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Tabbouleh Posted by aziza on Mar 29, 2010
Tabbouleh (تبولة) is one of the best salads I have ever tried. It is very common in the Levant (الشام), i.e. in Syria and Lebanon. It is a very healthy and delicious salad (سلطة), made mainly of fresh chopped vegetables (خضروات), spices (توابل), oil (زيت) and lemon juice (عصير ليمون). Below are two recipes that…
Mother’s Day in the Arab World Posted by aziza on Mar 23, 2010
Mother’s Day (عيد الأم) is celebrated all around the world on different days of the year to honour mothers and to express gratitude to them. It is believed that Mother’s Day originated from a Greek Festival that celebrates the mother of Greek gods. Mother’s Day in the Arab world started with an idea proposed by…
English Words of Arabic Origin Posted by Transparent Language on Mar 8, 2010
A brief list of English words that have Arabic origin.
Belly Dancing in Arab Culture Posted by aziza on Feb 28, 2010
Belly dancing (الرقص الشرقي) is an important aspect of Arab and Middle Eastern culture. It is controversial, and there are many views about it in the Arab world as well as in the West. Some regard it as an exploitation of the female body and therefore associate it with negative sexual stereotypes while others regard…
Arabic Cultural Expressions: From Assalamu ‘alaykum to Bismillah Posted by aziza on Feb 27, 2010
I am writing this post in response to a kind suggestion of Juan who asked me to write a post about cultural expressions and their replies. Thank you very much Juan for the suggestion! I think that this is a very important topic. Please find a list below. بسم الله “Bismillah” literally means (in the…
Vancouver 2010 Posted by aziza on Feb 16, 2010
Five days ago, the Winter Olympics (دورة الألعاب الأولمبية الشتوية) started in Vancouver, Canada. This event has attracted a great deal of attention worldwide, but not so much in the Arab world. There are only 3 Arab countries present in Vancouver Morocco (المغرب), Algeria (الجزائر) and Lebanon (لبنان). There are 5 athletes (خمسة رياضيين) from…
Avicenna Posted by aziza on Feb 12, 2010
Avicenna (ابن سینا) is a famous Muslim physician and philosopher. His full name is (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله بن الحسن بن علي بن سينا). He was born around 980 in Afghanistan and started to learn medicine, logic, philosophy and literature at a very early age.He completed learning the Qur’an before the age of…