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10 Most Common Expressions About Love in Arabic Posted by jesa on Feb 10, 2015
Marhaba! As you all know, Valentine’s Day (عيد الحب) is just around the corner. Millions around the world celebrate it every year on February 14th. This day of love is usually celebrated with bouquets of red roses, red heart-shaped chocolate boxes and balloons, stuffed bears, heart-shaped jewelry, and various other gifts. Today, I want to celebrate…
Arabic for Life: Part 2 Posted by Fisal on Feb 5, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! In my previous blog, I gave you a brief idea about the Arabic for Life العربية لغة حياة report that was issued by the Committee for the Modernization of the Arabic Language Teaching. I also presented the member of the committee that was formed under the patronage of Sheikh Mohammad…
Arabic for Life: Part 1 Posted by Fisal on Feb 4, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Today I am going to tell you about the Report of the Committee for the Modernization of the Arabic Language Teaching. The Title that the committee chose to name their report is “Arabic for Life الــعــربــيــة لــغــة حــيــاة“. It symbolizes the importance of teaching and learning Arabic both to native Arabic speakers…
“Get Together”; Lotfi Bouchnak Posted by Fisal on Jan 28, 2015
Ahlan أهــْــلاً, Arabic lovers! Today is 28th January. This day five years ago was the epic day of the Egyptian 25th January, 2011 Revolution. The day was known as “The Friday of Anger جــمــعــة الــغــضــب“. It witnessed the biggest crowds that gathered in every place in Egypt. It also witnessed the biggest number…
Frozen’s ‘Let It Go’ in Arabic! Posted by jesa on Jan 27, 2015
Marhaba! Here in the Northeast region of the United States, we are witnessing a historic snow blizzard. From tons and tons of storm alerts to long waits at the supermarkets to purchase goods, we’re all getting ready to witness one of mother nature’s biggest blizzards ever! Speaking of snow blizzards and feet of piled snow…
Listening Comprehension, divorce, answers Posted by aziza on Jan 26, 2015
In this post, I present the answer of the listening comprehension exercise presented earlier and the transcription of the report. Questions are relevant to the beginning of the report (from the beginning to 1:05 only). Transcription: ظاهرة الطلاق في المجتمعات العربية تسجل ارتفاعاً قياسياً خلال الأعوام الأخيرة، فقد أكدت إحصاءات حديثة أن الأسر…
Listening Comprehension, divorce Posted by aziza on Jan 25, 2015
In this post, I present a listening comprehension exercise. Listen to the report (from the beginning to 1:05 only), and answer the questions. You can use the vocabulary list below to facilitate your comprehension. Answer the following questions in English: How did divorce rates change lately in Arab societies? How many divorces happened…