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Fisal’s Dictionary: “to make” Posted by Fisal on May 26, 2012
Fisal’s Dictionary: ” to make صـنـع “ Today, we are going to go on a journey to the depths of the Arabic Dictionary to discover some of its secrets. We will look up the root verb صـَــنـــَـعَ and explore some of its derivatives. * صـَــنــَـعَ [V. T. ] = to make / to manufacture / to…
Egypt: Voting for a President Posted by Fisal on May 24, 2012
Today the Egyptians continue voting تصويت to choose a president from thirteen candidates in the first free presidential elections after the 25th January 2011 Revolution. The voting process عملية started yesterday and is considered a turning point inEgypt’s modern history. No one can predict who the winner will be. There are five frontrunners who…
Egyptian Proverbs (5) Posted by Fisal on May 19, 2012
Arabic proverbs reflect the beauty of the Arabic Language and the wisdom of the Arabs and their culture. In Egypt, these proverbs are part of everyone’s daily routine. There is no one single situation that would not have the perfect proverb tailored for it. Just for the sake of fun, I am going to…
Al-Mutanabbi: The Arabian Knightly Poet of Majestic Grandeur Posted by Hichem on May 18, 2012
What you are about to read in today’s post is an excerpt from one of the crown jewels of Arabic literature and poetry. The author is known as المُتَنَبِّـــــــــــــي (Al-Mutanabi.) He wrote those verses as a مــــــــــدح (praise) of one of the leaders of his time, Seyf al Dawla, whose name literally means in Arabic…
Yalla! Let’s Boost Arabic e-Content! Posted by Hichem on May 14, 2012
It was about time that some of us, Arabic speakers, took an initiative to boost online Arabic content! After the recent decision of launching a “Center of Excellence for Arabic Language” in the UAE, around 400 Emirati volunteers announced that they will take part in editing a new global glossary that aims to standardize…
Expatriation and Nostalgia Posted by Fisal on May 13, 2012
Yes, our blog today is about these sad feelings; expatrriation and nostalgia, experienced by the great and famous Prince of Poets أمــيـــرُ الــشــُــعــــراء in the Modern Arabic Literature. Ahmad Shawqi أحــمـــد شـــوقــــي wrote this patriotic poem قــصــيــدة وطــنــيـــة in his exile الــمــنــفــى in Andalusia الأنــدلــُــس ; (now Southern Spain) during the First World War. In exile, Shawqi…
Mahmoud Mukhtar (1891 – 1934) Posted by Fisal on May 12, 2012
Google celebrated the 121st birthday of Mamoud Mukhtar مـحـــمـــــود مــخــتــــــار last Thursday. Mukhtar was one of the few leading Egyptian sculptors نــَــحــَّــاتــيـــن . He is the maker of the famous Nahdit Misr Statue تــِــمــثــــال نــهــضــــة مِـصـــر (Egypt’s Renaissance Sculpture) and has a museum named after him in Cairo that exhibits his numerous works. His museum…