Archive for 'comprehension'
World Mental Health Day يوم الصحة النفسية العالمي – Part 1 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Oct 25, 2021
In this month, the world celebrates يَحْتَفِل العَالَمُ بِـ the Mental Health Day يوم الصحة النفسية. It is celebrated on the 10th. October of each year. This post (made up of 2 parts) studies a short video clip, produced by BBC Arabic, which discusses (in Standard Arabic) five ways in which خمس طرق التي يستطيع…
Song: ‘We love you بِنْحِبِّكْ’ *Egypt مَصْرْ* Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Oct 4, 2021
Today, I would like to share with you a patriotic song. أغنية وطنية, by the iconic Syrian singer – Assala Nasri أصالة نصري. The song is in Egyptian Arabic and was released last summer. Apart from the fact that most Arabs love Egypt, Assala has a special bond with Egypt as she has settled in…
Domestic tourism in Covid-19 times السياحة الداخلية (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Sep 27, 2021
Welcome to the 2nd part of this blog post مرحبًا بكم في الجزء الثاني من هذه المدونة. Last week, we started talking about domestic/ local tourism السِّيَاحَة الدَّاخِلِيَّة that has been quite popular lately because of the pandemic. We started focusing on article from BBC Arabic that focuses on the tourism situation within the UK…
Domestic tourism in Covid-19 times السياحة الداخلية (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Sep 20, 2021
Welcome to a new blog post مرحبًا بكم في مدونة جديدة. Since the beginning of the pandemic, most people were prevented from traveling مٌنِعَ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ مِنَ السَّفَرْ. Many, as a result, started to travel within their countries بدأ الكَثِيرُونَ فِي السَّفَرِ فِي الدَّاخِل and explore the parts واكْتِشَافِ الأَجْزَاءِ they have not been…
أنواع المَكْتبات في الأردن Types of Libraries in Jordan Part Two Posted by yasmine on Sep 15, 2021
In this post we’ll continue the story of غيث بحدوشة and مكتبته المميزة his unique library. But first let’s get to know some book genres in Arabic. 📚 ما أنواع الكتب التي تحب أن تقرأها؟ What types of books do you like to read? 📗📘📙📕Book genres أنواع الكتب قِصص المُغامرات: adventure الفن / العمارة: art/architecture …
Song: Thursday is lovely الخميس حَبُّوب Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Sep 13, 2021
Thursdays are very special in the Arab world (or they were until recently). Today’s post is dedicated to a song about Thursdays. The song is about the great musician الموسيقي and composer الملحّن Mohamed Rahim محمد رحيم. The song is in Egyptian Arabic and it’s so much fun! Before we study the lyrics, I’ll start…
Arabic Comprehension and Grammar Exercise (2) Ibn Battuta Posted by yasmine on Aug 18, 2021
In this post, we have a fun Arabic comprehension and grammar exercise where we will extract grammatical structures and words from the text below about the famous Arab traveler known as Ibn Battuta ابن بطوطة. I thought this would be a good way to review your Arabic grammar and comprehension skills while learning about a…