Archive for 'Culture'
Colloquial phrases: Arabic vs. English (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Aug 16, 2021
One of the tricky aspects of learning most languages is colloquial expressions, which make an important part of the spoken dialect/variety of a language. Unless the learner is exposed to them, they are almost impossible to come up with them. In today’s post (and the next one), we’re going to look at sixteen popular English…
Arabic proverbs about Cats! Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Aug 9, 2021
Welcome to a new post مرحبا بكم في مدوّنة جديدة! Yesterday was the National Cat Day يوم القطط العالمي . On this occasion, and due to that fact that I’m a big cat fan ;), I dedicate today’s blog post to talk about some popular Arabic proverbs (in Standard & Vernacular Arabic) that use cats…
Song: “A piece of my heart” حِتَّه من قلبي Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Aug 2, 2021
Welcome to a new post 🙂 مرحبا بكم في مدوّنة جديدة. I have a new song for you today , a recent one that got released by the great Emirati singer – Hussain El Jassmi. It seems like every summer, he keeps delighting يستمر في إسعاد his audience جمهوره with a new song أغنية/surprise مفاجأة (You can…
Ghadames غدامس: The Pearl of the Desert (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jul 26, 2021
Welcome to the 2nd part of this blog post. We’re still learning about the unique Libyan city المدينة الليبية المميزة of Ghadames مدينة غدامس, in Libya. As you probably remember, this city is a palm oasis in the middle of the desert and for this reason, it was called: ‘The pearl of the desert“, i.e…
How to Give your Condolences in Arabic التعزية Posted by yasmine on Jul 21, 2021
If you happen to know someone who is of the Islamic faith and who has lost a loved one, you may want to know how to express your condolences تعزي in Arabic, since such phrases are taken from both the Quran and Hadith. Knowing how to say at least one of these phrases will mean…
Ghadames غدامس: The Pearl of the Desert (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jul 19, 2021
Today, we’re going to learn about a unique city مدينة مميّزة in Libya, called تُسَمَّى بِـ Ghadames غْدَامِسْ. It’s a Berber town مدينة أمازيغية and is located in the Northwest of Libya وتقع في شمال غرب ليبيا. It’s unique because the town stands in an oasis واحة, in the middle في وسط the desert الصحراء and…
Motivational song: “Stay steel” by Tamer Hosny Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jul 12, 2021
Welcome to a new post 🙂 مرحبا بكم في مدوّنة جديدة. Today, I would like to share with you a song that has been released by the iconic Egyptian singer المغنّي المصري المعروف: Tamer Hosny تامر حسني at the beginning of this year في بداية هذا العام. I came across this song quite recently and thought…