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Listening Test: A Syrian refugee (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jul 20, 2020
Welcome to the second part of this blog. It’s a listening test based on a story about Joelle – a Syrian refugee, who migrated هاجرت to Australia with her family to settle there. Last time, we listened to and studied the first half of the audio clip of the story. Today, we’re going to listen…
Listening Test: A Syrian refugee (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jul 13, 2020
Today, I have a listening opportunity for our advanced Arabic learners who are keen to improve their comprehension & listening skills. In today’s post, I chose a story about a Syrian refugee لاجئة سورية – Joelle – who left Syria in 2011 and moved with her family to Beirut and eventually settled استقرّت in Sydney…
Arabs’ long-lasting love for bread Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jun 26, 2020
Today, I would like to share with you some insights about Arabs’ extreme love for a type of food that they don’t seem to be able to live without! That food item is nothing but bread Al-khubz الخبز . This is not just metaphorical image as in some parts of the Arab world, but bread…
Eid Under lockdown العيد خلال الحظر Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 26, 2020
Today’s post is a quick report of what has been going on in social media during Eid and how Arabs expressed their feelings عبّروا عن مشاعرهم and reactions ردّات فعلهم towards spending Eid under very different circumstances تجاه قضاء العيد في ظروف مختلفة than most years! The post includes some of the hashtags وسوم that…
“Welcome Eid أهلًا بالعيد” – A Song Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 22, 2020
It’s the festive season again.. It’s just been announced that tomorrow is the last day of Ramadan and so Eid is on Sunday, the 24th. May. Kul ʕaam wa antum bi-khair كل عام وأنتم بخير 🙂 If you’d ask any Arab about a song they often associate with Eid, the song “Ahlan Ahlan Bil-Eid”, by…
Oman عُمان: through my eyes (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 15, 2020
Welcome back to this post about Oman. In this second part of the post, I continue to tell you about my experience in Oman عُمَان and its capital – Muscat مَسْقَطْ to be specific. It’s Oman and not Amman عَمَّان by the way 😀 The latter is the capital of the Arabic country Jordan, but…
Ramadan Campaign: سنة الحياة Sunnet El-Hayaa Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 8, 2020
Our post this week is dedicated to an advert song أغنية لإعلان that Orange (a mobile’s company, Egypt branch) launched أطلقته as part of its Ramadan campaign حملة رمضان this year. The theme of the song موضوع الأغنية is timely مناسب (لهذا الوقت) as it sends a positive message رسالة إيجابية to people by giving…