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Syrian Falafel Posted by aziza on Mar 24, 2017
In a previous post, I presented the recipe for falafel, the Egyptian way. In this post, I present the recipe for Syrian falafel. The main difference is that Egyptian falafel is made with beans only, while Syrian falafel has a mixture of beans and chickpeas. Please find the recipes below and follow the useful video…
Celebrate Mother’s Day with a Beautiful Arabic Song Posted by jesa on Mar 21, 2017
Marhaba! As I have discussed in earlier posts, Mother’s Day is celebrated on March 21st across the Arab world. It coincides with the beginning of the Spring season. In the past, I have shared Marcel Khalife’s beautiful ballad, ‘To My Mother,’ and I have also shared 10 beautiful quotes for mother’s day in Arabic! Today…
Archaeological Discovery_reading1 Posted by aziza on Mar 12, 2017
In this post, I present the answers of the reading comprehension exercise based on a story adapted from bbcarabic: أعلنت وزارة الآثار المصرية اكتشاف تمثالين فرعونيين، أحدهما يرجح أنه للملك رمسيس الثاني، والآخر للملك سيتي الثاني، في منطقة المطرية، شرق القاهرة. ويعود التمثالان لعصر الأسرة التاسعة عشر، وعثر عليهما في محيط بقايا معبد الملك رمسيس…
Archaeological Discovery_reading Posted by aziza on Mar 10, 2017
In this post, I present a reading comprehension exercise based on a story adapted from bbcarabic. You can use the vocabulary provided to assist your comprehension. أعلنت وزارة الآثار المصرية اكتشاف تمثالين فرعونيين، أحدهما يرجح أنه للملك رمسيس الثاني، والآخر للملك سيتي الثاني، في منطقة المطرية، شرق القاهرة. ويعود التمثالان لعصر الأسرة التاسعة عشر، وعثر…
Did you See Banksy’s New Hotel? (2) Posted by jesa on Mar 7, 2017
Marhaba! I am sure you found the recent listening comprehension exercise about Banksy’s hotel in the West Bank interesting and fun. Today, I am sharing the answers to the previous questions in the listening comprehension post. I am also sharing the news story to refresh your memory. The most important learning goal from these listening…
Did you See Banksy’s New Hotel? Posted by jesa on Mar 4, 2017
Marhaba! Today I am sharing a very recent news story that i read about Banksy’s art in a new and different way. The story is about Banksy’s new hotel in the West Bank. What makes this story very interesting is that it discusses the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict in a different way. I know that many…
The Arabic Guide on Must Know Words about the Oscars (2) Posted by jesa on Feb 28, 2017
Marhaba! I hope you found the most recent post on the Academy Awards interesting, fun, and useful. As I promised you earlier, today I am sharing the list of winners in all the different categories. I hope you will always feel encouraged to discuss recent and important developments in Arabic. As always, dear Arabic lovers…