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Happy Mother’s Day Posted by Fisal on Mar 21, 2012
Today is Mother’s Day عيد الأم in the Arab World and in some other countries, so congratulations to all mothers all over the world in their day that coincides with the beginning of the spring season فصل الربيع . The first person in the Arab world to call for…
Egyptian Proverbs (4) Posted by Fisal on Mar 20, 2012
Arabic proverbs reflect the beauty of the Arabic Language and the wisdom of the Arabs and their culture. In Egypt, these proverbs are part of everyone’s daily routine. There is no one single situation that would not have the perfect proverb tailored for it. Just for the sake of fun, I am going to…
The Predicate of Kana and Sisters Posted by Fisal on Mar 17, 2012
We have already known that the Nominal Sentence الــجــمـــلـة الاسـمــيــــة consists of two parts; the Mubtada الـمـبـتــدأ and the Khabar الـخــبـر . Both the Mubtada and the Khabar have different types. We have also known that the verb Kana كان and its sisters can begin the nominal sentence and thus the Mubtada becomes the noun…
International Women’s Day Posted by Fisal on Mar 8, 2012
International Women’s Day Google celebrates today the International Women’s Day يــَــوْمُ الــمــَــــــرأة الــعــَـــــالــَــمــِــــــــيّ (IWD), so ‘Happy International Women’s Day‘ to all women all over the world. The day is marked on March 8th every year and is a national holiday عــُــطـــْـــلــــَـــة in many countries. The focus of the celebration ranges from showing respect اِحــْـــتــِـــــرام , appreciation…
The Legend of Love and Genius; Mai Ziyada (1886 – 1941) Posted by Fisal on Feb 23, 2012
The Legend of Love and Genius أســْــطـــُــورَة الــحــُــبّ و الــنــُــبــُــوغ ; Mai Ziyada (1886 – 1941) Born on the 11th of February, 1886, Mai Ziyada مـَـيّ زيــَــادة was a famous Arab Poet, writer, and translator. She was a key figure of the Nahda نــَــهــْـــضــَـــة (renaissance) of the nineteenth century Arabic literary scene. Her original name is Mary…
Kana and Sisters; Verb Types Posted by Fisal on Feb 17, 2012
The verb Kana كان and its sisters are special verbs in the Arabic language. They start the Nominal sentence and case the subject to be their noun (Ism اســـْـــم) with a dammah and cause the predicate to be their Predicate (Khabar خـــَــبـــَــر) with a Fat’ha on its end. Now the question is what are…
Birth of a Prophet (571 – 632) Posted by Fisal on Feb 4, 2012
Birth of a Prophet (571 – 632) مــِــيـــلادُ نــَــبـــِــىّ Today in the Islamic Calendar is the 12th of رَبـــِـــيــــعُ الأوَّل Rabi’ Al-Aw’wal 1433 A.H. (After Hijra) which is the birthday of prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon Him). The day was a Monday and the Islamic Calendar depends on the moon cycle unlike the Gregorian Calendar…