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Listening Comprehension Answers: The Love of the Arabic Language Posted by Fisal on Apr 12, 2014
Ahlan أهـــلاً , Arabic lovers! I wonder what you have done in the last listening comprehension exercise. We have listened to Dr Hanada Taha talking about the love of the Arabic language and today, In Sha’a Allah إن شاء الله , I will present the answers. الإجــَـــابــَـــات Answers مــفــتـــاح الــفـِــكــْــر هــُـــو الــلــُّـــغـــَـــة …
Listening Comprehension Exercise: The Love of the Arabic Language Posted by Fisal on Apr 10, 2014
Listen to Professor Hanada Taha talking about the love of the Arabic language and then answer the questions: اِســتــمـِــع إلـى الــدكــتـــُــورة هــَـــنــَـــادا طــه تــتــحــدَّثْ عــَـــنْ حــُــبِّ الـلــُّــغــَـــةِ الـعــَــربــيـــَّـــة ثــُــم أجـِــبْ عـَــن الأســئــلــة الأســـْـــئــِـــلــة Questions مــا هـــو مــفــتـــاح الــفـــكـــر؟ 1) What is the key to thought? مــا الــذى أوقـــع الــدكــتــــورة هــنـــادا فــى…
Reading comprehension – Al Maydan – answers Posted by aziza on Mar 28, 2014
In this post, I present the answers of the comprehension exercise presented in my previous post. “الميدان” أول فيلم مصري يُرشح للأوسكار ولا يُعرض في مصر لأول مرة يرشح فيلم مصري لنيل جائزة الأوسكار، لكن يبدو أن المفارقة تتمثل في أنه لم يعرض في مصر. يسرد فيلم “الميدان” قصة الثورة المصرية، لكن يبدو أنه…
Reading comprehension – Al Maydan Posted by aziza on Mar 28, 2014
Read the following text, and answer the questions that follow. You can use the useful vocabulary to assist you! “الميدان” أول فيلم مصري يُرشح للأوسكار ولا يُعرض في مصر لأول مرة يرشح فيلم مصري لنيل جائزة الأوسكار، لكن يبدو أن المفارقة تتمثل في أنه لم يعرض في مصر. يسرد فيلم “الميدان” قصة الثورة المصرية،…
What’s The Closest Thing to a Perfect Salad? Posted by jesa on Mar 25, 2014
Marhaba! I think most of you might somewhat identify with one of my recurrent food adventures: the search for the perfect salad (سلطة). Similar to my case, you might be on some diet (حمية) and exercise schedule to become healthy (صحي) and shed off some extra weight. Or you might really be a vegetarian (نباتي)…
Warda Posted by aziza on Mar 21, 2014
Warda Al-Jazairia (وردة الجزائرية) was an Algerian-Lebanese singer who was well known for her Arabic songs and music. Her name literally meant Warda the Algerian, but she was commonly referred to as just Warda. Her name in Arabic وردة means “Rose”. Warda was born on July 22, 1939, in Puteaux, France, to a Lebanese…
What’s Just Around the Corner? Spring is Here! Posted by jesa on Mar 15, 2014
Marhaba! You might dislike cold winter days or dread humid summer days, but I am sure you all enjoy the beautiful Spring season! What’s not to love about Spring? Beautiful blossoming flowers, singing birds, the beaming sun, and multiple fun outdoor activities! In a previous post last year, I described my passion for the Spring…