Archive for 'Arabic Language'
Lebanon: Immigration Wave (3) موجة هجرة Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Aug 28, 2020
Welcome to the third part of this post where we’re still learning about the topic of the current wave of migration in Lebanon موجة الهجرة الحالية في لبنان. In the last two posts, we started looking at the language used in the report (short video clip in Lebanese Arabic), in details. In the previous post…
Lebanon: Immigration Wave (2) موجة هجرة Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Aug 24, 2020
Welcome to the second part of this post. It is a listening post that is dedicated to the topic of موضوع the current immigration wave موجة الهجرة الحالية in Lebanon في لبنان. Last week, we started studying the language of a short video clip and looked at a list of key words الكلمات الرئيسية as…
Lebanon: Immigration Wave (1) موجة هجرة Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Aug 17, 2020
Lebanon has recently reached a point of collapse وصلت إلى نقطة انهيار that affected all aspects of life. In addition to the political corruption الفساد السياسي , the high prices غلاء الأسعار and unemployment البطالة have worsened زادت سوءً as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. The current situation الموقف الحالي in Lebanon is the…
History of Arabic ice cream: “Booza” Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Aug 10, 2020
Do you know that there’s a unique Arabic version of the ice cream المُثلّجات we know and eat today? The Arabic ice cream is called بوظة BooZa and it started in a specific city in the Middle East. El-BooZa is a type of frozen dessert نوع من الحلويّات المجمّدة that was made for the first…
The story behind this Egyptian Proverb Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Aug 7, 2020
In today’s post, we’re going to learn a new Arabic proverb مثل (شعبي) عربي and study its use and the story behind it. >> The proverb, which is in Egyptian Arabic, is as follows: ماتروحش تبيع المية في حارة السقّايين Ma TruH-š Tbeeʕ il-mayya fi Hart is-sa2ayeen *Literal meaning المعنى الحرفي Don’t sell…
Hajj Pilgrimage “الحج” amid pandemic Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Aug 3, 2020
Last Friday, Muslims around the world celebrated Eid Al-Adha عيد الأضحى – an islamic holiday that marks the end of Hajj season موسم الحج. It was not only the celebration of Eid was affected by the CoronaVirus pandemic, but Hajj was too. Hajj pilgrimage, which is one the pillars of Islam أركان الإسلام and a journey that…
Traditional Arabic Dessert: Zalabya زلابيا Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jul 31, 2020
Today, I would like to share with you the recipe of Zalabya/ Zalabyeh وصفة الزلابيا, a traditional Arabic dessert نوع من الحلويات العربية التقليدية that is known across the Arabic world, but specifically in North Africa where it’s also called Zlabya. It can be considered a type of sweet pastry نوع من المعجّنات حلوة المذاق…