Archive for 'Grammar'
Al-Imam Al-Shaf’ie (150 – 204 AH) Posted by Fisal on Sep 29, 2013
In today’s post, I am going to tell you about a famous Arab and Muslim figure; Muhammad Bin (son of) Idris Al-Shaf’ie مـُـحــمـَّــد بــن إدريـــس الــشــافــِــعـــىّ . Al-Shaf;ie was a Muslim jurist فــَــقــــيـــه /Faqeeh/. He was a active in juridical matters in relation to the Islamic law. His thoughts and teachings led to the establishment…
Learn How to Say Hello and to Introduce Yourself Posted by jesa on Sep 11, 2013
Marhaba! If you happen to visit any country in the Middle East or anywhere in the world for that matter, you always meet new people. It could be at work (عمل), school (مدرسة) or just at a random social gathering (لقاء اجتماعي). You might land a new job in the Middle East or go on…
America Spying on the World? – Answers Posted by jesa on Jul 13, 2013
Marhaba! I hope you found the excerpt from the article in the previous post interesting. I am confident you have all worked hard to answer the questions. In this post, I would like to present you with the answers and the translation of some key words. Answers: 1. لم تتوقّع «وكالة الأمن القومي»…
America Spying on the World? Posted by jesa on Jul 11, 2013
Marhaba! The world is watching the unfolding developments in the United States and everyone around the globe has their fair share of concerns and fears regarding their privacy and that of their loved ones. I am sharing a brief excerpt from an article that discusses these recent unfolding events and developments in the United States…
What doesn’t the Egyptian star Amr Diab understand? Posted by jesa on May 4, 2013
Marhaba! In this post, I am sharing an article about Amr Diab’s criticism of a famous song from the movie “Ice Cream in Glym.” This article was published today (May 4, 2013) on the website of Al Akhbar a Lebanese newspaper. After presenting the article, I have some questions for you to answer. As…
Reading Comprehension Answers: Yusuf Khaleef Posted by Fisal on Apr 28, 2013
Here are the answers to the last reading comprehension exercise about the contemporary Egyptian poet, Yusuf Khlaeef. If you want to go over the exercise again, click the following link: https://blogs.transparent.com/arabic/reading-comprehension-exercise-yusuf-khaleef/ الإجــــابــــــــــات وُلــِـــدَ الــدكـــتـــور يــوســـُـــف فــى مـــديـــنــــة الأســــكـــنــدريــــة – مـــصـــر . 1) Professor Yusuf was born in the city of Alexandria, Egypt. عـَـمِـل…
Reading Comprehension Exercise: Yusuf Khaleef Posted by Fisal on Apr 27, 2013
اِقــرأ الـقــطـــعــــة الـتــالــيـــة ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة Read the and following message then answer the questions: وُلـــِـــدَ الــدكــتـــــور يـــوســــف عــبـــد الــقــــادر خــلــيــــف فــى عـــام 1922 فــي حــي رأس الــتــيـــن بـمــديــنــة الإســكــنــدريــة – مــصــــر . حــَـــصــُــــلَ عــلــى الــلــيــســـانــــس من قسم اللغة العربية عام 1944 والــمــاجــســتــيــــر عام 1950 و والــدكـــتـــوراه عام 1956 مـِـــن كــُــلــيــــة الآداب –…