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Listening Comprehension Answers: “A Day in …” Posted by Fisal on Jan 15, 2015
Ahlan Arabic lovers! Here are the answers to the Listening Comprehension Exercise: “A Day in …” that was a TV advertisement of Al-Jazeera Documentary channel. To view the exercise and the questions again, please click here. الإجــابـــات Answers يــتــحــدَّث الــفــيــديـــوعــن إعــلانٍ لــبــرنــامــج وثــائــقــىّ . 1) The Video is about an advertisement for…
Listening Comprehension Exercise: “A Day in …” Posted by Fisal on Jan 15, 2015
شــَــاهــِــدْ الــفــِــيــديــُــو ، ثــُــمَّ أجـِــبْ عـَــن الأســئــلــة الــتــَّــالــِــيــَـــة : Watch this video and then answer the following questions: الأســـْـــئــِـــلــة Questions عــَــمَّ (عــَــنْ مــَـــاذا) يــتــحــدَّث الــفــيــديـــو؟ 1) What is the video about? مــَــا اِســْــم الــبــرنــامج ؟ 2) What is the name of the program? مــَــا هــو مــوضــوع الــبــرنــامــج ؟ 3) What is the program about?…
Top 10 Arabic Posts from 2014 Posted by Fisal on Jan 14, 2015
Ahlan أهــْــلاً and Happy 2015 Arabic lovers! It is a new year and new resolutions. New year is often the best time to have a stop with yourself and a think about the previous year. Where were you at the very beginning of that past year? Where are you now? Where will you be…
“To my Love on New Year’s Eve”; Nizar Qabbani Posted by Fisal on Dec 31, 2014
Ahlan أهــْــلاً and Happy New Year, Arabic lovers! Today, I am presenting a very beautiful love poem by the great Arab poet Nizar Qabbani نــِــزَار قــَــبــَّــانــِــي . The poem is entitled; “To My Love on New Year’s Eve إلـي حـبـيـبـتـي فـي رأس الـسـنـة“. It is a poem of unlimited love, an eternal one that…
Learn How to Cook Roasted Leg of Lamb the Lebanese Way! Posted by jesa on Dec 27, 2014
Marhaba! New Year’ Eve is just around the corner, and what better way to celebrate this holiday by learning to cook a tasty dish for family and friends? Given it’s the season for giving and loving, I want to share the recipe my wife and I are planning to use for our New Year’s Eve…
Reading Comprehension Answers: My Language is Arabic Posted by Fisal on Dec 25, 2014
Ahlan, Arabic fans! Here, I present the answers to the Reading Comprehension Exercise: My Language is Arabic. To view the exercise and questions again, please click here. الإجــابــات Answers عــنــوان الــمــســابــقــة هــو «لـغــتـي عـربـيــة» 1) The title of the competition is; “My Language is Arabic” تــَــمَّ إطــلاق الـمـسـابـقـة بــواســطــة وزارة الـتـعـلـيـم الـعـالـي و الـبـحـث…
Where do the Arabic names of weekdays come from? Posted by Fisal on Dec 24, 2014
Ahlan أهــْــلاً Arabic lovers! In today’s post, I am going to discuss the meaning of the Arabic names of weekdays and where they came from. The weekdays, as they are known today, took some time along history until they reached the form known in the Arab world today. Arabs did not have separate…