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The Egyptian X Factor Part 2 Posted by jesa on Feb 10, 2013
Marhaba (مرحبا)! I hope you found the from the previous post interesting and I am confident you have worked hard on answering the questions. After presenting you with the answers and the translation of some key words, I want you all to check a YouTube video that shows an Egyptian TV anchor echoing the same…
Egyptian Proverbs (7) Posted by Fisal on Feb 10, 2013
Arabic proverbs الأمــثـــال الــعــربــيــــة reflect the beauty جــمـــال of the Arabic Language and the wisdom حــكــمــة of the Arabs الــعــرب and their culture الــثــقـــافـــة . In Egypt, these proverbs are part of everyone’s daily routine. There is no one single situation مــوقــف that would not have the perfect proverb tailored for it. Just for…
The Egyptian X Factor Posted by jesa on Feb 9, 2013
Marhaba (مرحبا)! In this post, I would like to share a small excerpt from an article on recent developments in show business and entertainment in Egypt. This article was published on the website of Al Akhbar, an Arabic newspaper based in Lebanon that covers different political, economic and cultural developments in the Middle East, North…
Abbas Mahmoud Al-Aqqad (1889 – 1969) Posted by Fisal on Feb 7, 2013
In today’s post, I am going to tell you about a famous Egyptian figure; Abbas Mahmoud Al-Aqqad عــبــاس مـحــمـــود الـعــقـــاد . Al-Aqqad was a famous writer كــاتــب , novelist روائــي , poet شــاعـــر , journalist صــحــفــي and critic نــاقــد . He was also a member of the Arab Academy الأكــاديــمــيـــة الــعـــربــيـــة . Al-Aqqad…
Zajal el Zajjalin Posted by jesa on Feb 6, 2013
Marhaba (مرحبا)! As promised in an earlier post, today I would like to introduce you all to Zajal (زَجَل), one of the most popular iconic and cultural traditions of many Mediterranean countries. In a nutshell, zajal is a traditional form of oral poetry (شعر) in colloquial dialect (اللغة العاميّة ) . Most notably this form…
The Verbal Sentence (Part 4) – Subject-Verb Agreement: Gender Posted by Fisal on Feb 3, 2013
Today we are going to continue our study of the Verbal Sentence الـجـمـلــة الـفـعـلـيـــة . We have already discussed the Verb in more detail and the Subject or doer of the verb. We have also started discussing the subject-verb agreement; how the verb looks like with different subjects. We started with the subject-verb agreement…
You are Back O, My Birthday! Posted by Fisal on Feb 2, 2013
I have thought a lot of something to write about today. It was my birthday yesterday and I remembered this nice song of Fareed Al-Atrash فــريــد الأطـــرش about his birthday in the movie and I liked to share it with you. Fareed was a famous Syrian singer مــُــطــْــرِب , composer مــُــلــَــحـــِّـــن and actor مــُــمــَــثــــِّـــلْ…