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Egypt’s Presidential Runoff Elections Posted by Fisal on Jun 17, 2012
A few hours ago, the Egyptians finished voting تــصـــويـــت for the second day to choose a president رئــيــــــس from two candidates in the first presidential elections انــتــخـــابـــات after the ouster of Mubarak in February 2011. Ahmad Shafiq أحــمــد شــفــيــــق and Mouhammad Morsi مــحــمـــد مــرســـى were the top two candidates in the first run. The…
The Predicate of Inna and Sisters Posted by Fisal on May 31, 2012
The Predicate of Inna and Sisters خــبــر إنَّ و أخـــواتــهــــــا Kana and Sisters are Verbs while Inna and Sisters are Mabni Words or particles ( Horouf حروف ). Both Kana and its Sisters and Inna and its Sisters precede the Nominal Sentence. The Mubtada المبتدأ of the nominal sentence turns to be the noun ( Ism…
Inna and Sisters (Part 2) Posted by Fisal on May 30, 2012
Inna and Sisters إنَّ و أخواتها (Part 2) In the previous post, we introduced to Inna and Sisters. We knew that they are particles حــُــروف ; not verbs. They start the Nominal sentence. They change the case of the Mubtada to the accusative or the Nasb Case حالة النصب . The Mubtada changes its name…
Inna and Sisters (Part 1) Posted by Fisal on May 29, 2012
Inna and Sisters إنَّ و أخــواتــهــــــــا (Part 1) We are still dealing with the Arabic grammar, sailing farther and deeper everyday. In some earlier post, we have summed up all about the Nominal Sentence. In another, we studied the verbs of Kana / Kada and their sisters and the effect they do to the Mubtada…
Fisal’s Dictionary: “to make” Posted by Fisal on May 26, 2012
Fisal’s Dictionary: ” to make صـنـع “ Today, we are going to go on a journey to the depths of the Arabic Dictionary to discover some of its secrets. We will look up the root verb صـَــنـــَـعَ and explore some of its derivatives. * صـَــنــَـعَ [V. T. ] = to make / to manufacture / to…
Egyptian Proverbs (5) Posted by Fisal on May 19, 2012
Arabic proverbs reflect the beauty of the Arabic Language and the wisdom of the Arabs and their culture. In Egypt, these proverbs are part of everyone’s daily routine. There is no one single situation that would not have the perfect proverb tailored for it. Just for the sake of fun, I am going to…
Expatriation and Nostalgia Posted by Fisal on May 13, 2012
Yes, our blog today is about these sad feelings; expatrriation and nostalgia, experienced by the great and famous Prince of Poets أمــيـــرُ الــشــُــعــــراء in the Modern Arabic Literature. Ahmad Shawqi أحــمـــد شـــوقــــي wrote this patriotic poem قــصــيــدة وطــنــيـــة in his exile الــمــنــفــى in Andalusia الأنــدلــُــس ; (now Southern Spain) during the First World War. In exile, Shawqi…