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Reading Comprehension Answers: Naguib Mahfouz Posted by Fisal on Jun 5, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! How was the last Arabic reading exercise about the only Arab Nobel Laureate for Literature; Naguib Mahfouz? I hope you have done well in it. Here are the answers just for you to check. To view the passage and the questions again, please click here. الإجــابــات Answers ولــِــدَ نــجــيــب مــحــفــوظ فــى…
Reading Comprehension Exercise: Naguib Mahfouz Posted by Fisal on Jun 4, 2015
اِقــرأ الـقــطـــعــــة الـتــالــيـــة ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة Read the and following passage and then answer the questions: “ولــدَ نــجــيــب مــحــفــوظ فــى االــحــادى عــشــر مــن شــهــر ديــســمــبــر 1911 فــى حــىّ الــجــمــالــيــة بــمــديــنــة الــقــاهــرة. نــشــأ فــى أســرة مــتــوســطــة و كــان أصــغــر الأطــفــال. اِنــتــقــلــت أســرتــه لــلــعــيــش فــى عــدّة أحــيــاء فــى الــقــاهــرة الــقــديــمــة مــثــل حــىّ الــعــبــاســيــة و الــحــســيــن…
Naguib Mahfouz: (1911 – 2006) Posted by Fisal on Jun 3, 2015
Ahlan Arabic lovers! Today, I am going to tell you the story of a great Egyptian novelist روائــي, writer كــاتــب and philosopher فــيــلــســوف; Naguib Mahfouz نــجــيــب مــحــفــوظ. Yes, he is the only Arab Nobel Laureate for literature الأدب in 1988. To get more information about other Arab Nobel Laureates, click here. His literary…
It’s Getting Hot: How about a Fruit Salad the Lebanese Way? Posted by jesa on May 31, 2015
Marhaba! Billions around the world look for ways to cool down on a hot summer day, and for the next few months we need easy recipes for dishes, appetizers, and drinks to help us cool down. In the past, I have shared how to prepare Yogurt Cucumber Dip and Fattet Djej with Yogurt. Both recipes…
Something will remain between us; Farouk Gweedah Posted by Fisal on May 31, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Today, I am presenting a very touching love poem. It is called “Something will remain between us شــيءٌ ســيــبــقــى بــيــنــنــا“. The poem was written by the great contemporary Egyptian poet and writer Farouk Gweedah فــاروق جــويــدة . He is famous all over the Arab world. Gweedah has written a lot…
Learn the 10 Most Common Political Ideologies in Arabic (2) Posted by jesa on May 30, 2015
Marhaba! I believe that most of you enjoyed learning the 10 most common political ideologies in Arabic. Others I am sure just refreshed their memory. Similar to my earlier advice on the 100 most common words in Arabic, you will undoubtedly come across most if not all these words in any daily Arabic newspaper or…
Listening comprehension in Arabic Posted by aziza on May 29, 2015
In this post, I present a listening comprehension exercise. Listen to the report below and answer the questions that follow. If you need help with vocabulary, you can refer to the useful vocabulary list below. Answer the following questions in Arabic: ما اسم ناطحة السحاب الجديدة؟ أين شيدت ناطحة السحاب الجديدة؟ من الذي حضر…