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Expatriation and Nostalgia Posted by Fisal on May 13, 2012
Yes, our blog today is about these sad feelings; expatrriation and nostalgia, experienced by the great and famous Prince of Poets أمــيـــرُ الــشــُــعــــراء in the Modern Arabic Literature. Ahmad Shawqi أحــمـــد شـــوقــــي wrote this patriotic poem قــصــيــدة وطــنــيـــة in his exile الــمــنــفــى in Andalusia الأنــدلــُــس ; (now Southern Spain) during the First World War. In exile, Shawqi…
Mahmoud Mukhtar (1891 – 1934) Posted by Fisal on May 12, 2012
Google celebrated the 121st birthday of Mamoud Mukhtar مـحـــمـــــود مــخــتــــــار last Thursday. Mukhtar was one of the few leading Egyptian sculptors نــَــحــَّــاتــيـــن . He is the maker of the famous Nahdit Misr Statue تــِــمــثــــال نــهــضــــة مِـصـــر (Egypt’s Renaissance Sculpture) and has a museum named after him in Cairo that exhibits his numerous works. His museum…
Labor Day Quiz Answers Posted by Fisal on May 5, 2012
We have already read about Labor Day عيد العمال but how did you do on its quiz ? Did you answer all the questions correctly ? Ok, today, I will present the answers to the Labor Day Quiz for you all to check your answers. To view the questions, go back to the quiz. 1) The…
Labor Day Quiz Posted by Fisal on May 1, 2012
It is Labor Day عيد العمال again ! and we shall never forget how much laborers suffered and are still. So, Happy Labor Day to all the hard-working laborers all over the globe. Last year, we presented a post article about the occasion and today we are going to read the article again and…
Abdul Aziz Al-Kusi: 1906 – 1992 Posted by Fisal on Apr 29, 2012
Abdel Aziz Al-Kusi was a great Egyptian psychologist عـالـِـم نـقــس and is considered the Dean of the Arabic Psychology عـَـمـيــد عـِـلـم الـنـفــس الـعـربـى . He got the highest honours in Egypt and represented his country at UNESCO. He also was a member of so many specialised national councils and was the founder مـُـؤسـّــس of new…
Shamm Annaseem Quiz Answers Posted by Fisal on Apr 16, 2012
Here is the answer to the Shamm Annaseem Quiz that I presented earlier. Answers are written directly without the questions. To see the questions go to the Shamm Annaseem Quiz. 1) The ancient Egyptians celebrated the advent of spring in Shamm Annaseem? كــان الــمــصــريــون الــقــدمـــــاء يــحــتــفــلــــون بـقــدوم الــربــيـــــــع فـى شـــم الــنــســــيــــــــم 2) “Shemu Feast” means the…
Shamm Annaseem Quiz Posted by Fisal on Apr 16, 2012
Read this blog article on Shamm Annaseem and answer the following questions: Article Link: Shamm Annaseem Article اقــــرأ الــمــقــال الــتـــالى عــن شـــم الــنــســــيــم ثــم أجــب عــن الأســئــلـة 1) What did the ancient Egyptians celebrate in Shamm Annaseem? بم كان يحتفل المصريون القدماء فى شم النسيم ؟ 2) What does ‘Shemu Feast’ mean ? ما معنى كلمة…