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“Get Together”; Lotfi Bouchnak Posted by Fisal on Jan 28, 2015
Ahlan أهــْــلاً, Arabic lovers! Today is 28th January. This day five years ago was the epic day of the Egyptian 25th January, 2011 Revolution. The day was known as “The Friday of Anger جــمــعــة الــغــضــب“. It witnessed the biggest crowds that gathered in every place in Egypt. It also witnessed the biggest number…
Listening Comprehension Answers: “A Day in …” Posted by Fisal on Jan 15, 2015
Ahlan Arabic lovers! Here are the answers to the Listening Comprehension Exercise: “A Day in …” that was a TV advertisement of Al-Jazeera Documentary channel. To view the exercise and the questions again, please click here. الإجــابـــات Answers يــتــحــدَّث الــفــيــديـــوعــن إعــلانٍ لــبــرنــامــج وثــائــقــىّ . 1) The Video is about an advertisement for…
Listening Comprehension Exercise: “A Day in …” Posted by Fisal on Jan 15, 2015
شــَــاهــِــدْ الــفــِــيــديــُــو ، ثــُــمَّ أجـِــبْ عـَــن الأســئــلــة الــتــَّــالــِــيــَـــة : Watch this video and then answer the following questions: الأســـْـــئــِـــلــة Questions عــَــمَّ (عــَــنْ مــَـــاذا) يــتــحــدَّث الــفــيــديـــو؟ 1) What is the video about? مــَــا اِســْــم الــبــرنــامج ؟ 2) What is the name of the program? مــَــا هــو مــوضــوع الــبــرنــامــج ؟ 3) What is the program about?…
Top 10 Arabic Posts from 2014 Posted by Fisal on Jan 14, 2015
Ahlan أهــْــلاً and Happy 2015 Arabic lovers! It is a new year and new resolutions. New year is often the best time to have a stop with yourself and a think about the previous year. Where were you at the very beginning of that past year? Where are you now? Where will you be…
“To my Love on New Year’s Eve”; Nizar Qabbani Posted by Fisal on Dec 31, 2014
Ahlan أهــْــلاً and Happy New Year, Arabic lovers! Today, I am presenting a very beautiful love poem by the great Arab poet Nizar Qabbani نــِــزَار قــَــبــَّــانــِــي . The poem is entitled; “To My Love on New Year’s Eve إلـي حـبـيـبـتـي فـي رأس الـسـنـة“. It is a poem of unlimited love, an eternal one that…
Where do the Arabic names of weekdays come from? Posted by Fisal on Dec 24, 2014
Ahlan أهــْــلاً Arabic lovers! In today’s post, I am going to discuss the meaning of the Arabic names of weekdays and where they came from. The weekdays, as they are known today, took some time along history until they reached the form known in the Arab world today. Arabs did not have separate…
Nizar Qabbani; “River of Sorrows” Posted by Fisal on Dec 17, 2014
Ahlan أهــْــلاً Arabic lovers! Today, I am presenting a very beautiful love poem by the great Arab poet Nizar Qabbani نــِــزَار قــَــبــَّــانــِــي . The poem is entitled; “River of Sorrows نــهــرُ الأحــزان“. It reflects the suffering that the poet finds in his love. I have also posted a youtube video of Nizar Qabbani…