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Listening Comprehension Qatar economy Posted by aziza on Apr 24, 2015
In this post, I present a listening comprehension exercise in Arabic. Listen to the beginning of the news report and answer the questions that follow. You only need the first 1 minute and 33 seconds. You can use the useful vocabulary to facilitate your comprehension! A- Answer the following questions: 1- What has the Qatari…
Reading Exercise: Abdel-Rahman Al-Abnudi Posted by Fisal on Apr 23, 2015
اِقــرأ الـقــطـــعــــة الـتــالــيـــة ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة Read the and following passage and then answer the questions: “عــبــد الرحــمــن الأبــنــودى هــو شــاعــر و مــؤلــف أغــانــى مصــرى مــشــهور . كــتــب الأبــنــودى قــصــائــده و أغــانــيــه بــالــلــهــجــة الــمــصــريــة الــعــامــيــة . ولــِــدَ الــشــاعــر فــى قــريــة أبــنــود فــى صــعــيــد مــصــر ، مــحــافــظــة قــنــا ، فى 11 أبــريــل 1938 . كــان…
Arabic Prepositions; Answers Posted by Fisal on Apr 17, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic fans! Did you read the posts about the Arabic prepositions? How was your answer to the prepositions exercise? Ok, now you can check your answers. Here are the answers to the last Arabic prepositions exercise. To view the exercise and questions again, kindly click here. تــكــمــلــة الـقــطـــعــــة بــحــروف الــجـــر الــصــحــيــحـــة : …
Arabic Prepositions Exercise Posted by Fisal on Apr 16, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic fans! In two previous posts, we discussed all the Arabic prepositions. What we will be doing today is to practice these prepositions. You may need to go over the posts. Read the Arabic Prepositions (Part 1) Read the Arabic Prepositions (Part 2) Now, that you have read the posts that explain…
The $1 Million Dollar Bus (2) Posted by jesa on Apr 14, 2015
Marhaba! One major lesson from this remarkable story in the previous post is a constant struggle for war torn societies to be able to rehabilitate themselves after the guns of war have silenced. Sami Hamdan’s story in the article reflects how many people in most war-torn states are looking for ways to commemorate the end…
The $1 Million Dollar Bus Posted by jesa on Apr 12, 2015
Marhaba! On 13 April every year, thousands of Lebanese around the globe and in Lebanon take a moment to remember the devastating civil war that erupted on 13 April 1975. Many observers still remember where they were exactly the moment that extreme rounds of violence ensued around the capital of Lebanon: Beirut. Some recall where…
Listening Comprehension Answers: Super School Posted by Fisal on Apr 10, 2015
Ahlan Arabic lovers! Here are the answers to the last listening comprehension exercise bout the Super High School of Science in Yokohama, Japan. To view the exercise and the questions again, please click here. الإجــابـــات Answers تــوجــد الــمــدرســة الــثــانــويــة الــخــارقــة لـِــلــعــُــلــوم فــى مــديــنــة يــُــوكــُــوهــامـــا ، الــيــابــان . 1) The Super High School…