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Reading Comprehension Answers: The Berlin Film Festival Posted by Fisal on Feb 21, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! In this post I am giving the answers to the last reading comprehension exercise about the Berlin Film Festival 2016. To view the exercise and the questions again, kindly click here. الإجــابــات Answers الفيلم الفائز بجائزة الدب الذهبي هو “نار في البحر” للمخرج الايطالي جيانفرانكو روسي. 1) The winner…
Reading Comprehension Exercise: The Berlin Film Festival Posted by Fisal on Feb 21, 2016
اِقــرأ الـقــطـــعــــة الـتــالــيـــة ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة: Read the and following passage and then answer the questions: “فاز الفيلم الوثائقى “نار فى البحر”(Fuocoammare] (Fire At Sea] للمخرج الإيطالي جيانفرانكو روسي بجائزة الدب الذهبي فى مهرجان برلين السينمائي كأفضل فيلم لهذا العام. و يتناول الفيلم قصة صبى صغير يعيش على جزيرة لامبيدوسا (Lampedusa) الإيطالية وسط البحر…
Banksy in Gaza, Answers Posted by aziza on Feb 17, 2016
In this post, I present the answers of the listening comprehension exercise on Banksy in Gaza. A. Write the first sentence of the report from the beginning to 17: فنان الجرافيتي الشهير بانكسي لم يعلن عن زيارته إلى قطاع غزة ولكنه وثقها عبر جداريات رسمها على بقايا المنازل التي دمرتها الحرب الإسرائيلية الأخيرة على القطاع واختزل فيها…
Learn How To Cook Chard Lentil Soup the Lebanese Way! Posted by jesa on Feb 16, 2016
Marhaba! Today, I want to share you a recipe for Chard Lentil Soup (the Lebanese way!!) that my wife and I are prepared the other day for a number of friends. This is a really easy recipe and you can pull it off in no time! It takes us about an hour, including prepping the…
Banksy in Gaza, Listening Posted by aziza on Feb 15, 2016
In this post, I present a listening comprehension exercise on Banksy in Gaza. Listen to the story, and answer the questions that follow. You can use the vocab presented at the end of the post to assist your comprehension. A. Write the first sentence of the report from the beginning to 17: B. Answer the…
Ziad Rahbani’s Famed Play On The Silver Screen! (2) Posted by jesa on Feb 14, 2016
Marhaba! Hope you all enjoyed reading about Ziad Rahbani’s famed play! It’s wonderful and one of my favorites. As mentioned earlier on, this play touches on many of the important themes and issues that still plague our everyday life. Today I am providing the answers to the reading comprehension exercise and I am also sharing…
“I Am All Yours”; Sherine Posted by Fisal on Feb 13, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic fans! Tomorrow is the 14th. Of February so Happy Valentine’s Day! On this occasion, I am presenting a beautiful love song by the Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel-Wahhab شــيــريــن عــبــد الــوهــاب. The song is entitled “أنــا كــُــلــِّــي مــِــلــكــَــك /Ana Kolli Melkak/” which translates literally as “I Am All Yours”. Nearly all Sherine’s…