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Take Away My Passport Posted by jesa on Nov 16, 2012
Marcel Khalife (مارسيل خليفة)is an accomplished oud (عود)player, singer, and composer. He was born on June 10, 1950 in Amchit, a coastal village next to Jbeil in Lebanon. He studied the Oud at the Beirut National Conservatory of Music, where he graduated in 1971. Following his graduation and starting in 1972 till around 1975, Khalife…
Listening comprehension in Arabic Posted by aziza on Nov 14, 2012
Listen to the news item below and answer the questions that follow: Use the following words to aid your understanding: نفط = oil احتياطي النفط = oil reserve العالمي = global تستحوذ = own الإمدادات = supplies تستمر = continue مستوى = level إنتاج = production أنجز = achieve استثمار = investment تكلفة = cost…
The Phenomenon of Abu Simbel Posted by Fisal on Nov 10, 2012
The two temples at Abu Simbel أبو سمبل are among the most magnificent monuments آثار in the world. Their removal and reconstruction was a historic event in itself. When the temples (280 km from Aswan) were threatened by submersion الغمر – الغرق in Lake Nasser, due to the construction of the High Dam السد…
On Love Posted by jesa on Nov 8, 2012
Gibran Khalil Gibran is one of the most recognized poets in the world. He was not only a poet, but also an artist, painter, sculptor (نَحَّات), theologian, and more importantly a prolific writer. He was born on January 6, 1883 in Lebanon and passed away on April 10, 1931 in New York City. Born in…
Practice Feminine Plurals – Answers Posted by aziza on Nov 7, 2012
In this post, I give the answers of the exercises that deal with feminine Plurals (جمع المؤنث السالم) presented yesterday. Here are the feminine plural forms: They (fem. Pl.) هن Them (fem. Pl.) ـهن Their (fem. Pl.) ـهن You – subject pronoun (fem. Pl.) أنتن Your (fem. Pl.) ـكن…
Practice feminine plurals Posted by aziza on Nov 6, 2012
Feminine Plurals (جمع المؤنث السالم) are formed by replacing the suffix (ة) at the end of feminine words by the suffix (ات) First, do you remember feminine plural forms? They (fem. Pl.) هن Them (fem. Pl.) ـهن Their (fem. Pl.) ـهن You – subject pronoun (fem. Pl.) أنتن Your (fem…
Algeria’s Story of Independence Posted by Fisal on Nov 2, 2012
Like yesterday in November, 1954 the Algerian Liberation Revolution ثــورة الـتــحـــــريــــر الــجــــزائـــريــــة broke out against the French colonization إســتــعـــمــــار that started in 1830. The revolution of the Algerian people lasted for nearly seven years of political and armed struggle. The revolution ended with the declaration of Algeria’s Independence إســتــقـــلال on 5 July, 1962. Nearly…