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Sabah; Al-Shahrourah: (1927 – 2014) Posted by Fisal on Dec 10, 2014
Ahlan Arabic lovers! Today, I am going to give you a short biography about one of the most famous Arab and Lebanese artists. It is said that Guinness World Record has contacted her family to add her name as the most dedicated artist around the world. Sabah صــَــبــاح or Al-Sabbouha الــصــَــبــُّــوحــة or Al-Shahroura الــشــَّــحــرورة…
Arabic Translation Answers: ‘Mawaqif’ Posted by Fisal on Nov 27, 2014
Ahlan Arabic fans! How did you do in the last translation post about Mawaqif? Here is the English translation answers of the Arabic Translation Exercise: “Mawaqif” that was written by the Egyptian writer and journalist Anis Mansour أنــيــس مــَــنــْــصــُـــور who used to write daily articles for Al-Ahram newspaper; الأهـــرام /Al-Ahram/ under one title; “Situations…
Arabic Translation Exercise: “Mawaqif” Posted by Fisal on Nov 27, 2014
Ahlan Arabic fans! Today I am presenting a translation exercise. We are going to read a short article by one of the Arab writers. The article will be in Arabic and you are going to test your Arabic reading skill and translate the article into English. Of course I will post the English translation…
“I Am Not Selfish”; Amr Diab Posted by Fisal on Nov 23, 2014
Ahlan Arabic fans! Today I am presenting a beautiful song by Amr Diab عــَـــمــْـــرو دِيــَـــاب . The song is entitled “I Am Not Selfish أنـــا مـــش أنـــانــِــي“. It was written by the Egyptian poet Tamer Hussien تــَــامــِــر حــســيــن and composed by Islam Zaki إســلام زكــي . The song is about five minutes long and…
Listening Comprehension Answers: The Cairo International film Festival Posted by Fisal on Nov 20, 2014
Ahlan Arabic lovers! How was the last listening exercise about the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF)? Could you answer all the questions? Was the Listening easy to understand and follow? Ok, in this post, I am presenting the answers for you all to check. To view the exercise again, click here. الإجــَـــابـــَـــات Answers أهــَــمــِــيــَّــة…
Listening Comprehension Exercise: The Cairo International Film Festival Posted by Fisal on Nov 20, 2014
شــَــاهــِــدْ الــفــِــيــديــُــو ، ثــُــمَّ أجـِــبْ عـَــن الأســئــلــة الــتــَّــالــِــيــَـــة : Watch this video and then answer the following questions: الأســـْـــئــِـــلــة Questions مــَــا هــِــىَ أهــَــمــِــيــَّــة مــَــهــْــرَجــَــان الــقــَــاهــِــرَة الــســِــيــنــمــَــائــِــي ؟ 1) What is the importance of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF)? مــَــتــى تــَــأســَّـــسَ مــَــهــْــرَجــَــان الــقــَــاهــِــرَة الــســِــيــنــمــَــائــِــى ؟ 2) When was the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF)…
Reading Comprehension Answers: Oil Prices Posted by Fisal on Nov 16, 2014
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Here, in this post I am presenting the answers to the last reading comprehension exercise about “oil prices. To see the exercise again, please click here. الإجــَــابــَـــات Answers قــَــالــَــتْ وِكــَــالــَــة الــطــَّــاقــَــةِ الــدَّوْلــِــيــَــةِ أنَّ أســْــعــَــارِ الــنــَّــفــْــطِ ســَــتــَــســْــتــَــمــِــرُّ فـِـي الــهــُــبــُــوط فـِـي الــعــَــامِ الــمــُــقــْــبــِــل . 1) The International Energy Agency (IEA) said that…