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Eid Al-fitr song: ‘We will sing’ – سنُغنِّي Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jun 20, 2018
The Eid spirit is still around us! I hope that those who celebrated Eid had a wonderful time with family and friends. In keeping with last week’s post, this week’s post will provide even more words and vocabulary related to Eid Al-fitr, through listening a song by Zain, about Eid. So we can learn more…
Vocabulary Treasure Hunt: Eid Al-fitr عيد الفطر Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jun 13, 2018
We’re only a day or two away from Eid Al-Fitr عيد الفطر . So, the post today is dedicated to مُخَصَّصْ لِ this occasion by providing you with some words and vocabulary that you can be often used and heard in relation to this occasion. The post consists of two parts: in the first one…
Basics of the Libyan cuisine المطبخ الليبي – Part 3 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 23, 2018
This three part post is a comprehension practice about the Libyan cuisine and some of the main الرئيسية/popular الأكثر شهرة dishes الأطباق in Libya. The blog posts of the last two weeks provided a transcript of the clip in both regional and standard Arabic. There were also some questions for you to answer and check…
Palestinian Folkloric Song Posted by aziza on May 18, 2018
This is a famous Palestinian folkloric song which tells a story of a tall polite young man who helps defend his village from gang attacks at the time of the British mandate. Below is the song with the translation of the beginning and the end. يا زريف الطول وقّف تاقلك … رايح عالغربة و…
Basics of the Libyan cuisine المطبخ الليبي – Part 2 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 16, 2018
This two part post is a comprehension practice about the Libyan cuisine and some of the main الرئيسية/popular الأكثر شهرة dishes الأطباق in Libya. In last week’s post, you had the opportunity to listen to the clip and follow the transcript of the clip (a combination of Libyan & Egyptian dialect). There were also a…
Basics of the Libyan cuisine المطبخ الليبي – Part 1 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 9, 2018
This three part post is a comprehension practice about the Libyan cuisine and some of the main الرئيسية/popular الأكثر شهرة dishes الأطباق in Libya. The first part provides some questions for you to answer. In addition, a transcript of the clip (a combination of Libyan & Egyptian dialect) will provided here. The second part of…
Listening Comprehension (Sabaʕ Gaar سابع جار) 4 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 2, 2018
Over the past three weeks, we have been looking at a short scene (see below, from 2.46 to 5.46) from a popular Egyptian TV show that is currently screened in the Arab world. Now that we have the transcript of the script in both Arabic and English, it is time to test your understanding of…