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Listening answers – Dubai Heritage Posted by aziza on Aug 9, 2015
In this post, I present the answers of the listening comprehension questions about Dubai heritage camp. I also present the transcription of the report. Transcription: تحت رعاية الشيخ ماجد بن محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم رئيس مجلس إدارة هيئة دبي للثقافة والفنون نظم برنامج تعزيز الهوية الوطنية في الإمارات العربية المتحدة، مخيم وطني للعائلات في…
Listening – Dubai Heritage Posted by aziza on Aug 7, 2015
Listen to the report and answer the following questions. You can use the words at the end of the post to facilitate your comprehension. The report deals with Dubai Heritage Camp. The questions deal with the first 1.50 seconds of the report. Answer the following questions in Arabic من الذي قام برعاية المخيم؟ من نظم…
Arabic for Libraries (Part 1) Posted by Fisal on Aug 5, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Since libraries play an important role in our lives, in today’s post we are going to explore some useful language that is used in a library setting through some dialogues. You will have the full dialogue in Arabic and then the same dialogue translated into English. المحادثة الأولى: الحصول على بطاقة…
Ramadan in Morocco – Answer Posted by aziza on Jul 10, 2015
In this post, I present the answers of the questions presented in my previous post. A) Transcribe the first sentence of the report. تسعة وتسعون في المئة من سكان المملكة المغربية الذين يقارب عددهم الآربعين مليوناً هم من المسلمين. B) Answer the following questions in English: 1- What is the population of Morocco? The…
Ramadan in Morocco – listening Posted by aziza on Jul 10, 2015
Listen to the news report and answer the questions that follow. You can use the useful vocabulary at the end of the post to aid your comprehension. A) Transcribe the first sentence of the report. B) Answer the following questions in English: 1- What is the population of Morocco? 2- What does the government do…
Think of Others Posted by aziza on Jul 6, 2015
Mahmoud Darwish (Arabic: محمود درويش, 13 March 1942 – 9 August 2008) is a Palestinian poet and author who won numerous awards for his literary output and was regarded as the Palestinian national poet. In his work, Palestine became a metaphor for the loss of Eden, birth and resurrection, and the anguish of dispossession and…
Listening – Ramadan in Indonesia – answers Posted by aziza on Jun 19, 2015
This post presents the answers to the listening comprehension exercise about Ramadan in Indonesia. The answers of the English questions: 1- How does the report describe the atmospheres at the beginning of Ramadan in Indonesia? The report describes the atmospheres at the beginning of Ramadan in Indonesia as spiritual. 2- What is the largest Islamic country…