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International Women’s Day Posted by Fisal on Mar 8, 2012
International Women’s Day Google celebrates today the International Women’s Day يــَــوْمُ الــمــَــــــرأة الــعــَـــــالــَــمــِــــــــيّ (IWD), so ‘Happy International Women’s Day‘ to all women all over the world. The day is marked on March 8th every year and is a national holiday عــُــطـــْـــلــــَـــة in many countries. The focus of the celebration ranges from showing respect اِحــْـــتــِـــــرام , appreciation…
Top 100+ Must-Know Arabic Words for Facebook Posted by Hichem on Mar 2, 2012
Ever wondered how to say “Poke” in Arabic? Whether or not you’re certifiably مُدمــــــــن على الفيــــــس بـــــــوك (a “Facebookaholic”), this Top 100+ list can be a nice and fun way for you to quickly gain lots of Arabic vocabulary. Now, if you really want to propel your Arabic skills to the next level, this will set the ground…
Arabic in Outer Space (Part 2) Posted by Hichem on Feb 27, 2012
It can be funny to see that if you randomly ask young people in the Arab world today: — “What is الثُريَّـــــــــــا (al-Thuraya)?” They would almost all answer you that it is the name of a major telephone company, if not simply a chandelier, or a ceiling light hanging above our heads at home in the…
The Legend of Love and Genius; Mai Ziyada (1886 – 1941) Posted by Fisal on Feb 23, 2012
The Legend of Love and Genius أســْــطـــُــورَة الــحــُــبّ و الــنــُــبــُــوغ ; Mai Ziyada (1886 – 1941) Born on the 11th of February, 1886, Mai Ziyada مـَـيّ زيــَــادة was a famous Arab Poet, writer, and translator. She was a key figure of the Nahda نــَــهــْـــضــَـــة (renaissance) of the nineteenth century Arabic literary scene. Her original name is Mary…
Arabic in the Sky: Top 200+ Astronomical Words of Arabic Origin Posted by Hichem on Feb 22, 2012
In fact, most of the astronomical terms referring to stars today come from Arabic, while others are Greek, and some remain of origin unknown. Some of the very old star names originated with people who dwelled in شبه الجزيـــــــــرة العربيــــــــة (the Arabian Peninsula) several thousand years ago. But then, with the spread of Islam, many…
Top 50+ English Words—of Arabic Origin! Posted by Hichem on Feb 21, 2012
Did you know that words like Adobe and Safari are actually Arabic? Of course, you already knew of the existence of so-called “loanwords” in English, meaning words which are originally French, German, Spanish, etc. But were you actually aware that several of them also come from ARABIC? IN SCIENCE AND MATH: ALCHEMY and CHEMISTRY (الكيميـــــــــاء.) ALCOHOL (الكُحُـــــــــول.) ALGEBRA…
Birth of a Prophet (571 – 632) Posted by Fisal on Feb 4, 2012
Birth of a Prophet (571 – 632) مــِــيـــلادُ نــَــبـــِــىّ Today in the Islamic Calendar is the 12th of رَبـــِـــيــــعُ الأوَّل Rabi’ Al-Aw’wal 1433 A.H. (After Hijra) which is the birthday of prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon Him). The day was a Monday and the Islamic Calendar depends on the moon cycle unlike the Gregorian Calendar…