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Nothing Pleases Me لا شيءَ يُعْجبُني A Poem by Mahmoud Darwish Part Two Posted by yasmine on May 19, 2021
Welcome to part two of this post where we continue to analyze the poem لا شيءَ يُعْجبُني by محمود درويش. Listen and read the poem again. What do you recall from last week’s post? What information do you remember about the poet محمود درويش? 🎇لا شيء يعجبني محمود درويش🎇 “لا شيءَ يُعْجبُني” يقول مسافرٌ في…
Song: “Oh Eid يا عيد “ Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 13, 2021
The Eid spirit is all around us! Today is first day of عيد الفطر Eid Al-fiTr. I wish those who celebrate Eid a very joyful one كل عام وأنتم بخير – عيد مبارك Kul ‘aam wa aantu-m bi-khair, Eid Mubarak On this day, I would like to share a lovely song, produced by Zain…
Nothing Pleases Me لا شيءَ يُعْجبُني A Poem by Mahmoud Darwish Part One Posted by yasmine on May 12, 2021
In this post, I thought we’d read and listen to one of محمود درويش Mahmoud Darwish’s beloved poems لا شيءَ يُعْجبُني. I chose this poem قَصيدة in particular because I found it had enough familiar vocabulary for the intermediate Arabic language learner. We are going to learn how to analyze this قَصيدة in Arabic in…
Comprehension piece: Mysterious doors (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 10, 2021
Welcome to the second part of this blog. We’re still looking at the BBC report that tells the story of two mysterious doors in London قصة بابين غامضين في لندن. Lsat week, we got to the point where Ahmed Fakhouri – the journalist in the report – was about to solve the mystery for us…
Dealing with Arabic Numbers الأرْقام العَرَبيّة Part One Posted by yasmine on May 5, 2021
Have you come across Arabic numbers الأرْقام العَرَبيّة and wondered why they are written in the masculine or feminine form or why some numbers don’t fall into a certain pattern? Yes, there are rules قَواعِد to follow and I myself have sometimes gotten these number rules confused. Of course, in many cases, even if the…
Comprehension piece: Mysterious doors (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 3, 2021
We have a mystery to solve this week! لدينا لغزٌ لنحلّه هذا الأسبوع. This 2 part-blog post is comprehension focused, based on a short clip produced by BBC Arabic. The mystery is over two particular doors بابين محدّدين in Leinster Gardens in Central London. So, let’s find out what is mysterious about them لنتعرّف على…
Dealing with Arabic Numbers Part Two Posted by yasmine on Apr 28, 2021
In the previous post, we covered الأرقام numbers (واحِد إلى عَشرة (١٠–١. In this post, we’ll be continuing on from 11 and beyond. Before we begin, take a look at the random numbers below, which ones can you make out? الأرقام من أحدَ عَشَر إلى تِسْعَة عَشَر (١١–١٩) Numbers ١١ to ١٩ share a common…