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Arabic Translation Answer: ‘This Article is not for you!’ Posted by Fisal on Aug 21, 2014
Ahlan Arabic fans! Here is the English translation of the article “This Article is not for you هــَــذا الـمــَــقــَــالُ لا يــَــعــْــنــيــك” by the Saudi journalist Muhammad Al-Rotayyan مـُــحــَــمــَّــد الــرُّطــَـــيــَّـــانْ who writes for Al-Madinah newspaper. For more information about Al-Rotayyan, please click on his name above. Also, to view the article in Arabic, kindly…
Arabic Translation Exercise: ‘This Article is not for you!’ Posted by Fisal on Aug 21, 2014
Ahlan Arabic fans! Today I am presenting a translation exercise. We are going to read a short article by one of the Arab writers. The article will be in Arabic and you are going to test your Arabic reading skill and translate the article into English. Of course I will post the…
Listening comprehension – Ebola Outbreak Posted by aziza on Aug 19, 2014
In this post, I present a listening comprehension exercise on the topic of the outbreak of Ebola in Western Africa. You can use the vocabulary list provided to assist you with understanding the passage. Listen to the news report and answer the questions that follow. Questions: How does the WHO describe the spread of…
Farewell Robin Williams: 5 of his Most Famous Movie Quotes in Arabic Posted by jesa on Aug 16, 2014
Marhaba! I am sure you’ve all come across the latest news that the Hollywood star (النجم السينمائي) Robin Williams has passed away. Although the Hollywood star decided to end his life voluntarily and there are many contrasting views on suicide (الانتحار) around the world which cut across religions and nations, the important fact remains that…
Egyptian Proverbs (8) Posted by Fisal on Aug 13, 2014
Arabic proverbs الأمــْــثــَــال الــعــَــرَبــِــيــَّـــة reflect the beauty جــَــمــَــال of the Arabic Language and the wisdom حــِــكــْــمــَــة of the Arabs and their culture. In Egypt, these proverbs are part of everyone’s daily routine. There is no one single situation مــَــوْقــِــف that would not have the perfect proverb tailored for it. Just for the sake of fun الــمــُــتــْــعــَــة , I…
Nizar Qabbani: Al-Quds Posted by Fisal on Jul 31, 2014
Ahlan, Arabic fans! Today, I am going to present a poem by the great Arab poet نــِــزار قــَــبــَّـــانــِــى Nizar Qabbani. The poem is entitled الــقــُــدْسُ /Al-Quds/ (Jerusalem). In the poem, the poet longs for peace الــســَّــلام and for the land to come back to its owners. He longs for the time when blood الــدَّم and aggression الــعــُــدْوَان will stop. He never loses hope الأمــَــل in spite…
Fareed Shawky: (1920 – 1998) Posted by Fisal on Jul 30, 2014
Ahlan, Arabic fans! Google celebrates today the 94th birthday of Fareed Shawky Mohammad Abdu. This post is for those of you who don’t know him. Fareed Shawky فــَــريـــد شــَــوْقــِــي was a famous Egyptian actor مــُــمــَــثــِّــل and screen writer كــَــاتــِــبْ ســِــيــنــَــاريــُــو and film producer مــُــنــْــتــِـــج . He was famous all over the Arab world and Turkey. He spent about…