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Egyptian Proverbs (7) Posted by Fisal on Feb 10, 2013
Arabic proverbs الأمــثـــال الــعــربــيــــة reflect the beauty جــمـــال of the Arabic Language and the wisdom حــكــمــة of the Arabs الــعــرب and their culture الــثــقـــافـــة . In Egypt, these proverbs are part of everyone’s daily routine. There is no one single situation مــوقــف that would not have the perfect proverb tailored for it. Just for…
Abbas Mahmoud Al-Aqqad (1889 – 1969) Posted by Fisal on Feb 7, 2013
In today’s post, I am going to tell you about a famous Egyptian figure; Abbas Mahmoud Al-Aqqad عــبــاس مـحــمـــود الـعــقـــاد . Al-Aqqad was a famous writer كــاتــب , novelist روائــي , poet شــاعـــر , journalist صــحــفــي and critic نــاقــد . He was also a member of the Arab Academy الأكــاديــمــيـــة الــعـــربــيـــة . Al-Aqqad…
The Verbal Sentence (Part 4) – Subject-Verb Agreement: Gender Posted by Fisal on Feb 3, 2013
Today we are going to continue our study of the Verbal Sentence الـجـمـلــة الـفـعـلـيـــة . We have already discussed the Verb in more detail and the Subject or doer of the verb. We have also started discussing the subject-verb agreement; how the verb looks like with different subjects. We started with the subject-verb agreement…
You are Back O, My Birthday! Posted by Fisal on Feb 2, 2013
I have thought a lot of something to write about today. It was my birthday yesterday and I remembered this nice song of Fareed Al-Atrash فــريــد الأطـــرش about his birthday in the movie and I liked to share it with you. Fareed was a famous Syrian singer مــُــطــْــرِب , composer مــُــلــَــحـــِّـــن and actor مــُــمــَــثــــِّـــلْ…
Reading Comprehension Answers Posted by Fisal on Nov 23, 2012
Money and Happiness Here are the answers to the Reading Comprehension Exercise about Money and Happiness. To view the questions again, click the following link: https://blogs.transparent.com/arabic/reading-comprehension-exercise-4/ تتحدث القطعة عن علاقة المال بالسعادة 1) The passage is about the relationship between money and happiness. تتحسن الصحة النفسية لأى شخص بمجرد أن يربح القليل…
Reading Comprehension Exercise Posted by Fisal on Nov 23, 2012
Money and Happiness اِقــرأ الـقـطــعــة الـتــالــيـــة ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة Read the and following passage then answer the questions أثــبــتَ الــبـــاحــثـــون خــطـــأ الــقـــولَ : بــأن الــســعـــادةَ لا تـــُــشــتــرى بــالــمـــال ؛ فــقـــد وجــــدوا عــلاقـــة قـــويـــة بــيـــن الــربــــح الــمـــادى وبــيـــن شـــُــعـــُـــور الــمــَـرءِ بــالــســـعـــادة والــصـــحـــة الــنــفـــســـيـــة وتــمــكــنـــوا مــن مــُــلاحـــظـــة تــحــســُّــن الــصــحـــة الــنــفـــســيــة لأى شــخــــص بــمــجـــرد أن يــربـــحَ الــقـــلــيــــلَ…
Universal Children’s Day Posted by Fisal on Nov 20, 2012
It is November 20, 2012. Today, Google celebrated the Universal Children’s Day اليوم العالمى للطفل . It is also known as Children’s Day عيد الطفولة and is recognized in many places around the world to honour children globally. It was established in 1954 to protect children الأطفال from working for long hours in dangerous conditions…