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Naguib El-Rehani (1889 – 1949) Posted by Fisal on Jan 21, 2016
Ahlan أهــْــلاً, Arabic lovers! As Google celebrated today the 127th birthday of Naguib El-Rehani نجيب الريحاني, I thought it might be interesting to write about his legacy especially for those of you who have never heard of him. Naguib El-Rehani was a famous Egyptian actor and comedian. He is considered the Father of…
Basics of Arabic Grammar Posted by Fisal on Jan 20, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Today, we will go back to the basics for some refreshment. Arabic العربية is like any other language. It is a means وسيلة of expressionتعبير and communication تواصُل. It consists of letters حروف that make up words كلمات, phrases عبارات and sentences جُمل. Any speech كلام that consist of two, three or…
Nizar Qabbani: The Tree Posted by Fisal on Jan 17, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! In this post, I am presenting a beautiful love poem by the great Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani نزار قباني. The poem has the title of “The Tree الشجرة“. In the poem, Nizar urges his beloved not be fixed in one place like a tree. He urges her to be a living…
Reading Comprehension Answers: Theeb Posted by Fisal on Jan 15, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! In this post, we are going to check our answers to the last reading comprehension exercise about the best foreign film “Theeb” nominated for the 2015 Oscar. If you would like to view the exercise and the questions again, please click here. الإجــابــات Answers اسم الفيلم العربي المرشح لجائزة الأوسكار 2015…
Reading Comprehension Exercise: Theeb Posted by Fisal on Jan 14, 2016
اِقــرأ الـقــطـــعــــة الـتــالــيـــة ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة Read the and following passage and then answer the questions: “أعلنت الأكاديمية الأميركية لعلوم وفنون السينما – فى صباح الخميس – الأفلام الخمسة المرشحة لجائزة أوسكار لأفضل فيلم ناطق بلغة أجنبية ، وهم: الفيلم الكولومبي (إمبريس أوف ذا سيربنت Embrace of the Serpent) والفيلم الفرنسي (موستانغ Mustang)…
Cairene Arabic; What? Why? How? Posted by Fisal on Jan 5, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! In the post entitled The Arabic Headache; Dialect!, we discussed the differences between Classical Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic and other Arabic dialects. We were introduced to a brief history of the Arabic language and how it developed into so many languages or dialects. We were also introduced to the main differences…
Arabic! Which Arabic? Posted by Fisal on Dec 30, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Today, I am going to continue my previous discussion about the Arabic language phenomenon that may have given a lot of people a headache (check my previous post The Arabic Headache; Dialect!). I will try to be brief and accurate as far as I can especially when there is no such…