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Listening Comprehension Answers: The Yemeni War Posted by Fisal on May 8, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! How do you view the war in Yemen? How did you see the report in the last post? Were you able to answer all the questions? Ok, now you can check your answers to the last listening exercise about the Yemeni War. To view the exercise and the questions again, please…
Listening Comprehension Exercise: The Yemeni War Posted by Fisal on May 7, 2015
اِســتــمــع إلــى الــتــقــريــر ، ثــُــمَّ أجـِــبْ عـَــن الأســئــلــة الــتــَّــالــِــيــَـــة : Listen to the report and then answer the following questions: الأســـْـــئــِـــلــة Questions مــا هــى الــدولــة الــتــى يــزورهــا جــون كــيــرى؟ 1) What country is John Kerry visiting? بــمــَــنْ اِلــتــقــى كــيــرى هــنــاك ؟ 2) Who did Kerry meet there? إلــى مــَــاذا دعــا كــيــرى الــحــوثــيــيــن ؟ 3)…
Damanhour Opera House Posted by Fisal on May 6, 2015
Ahlan أهــْــلاً , Arabic lovers! Our post today is an artistic one. It is about an artistic landmark that is located in my area in Egypt. Al-Beheira Governorate مــحــافــظــة الــبــحــيــرة lies in the Delta of Egypt. The name Al-Beheira in Arabic means “Lake بــحــيــرة“. The whole governorate was given that name because of…
Herbal medicines for common cold Posted by aziza on Apr 30, 2015
In the Arab world, herbal medicines are very common! When I was younger, we used to go to the dry grocer (العطار) whenever we suffer from minor aliments like stomach ache, constipation, cough, common cold, etc. He would give us herbs and tell us how to use them! By time, this practice became less and…
Reading Exercise Answers: Abdel-Rahman Al-Abnudi Posted by Fisal on Apr 27, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Here are the answers to the last reading exercise about the life and works of the famous Egyptian poet Abdel-Rahman Al-Abnudi عــبد الــرحــمــن الأبــنــودى who passed away last week. To view the exercise and questions again, click here. Now, check your answers and learn about the poet while learning Arabic. الإجــابــات…
Turkish baklava Posted by aziza on Apr 26, 2015
Today, I am preparing some Turkish baklava (بقلاوة تركية) at home! I found a very useful video and a very simple recipe which I wanted to share with you! Ingredients: Half a kilogram of filo pastry Ground Mixed nuts Syrup Sugar Rose water Butter and oil Method: Roast the ground nuts and add sugar and rose water, mix…
Listening Comprehension, Qatar economy, answers Posted by aziza on Apr 24, 2015
In this post, I present the answers of the listening comprehension exercise on the Qatari economy presented earlier. The questions cover the first 1 minute and 33 seconds of the news report. You can use the useful vocabulary to facilitate your comprehension! A- Questions and answers: 1- What has the Qatari economy achieved over the…