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Reading Comprehension Answers: Petra Posted by Fisal on Jul 30, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Here are the answers to the last reading comprehension exercise about the Red-Rose City of Petra. To view the exercise and questions again, click here. الإجــابــات Answers تــتــحــدث الــقــطــعــة عــن مــديــنــة “الــبــتــراء” الأردنــيــة. 1) The passage is talking about the Jordanian city of Petra. ســُــمــّــيــَــتْ هــذه الــمــديــنــة بــاســم “الــمــديــنــة الــورديــة”…
Reading Comprehension Exercise: Petra Posted by Fisal on Jul 29, 2015
اِقــرأ الـقــطـــعــــة الـتــالــيـــة ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة Read the and following passage and then answer the questions: “تــُــعــرَف مــديــنــة الــبــتــراء بــاســم “الــمــديــنــة الــورديــة” بــســبــب لــونِ صــخــورهــا ، و قــد صــُــنــِّــفــَــتْ فــى الــعــام 2007 كــواحــدةٍ مــن عــجــائــب الــدنــيــا الــحــديــثــة. مــديــنــة الــبــتــراء هــى مــديــنــة تــاريــخــيــة تــقــع فــى جــنــوب الأردن عــلــى بــُــعــْــد 225 كم جــنــوب الــعــاصــمــة عــَــمــَّــان…
Spicy shrimps and Fried Rice Recipe Posted by aziza on Jul 27, 2015
Spicy shrimps and Fried Rice is an Asian recipe, but Asian food is becoming more and more popular in the Arab world. Ingredients: 2 cups rice 500 grams shrimp (medium size) peeled and cleaned 1 tablespoon fresh ginger 5 cloves of garlic ½ green chili pepper corn ½ red chili pepper corn 1 teaspoon…
Happy Eid Posted by aziza on Jul 17, 2015
Yesterday was the last day of Ramadan (رمضان), and today is the Eid (عيد الفطر). Today, Muslims celebrate the end of their fasting, and enjoy the pleasures that they have given up for a month. It is a very happy time indeed! Most people celebrate the Eid in similar ways. In this post, I will…
Ramadan in Morocco – Answer Posted by aziza on Jul 10, 2015
In this post, I present the answers of the questions presented in my previous post. A) Transcribe the first sentence of the report. تسعة وتسعون في المئة من سكان المملكة المغربية الذين يقارب عددهم الآربعين مليوناً هم من المسلمين. B) Answer the following questions in English: 1- What is the population of Morocco? The…
Ramadan in Morocco – listening Posted by aziza on Jul 10, 2015
Listen to the news report and answer the questions that follow. You can use the useful vocabulary at the end of the post to aid your comprehension. A) Transcribe the first sentence of the report. B) Answer the following questions in English: 1- What is the population of Morocco? 2- What does the government do…
Think of Others Posted by aziza on Jul 6, 2015
Mahmoud Darwish (Arabic: محمود درويش, 13 March 1942 – 9 August 2008) is a Palestinian poet and author who won numerous awards for his literary output and was regarded as the Palestinian national poet. In his work, Palestine became a metaphor for the loss of Eden, birth and resurrection, and the anguish of dispossession and…