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Remember – Kazim Al-Sahir Posted by Fisal on Mar 6, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Today, I am presenting a beautiful but sad song by the Iraqi famous singer Kazim Al-Sahir كــاظــم الــســَّــاهــِــر. The song is entitled “Remember تــذكــَّــر” which is a scream that aims to awaken humanity and its conscience against all the tragedies happening to all the oppressed and the prejudiced especially the innocent…
Verb Determiners in Arabic Posted by Fisal on Mar 2, 2016
Ahlan أهــْــلاً , Arabic lovers! In the post Basics of Arabic Grammar, we learnt that Arabic parts of speech are mainly; a noun, a verb or a particle. But how can we differentiate between these parts of speech? In a previous post, we learnt about the Noun Determiners and I am sure that all of…
Listening Comprehension Answers: Boutros Ghali Posted by Fisal on Feb 25, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Here are the answers to the last listening comprehension exercise about the famous Egyptian diplomat and politician Boutros Ghali who passed away last week. To view the questions or to listen to the news report again, kindly click here. الإجــابــات Answers الـمـُـدة الـتـي قـضـاهـا بـطـرس غـالـي فـي الـعـمـل الـدبـلـومـاسـي هـى سـتــة…
Listening Comprehension Exercise: Boutros Ghali Posted by Fisal on Feb 25, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Last week and exactly on February, 16th and at the age of 94, a very famous Egyptian character left our world. We are going to listen to a short report about his life journey and try to answer some comprehension questions. اِســتــمــع إلــى الــتــقــريــر ، ثــُــمَّ أجـِــبْ عـَــن الأســئــلــة الــتــَّــالــِــيــَـــة…
How To Learn Egyptian Arabic Posted by Fisal on Feb 24, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! In some previous posts, we discussed the dialect phenomenon that distinguishes the Arabic language and that may be a source of a continuous pain to most foreigners studying Arabic. Today, we are going to share some advice on how to learn the Egyptian dialect; how to talk like an Egyptian!…
Reading Comprehension Answers: The Berlin Film Festival Posted by Fisal on Feb 21, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! In this post I am giving the answers to the last reading comprehension exercise about the Berlin Film Festival 2016. To view the exercise and the questions again, kindly click here. الإجــابــات Answers الفيلم الفائز بجائزة الدب الذهبي هو “نار في البحر” للمخرج الايطالي جيانفرانكو روسي. 1) The winner…
Reading Comprehension Exercise: The Berlin Film Festival Posted by Fisal on Feb 21, 2016
اِقــرأ الـقــطـــعــــة الـتــالــيـــة ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة: Read the and following passage and then answer the questions: “فاز الفيلم الوثائقى “نار فى البحر”(Fuocoammare] (Fire At Sea] للمخرج الإيطالي جيانفرانكو روسي بجائزة الدب الذهبي فى مهرجان برلين السينمائي كأفضل فيلم لهذا العام. و يتناول الفيلم قصة صبى صغير يعيش على جزيرة لامبيدوسا (Lampedusa) الإيطالية وسط البحر…