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How to Prepare Pumpkin Kibbe Posted by jesa on Oct 27, 2012
It’s the time of the year when everyone is rushing to purchase pumpkins for carving, home decoration or just to feel part of the Halloween Season! At least this is the case in the United States. You can either choose to buy orange or white pumpkins (لَقطين). Some shops even carry some weird looking pumpkins…
Eid Mubarak Posted by aziza on Oct 26, 2012
Eid Mubarak (عيد مبارك)! Todays is Eid ul Adha (عيد الأضحى), or the feast of sacrifice. Muslims celebrate this feast by slaughtering a sheep. The aim of this is to remember the story of Prophet Abraham (إبراهيم) who was willing to slaughter his own son in submission to God’s orders, but then God sent him…
United Nations Day يوم الأُمَم المتَّحِدة Posted by jesa on Oct 25, 2012
The United Nations Charter (ميثاق الأُمَم المتَّحِدة) was ratified as the founding document of this international organization by the majority of different member states, including the five most powerful and permanent members of the Security Council (مجلس الأَمِن)– United States of America, France, Britain, China and Russia (formerly the Soviet Union). Following the ratification of…
Fairouz and Fall Posted by jesa on Oct 22, 2012
Fairouz (فَيروز), one of the most famous and respected Arab artists, is a Lebanese singer (مُغَنِّيَة) born on November 21, 1935. Born Nouhad Haddad, she acquired her stage name Fairouz which means ‘turquoise’ after she was introduced to Halim el-Roumi (حَليم الرّومي), head of the Lebanese Radio Station in the 1950s. Her fame later…
Fisal’s Dictionary_”to build” Posted by Fisal on Oct 21, 2012
Today, we are going to go on a journey to the depths of the Arabic Dictionary in order to discover some of its secrets. We will look up the root verb بـَـنـَـى and explore some of its derivatives. * بـَــنــَـى /bana/ [V. T.]: (something) = to build. Ex. – تبنى الحكومةُ مدارسَ جديدةً …
Listening Comprehension exercise in Arabic – answers Posted by aziza on Oct 19, 2012
In this post, I present the transcription of the news item and the answers of the questions presented in the previous post. Transcription تبدأ اليوم مناورات عسكرية هي الأكبر في منطقة الخليج تهدف إلى إزالة الألغام والمتفجرات من مياه المحيط في البحر الأحمر، الخليج العربي، خليج عدن وخليج عُمان. المناورات تقودها الولايات المتحدة وتشارك فيها…
Listening comprehension exercise in Arabic Posted by aziza on Oct 19, 2012
Listen to the news item below and answer the questions that follow: Use the following words to aid your understanding: مناورات = maneuvers عسكرية = military إزالة = removal الألغام = mines المتفجرات = explosives تقود = lead البحرية الأمريكية = US marines تهديد = threat ضمان = ensure حرية = freedom الملاحة = navigation…