Archive for 'Culture'
In Memory of Mai Ziyadah Posted by Fisal on Oct 17, 2012
Although Mai Ziyadah passed away and left our world in a day like today, she still lives with us through her great works. Reading any of her works, makes us feel that she is still living with us in this world. She sometimes laughs and some other times cries. Sometimes you see her silent…
The Verbal Sentence (Part 3) – Subject-Verb Agreement: Number Posted by Fisal on Oct 16, 2012
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. In this post we will discuss the subject-verb agreement; how the verb looks like with different subjects. To be more specific, what…
Fish soup Posted by aziza on Oct 15, 2012
Do you like fish (السمك)? Have you ever tried fish soup (شوربة السمك)? There are many different ways of preparing this dish, but I will give you the recipe used in my home city Alexandria (الاسكندرية). For fish soup, you will need one whole big fish. It has to be fresh and clean, i.e…
An Introduction مُقَدِّمَة Posted by jesa on Oct 13, 2012
“Record it, I am an Arab and my identity card number is 50,000”, (سَجِّل أنا عَربي ورَقِم بطاقَتي خَمسون أَلف) says the great Arab poet Mahmoud Darwish (محمود دَرويش) in his famous poem Record it, I am an Arab. And I say to you too: record this, I am an Arab. In my blog posts…
World Teacher’s Day Posted by Fisal on Oct 12, 2012
World Teacher’s Day الـيــوم الـعــالــمـــى لـلـمـُــعـَــلــِّــم is celebrated all across the globe on 5th October, every year. The day came to be celebrated for the first time in the year 1994 and since then, it has been observed by 100 countries in the world. On this day, teachers are honored for their immense contribution…
listening comprehension exercise, answers Posted by aziza on Sep 28, 2012
In this post, I present the answers of the listening comprehension exercise presented earlier. Transcription of the text: دشّن العاهل السعودي، الملك عبدالله بن عبدالعزيز، أول سيارة سعودية تحمل اسم “غزال واحد”، وهي نموذج أول مطور من سيارات مرسيدس بنز طراز C .”غزال واحد” سيارة كبيرة الحجم وتناسب أذواق السعوديين الذين يتجهون للسيارات الضخمة،…
listening comprehension exercise Posted by aziza on Sep 28, 2012
Watch to the following video and use the information presented in it to answer the questions that follow: Useful vocabulary: دشّن = launched عاهل = king نموذج = model مطور = developed/advanced حجم = size أذواق = taste ضخمة = huge طول = length عرض = width معرض = exhibition Answer the following…