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From Prison to Palace; Morsi President of Egypt Posted by Fisal on Jun 24, 2012
It is such a memorable day! Today (Sunday, 24th June 2012) and at a bit after midday, The Elections High Committee الـلــجــنـــة الــعــُــلــيــــا لـلانــتــخـــابــــات announced the final figures and results of the Egyptian runoff elections. The committee declared Dr Muhammad Morsi مــُــحــَــمــّــد مــُــرســى as President of Egypt. Thus, Morsi is the first civilian مَــدَنـِــيّ…
Inna & Anna !? Posted by Fisal on Jun 20, 2012
In a previous post, we were introduced to Inna and Sisters. We have known that they are particles حــُــروف . One sister of Inna is Anna. The difference between the two sisters is the first letter which is the Hamza ( ء ) . The Hamza in the first word إنَّ has a Kasrah…
The Predicate of Inna and Sisters Posted by Fisal on May 31, 2012
The Predicate of Inna and Sisters خــبــر إنَّ و أخـــواتــهــــــا Kana and Sisters are Verbs while Inna and Sisters are Mabni Words or particles ( Horouf حروف ). Both Kana and its Sisters and Inna and its Sisters precede the Nominal Sentence. The Mubtada المبتدأ of the nominal sentence turns to be the noun ( Ism…
Inna and Sisters (Part 2) Posted by Fisal on May 30, 2012
Inna and Sisters إنَّ و أخواتها (Part 2) In the previous post, we introduced to Inna and Sisters. We knew that they are particles حــُــروف ; not verbs. They start the Nominal sentence. They change the case of the Mubtada to the accusative or the Nasb Case حالة النصب . The Mubtada changes its name…
Inna and Sisters (Part 1) Posted by Fisal on May 29, 2012
Inna and Sisters إنَّ و أخــواتــهــــــــا (Part 1) We are still dealing with the Arabic grammar, sailing farther and deeper everyday. In some earlier post, we have summed up all about the Nominal Sentence. In another, we studied the verbs of Kana / Kada and their sisters and the effect they do to the Mubtada…
Fisal’s Dictionary: “to make” Posted by Fisal on May 26, 2012
Fisal’s Dictionary: ” to make صـنـع “ Today, we are going to go on a journey to the depths of the Arabic Dictionary to discover some of its secrets. We will look up the root verb صـَــنـــَـعَ and explore some of its derivatives. * صـَــنــَـعَ [V. T. ] = to make / to manufacture / to…
Expatriation and Nostalgia Posted by Fisal on May 13, 2012
Yes, our blog today is about these sad feelings; expatrriation and nostalgia, experienced by the great and famous Prince of Poets أمــيـــرُ الــشــُــعــــراء in the Modern Arabic Literature. Ahmad Shawqi أحــمـــد شـــوقــــي wrote this patriotic poem قــصــيــدة وطــنــيـــة in his exile الــمــنــفــى in Andalusia الأنــدلــُــس ; (now Southern Spain) during the First World War. In exile, Shawqi…