوف; Naguib Mahfouz نــجــيــب مــحــفــوظ. Yes, he is the only Arab Nobel Laureate for literature الأدب in 1988. To get more information about other Arab Nobel Laureates, click here. His literary…
Something will remain between us; Farouk Gweedah Posted by Fisal on May 31, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Today, I am presenting a very touching love poem. It is called “Something will remain between us شــيءٌ ســيــبــقــى بــيــنــنــا“. The poem was written by the great contemporary Egyptian poet and writer Farouk Gweedah فــاروق جــويــدة . He is famous all over the Arab world. Gweedah has written a lot…
The Heritage Village; Abu Dhabi Posted by Fisal on May 28, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Today, I am going to take you on a tour to Abu Dhabi أبــو ظــبــي . We will explore one of the city’s cultural landmarks مــعــالــم . That is the Heritage Village قــريــة الــتــراث . This tour takes you to the Sahara الــصــحــراء , to the Bedouin life but without…