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O, my Birthday; You have come back ! Posted by Fisal on Feb 3, 2012
Most of us have had some sad experience in this life as sadness is a universal feeling. Lots of poets have expressed that feeling and many singers have sung these poems. Today, I am going to present a sad song from the Egyptian movie “A Day without Tomorrow يـَــومٌ بــِـــلا غــَـــدٍ “. The movie…
Fisal’s Dictionary: “to read” Posted by Fisal on Jan 28, 2012
Today, we are going to go on a journey to the depths of the Arabic Dictionary to discover some of its secrets. We will look up the root verb قرأ and explore some of its derivatives. * قــَـرأ [V. T.] = to read. Ex. – قــَـرأ محمدٌ الخطابَ = Mohammad read the letter. …
Egypt’s National Anthem Posted by Fisal on Jan 25, 2012
Today is the first anniversary of the 2011 Revolution, so I am presenting the Egyptian National Anthem النشيد الوطني المصري . The Egyptian national anthem is a crystallization of Egypt’s history. The anthem reflects the people’s inspirations and beliefs مُعتقدات . Egypt’s current national anthem was based on an idea in the mind of…
Egypt; Yesterday and Tomorrow Posted by Fisal on Jan 24, 2012
Yesterday, Tuesday, 23rd 2012 was a memorable day as the newly-elected People’s Assembly مجلس الشعب (The Parliament البرلمان) held its first session جلسة after a year of the Egyptian 2011 Revolution. The Parliament ran its internal elections for the chairman’s post and it was won by Dr Mohammad Saad Al-Katatny; a member of the…
Reading Comprehension Answers Posted by Fisal on Jan 22, 2012
In today’s post, I am going to present the answers of the previous reading comprehension exercise. To view the reading exercise questions, click on the following link; https://blogs.transparent.com/arabic/reading-comprehension-exercise/ * اقرأ القطعة التالية و أجب عن الأسئلة Read the following passage and answer the questions بدأ العام الدراسى الجديد , و فرح التلاميذُ…
Reading Comprehension Exercise Posted by Fisal on Jan 21, 2012
* اقرأ القطعة التالية و أجب عن الأسئلة Read the following passage and answer the questions بدأ العام الدراسى الجديد , و فرح التلاميذُ كثيراً بذهابهم إلى المدرسة و مقابلة زملاءهم . و دخل المُدرسُّ الفصلَ مبتسماً , و كان مسروراً بنظام التلاميذ و حماسهم , و قال لهم : ” اجتهدوا فالعلمُ أساسُ التقدم…
Kana and Sisters (Part 3) Posted by Fisal on Jan 20, 2012
Kana and Sisters (Part 3) كانَ و أخواتها Kana and its sisters are special verbs in the Arabic Grammar. These verbs come at the beginning of the nominative sentence. The Mubtada of the nominative sentence becomes the noun subject (Ism) of Kana and sisters wheareas the Khabar becomes the Khabar of Kana and sisters…