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Reading Comprehension Answers: Zaha Hadid Posted by Fisal on Mar 31, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! How was the reading comprehension exercise about the late famous architect Zaha Hadid? I hope you did fine. Anyway, here are the answers to the exercise for you to check. If you would like to view the Exercise and questions again, kindly, click here. الإجــابــات Answers توفيت المهندسة المعمارية “زها حديد”…
Reading Comprehension Exercise: Zaha Hadid Posted by Fisal on Mar 31, 2016
اِقــرأ المقال الـتــالــي ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة: Read the and following article and then answer the questions: “أعلن متحدث باسم مكتب “زها حديد” عن وفاة المهندسة المعمارية البريطانية من أصل عراقي، الخميس 31 مارس 2016، إثر نوبة قلبية في مستشفى ميامي لتفارق الحياة فى عمر 65 عاماً. ولدت زها حديد في العاصمة…
Egyptian Proverbs (10) Posted by Fisal on Mar 30, 2016
Arabic proverbs الأمــْــثــَــال الــعــَــرَبــِــيــَّـــة reflect the beauty جــَــمــَــال of the Arabic Language and the wisdom حــِــكــْــمــَــة of the Arabs and their culture. In Egypt, these proverbs are part of everyone’s daily routine. There is no one single situation مــَــوْقــِــف that would not have the perfect proverb tailored for it. Just for the sake of…
Listening Comprehension Answers: Arabic and Technology Posted by Fisal on Mar 24, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! How did you do in the last listening comprehension exercise about Arabic and Technology? Some considerable number of academic and educated Arabs do really think that there is a threat to the Arabic language because of the impact of globalization and the domination of the English language from one side…
Listening Comprehension Exercise: Arabic and Technology Posted by Fisal on Mar 24, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Do you think there is a real gap between the Arabic language and modern technology? Does technology help you learn Arabic? Is technology considered a threat to learning the language? Do you use the traditional way of writing using a pen and paper? Do you use any Arabic digital applications?…
Egyptian Arabic; Interrogative Particles Posted by Fisal on Mar 23, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! In today’s post, we are going to learn some Egyptian Arabic. After I gave it some thought, I guessed it would be nice to start with the interrogative (question) particles. I have already presented two posts about Interrogative Particles (Part 1) and (Part 2) in Modern Standard Arabic. These standard…
Fisal’s Dictionary: /da.ra.ba/ Posted by Fisal on Mar 10, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! 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 dig deep into the root verb ضــَــرَبَ /da.ra.ba/ and explore some of its derivatives and idiomatic expressions. Get a deep breath and let’s dive!…