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word search game in Arabic Posted by aziza on Mar 30, 2013
In this post, I have prepared an Arabic word search game for you. Can you find the 10 words below in the table? If you are not sure about the meaning of any word, look at the bottom of the page for the translation. All the words are related to drinks. شاي قهوة كراوية ينسون…
How to Prepare Tabbouleh Posted by jesa on Mar 26, 2013
Marhaba (مرحبا)! Today, I am going to teach you how to prepare Tabbouleh (التبولة) which is a tasty and healthy (صحي) vegetarian appetizer (مقبلات نباتية ) that is popular in the Middle East and especially in Lebanon. Like the tasty dish Moujadara, this is one of the most popular appetizers throughout the year and during…
Malak Hefny Nassef Posted by aziza on Mar 23, 2013
Malak Hefny Nassef (ملك حفني ناصف) is an Egyptian writer and a leading feminist. She was born in Cairo in 1886 to an educated family. Her father was a judge and a well-known writer. He was also one of the founders of the Egyptian University. Malak Hefny Nassef is the first Arab woman to receive…
To My Mother Posted by jesa on Mar 21, 2013
Marhaba (مرحبا)! A few months ago, I introduced you all to one of my favorite Arab artists, the accomplished Oud player, composer and singer, Marcel Khalife (مارسيل خليفة). Mother’s Day in the Arab world falls on March 21st of every year, coinciding with the beginning of spring (الربيع) On the occasion of Mother’s Day, which…
Dawood pasha meatballs Posted by aziza on Mar 19, 2013
In this post, I give you the recipe of an easy and delicious meaty dish. It is called Dawood Pasha Kufta (كفتة داوود باشا). It was named after Dawood Pasha, as it is said that he punished a cook who made a mistake in the recipe. It is easy to make and very nice…
Reading Comprehension Answers – From Jubran to Mai Posted by Fisal on Mar 18, 2013
Did you like Jubran’s message to his beloved; Mai? Did you answer all the questions correctly? Ok, let’s check together. Here are the answers to the reading comprehension exercise based on Jubran’s message: كـــَـــاتـــِــــب الــرســالـــة هــو جــُـــبــران خــلــيـــل جـُــبــران ، و كــتــبــهــا لـِ مــَـــىّ زيـــادة 1) The writer of the message is Jubran…
Reading Comprehension Exercise – From Jubran to Mai Posted by Fisal on Mar 17, 2013
اِقــرأ الـــرســـالـــــة الـتــالــيـــة ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة Read the and following message then answer the questions: مــِـــن جــــُــــــبــْـــران إلــى مــــَـــــيّ : أنـــا أعــْـــلـــَــــمُ أنَّ الــقـــلـــيــــــلَ مــِـــنَ الــحـــُّـــــبِّ لا يــُـــرضــِـــيـــــكِ ، كــَــمـــَـــا أعــْــــلـــَــــمُ أنَّ الــقـــَــــلــيـــــلَ مـــِـــنَ الــحـــُّـــبِّ لا يـــُـــرضـــِــــيـــنـــي ، أنــْـــتِ وأنـــَــــا لا ولـــَـــنْ نــَـــرْضـــَـــى بــالـــْـــقـــَـــلـــِــــيــــل . نــَــحــْـــنُ نــُــــريـــــدُ الــكــــثـــيــــر . نــحـــــنُ نـــُــــريــــــدُ كـــُــــلَّ شـــَـــيءٍ…