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The Phenomenon of Abu Simbel Posted by Fisal on Nov 10, 2012
The two temples at Abu Simbel أبو سمبل are among the most magnificent monuments آثار in the world. Their removal and reconstruction was a historic event in itself. When the temples (280 km from Aswan) were threatened by submersion الغمر – الغرق in Lake Nasser, due to the construction of the High Dam السد…
Algeria’s Story of Independence Posted by Fisal on Nov 2, 2012
Like yesterday in November, 1954 the Algerian Liberation Revolution ثــورة الـتــحـــــريــــر الــجــــزائـــريــــة broke out against the French colonization إســتــعـــمــــار that started in 1830. The revolution of the Algerian people lasted for nearly seven years of political and armed struggle. The revolution ended with the declaration of Algeria’s Independence إســتــقـــلال on 5 July, 1962. Nearly…
Fisal’s Dictionary_”to build” Posted by Fisal on Oct 21, 2012
Today, we are going to go on a journey to the depths of the Arabic Dictionary in order to discover some of its secrets. We will look up the root verb بـَـنـَـى and explore some of its derivatives. * بـَــنــَـى /bana/ [V. T.]: (something) = to build. Ex. – تبنى الحكومةُ مدارسَ جديدةً …
In Memory of Mai Ziyadah Posted by Fisal on Oct 17, 2012
Although Mai Ziyadah passed away and left our world in a day like today, she still lives with us through her great works. Reading any of her works, makes us feel that she is still living with us in this world. She sometimes laughs and some other times cries. Sometimes you see her silent…
The Verbal Sentence (Part 3) – Subject-Verb Agreement: Number Posted by Fisal on Oct 16, 2012
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. In this post we will discuss the subject-verb agreement; how the verb looks like with different subjects. To be more specific, what…
World Teacher’s Day Posted by Fisal on Oct 12, 2012
World Teacher’s Day الـيــوم الـعــالــمـــى لـلـمـُــعـَــلــِّــم is celebrated all across the globe on 5th October, every year. The day came to be celebrated for the first time in the year 1994 and since then, it has been observed by 100 countries in the world. On this day, teachers are honored for their immense contribution…
Nizar Qabbani: Five Love Texts Posted by Fisal on Sep 27, 2012
It has been a while since we last read any Arabic poetry! Today we are going to read a poem by the great Arab poet Nizar Qabbani. The poem is entitled, “Five Love Texts خـمــســةُ نــُُــصـــُـــوص عــَــن الــحــُـــبّ ”. In the poem, Nizar boasts of being in love. He says that his love is…