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Fayrouz Posted by aziza on Jan 18, 2010
Fayrouz (فيروز) is one of the most famous Arab singers. She was born on 21st November 1935 in Lebanon. In her childhood, she used to sing at school concerts and to neighbors and friends in her family’s simple house in Beirut. At one of the school concerts, Mohammed Fleyfel became impressed by her voice and…
Happy New Year Posted by aziza on Dec 30, 2009
Happy New Year كل عام وأنتم بخير! What is your new year’s resolution? Below are the top resolutions for Americans. Lose Weight Manage Debt Save Money Get a Better Job Get Fit Get a Better Education Drink Less Alcohol Quit Smoking Now Reduce Stress Overall Reduce Stress at Work Take a Trip Volunteer to Help…
Meals Posted by aziza on Oct 29, 2009
The work day in the Arab world is usually shorter than the work day in the West, especially for the bureaucratic class of employees, which represents a major percentage of the work force and of society as a whole. Work starts usually at around 8.30 am, and ends at around 2.30 pm. Therefore, people do…
Omar Sharif Posted by aziza on Oct 17, 2009
Omar Sharif (عمر الشريف) is a very famous Egyptian actor who became a world-renowned star. He was born in Alexandria on the 10th of April, 1932 to a rich Catholic family, and his original name was Michael Demitri Shalhoub. As a child, he was fat and liked eating so much; therefore, his mother insisted on…
Telling the Time in Arabic Posted by aziza on Sep 29, 2009
What is the time? كم الساعة؟ It is half past ten الساعة العاشرة والنصف Telling the time in Arabic is very easy. We use ordinal numbers with hours, except one o’clock, as follows: One O’clock الساعة الواحدة Two O’clock الساعة الثانية Three O’clock الساعة الثالثة Four O’clock الساعة الرابعة Five O’clock الساعة الخامسة Six O’clock…
Eid Al-Fitr Posted by aziza on Sep 19, 2009
Today is the last day of the month of Ramadan (رمضان), the best and most important month for Muslims. At the end of the holy month of fasting (الصوم) and worship (العبادة), Muslims have a special feast called (عيد الفطر). It marks the end of Ramadan and lasts for 3 days. It starts on the…
Ramadan Habits Posted by aziza on Aug 23, 2009
Today is the second of Ramadan in the Hijri year 1430. Nabeel kindly commented on my previous post and gave a more accurate definition for fasting as “Fasting means willing abstention from eating, drinking and satisfaction of certain demands of the flesh, from predawn to sunset.” In fact, this alerted me that I mentioned briefly…