Archive for 'Arabic Language'
Learn How To Cook Chard Lentil Soup the Lebanese Way! Posted by jesa on Feb 16, 2016
Marhaba! Today, I want to share you a recipe for Chard Lentil Soup (the Lebanese way!!) that my wife and I are prepared the other day for a number of friends. This is a really easy recipe and you can pull it off in no time! It takes us about an hour, including prepping the…
Banksy in Gaza, Listening Posted by aziza on Feb 15, 2016
In this post, I present a listening comprehension exercise on Banksy in Gaza. Listen to the story, and answer the questions that follow. You can use the vocab presented at the end of the post to assist your comprehension. A. Write the first sentence of the report from the beginning to 17: B. Answer the…
Ziad Rahbani’s Famed Play On The Silver Screen! (2) Posted by jesa on Feb 14, 2016
Marhaba! Hope you all enjoyed reading about Ziad Rahbani’s famed play! It’s wonderful and one of my favorites. As mentioned earlier on, this play touches on many of the important themes and issues that still plague our everyday life. Today I am providing the answers to the reading comprehension exercise and I am also sharing…
“I Am All Yours”; Sherine Posted by Fisal on Feb 13, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic fans! Tomorrow is the 14th. Of February so Happy Valentine’s Day! On this occasion, I am presenting a beautiful love song by the Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel-Wahhab شــيــريــن عــبــد الــوهــاب. The song is entitled “أنــا كــُــلــِّــي مــِــلــكــَــك /Ana Kolli Melkak/” which translates literally as “I Am All Yours”. Nearly all Sherine’s…
The Other Fayrouz (1943 – 2016) Posted by Fisal on Feb 11, 2016
Ahlan أهــْــلاً, Arabic lovers! In today’s post, I am going to give you a small synopsis about someone who left our world some days ago. “Miracle of the Egyptian Cinema مــعــجــزة الــســيــنــمــا الــمــصــريــة” was her nickname. Perouz Artin Kalfayan بــيــروز أرتــن كــالــفــايــان is her name as she was born to an Armenian family from…
Ziad Rahbani’s Famed Play On The Silver Screen! Posted by jesa on Feb 9, 2016
Marhaba! I know almost all of you love and adore Fairouz! I have shared a couple of songs over the last few years, especially one of my favorites: ‘The People Asked Me.’ If you recall, this song was written by Fairouz’s talented son and musical genius, the one and only Ziad Rahbani. Ziad is an…
Learn All 17 Mideast Countries in Arabic Posted by jesa on Feb 6, 2016
Marhaba! Building on a previous post that discussed all 50 U.S. states in Arabic, today I want to teach you how to pronounce the name of every Mideast country in Arabic. Traditionally speaking, the Middle East comprises Iran, the Levant, Egypt, Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, and the Arabian Peninsula. However, the table below uses the modern-day…