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Word search game – answers Posted by aziza on Jun 30, 2011
Here is the answer of the word search game presented yesterday! Do you still remember the words related to common cold? Try to list as many of them as you can orally or in writing! Check how many you have learnt!
Specialized dictionaries online Posted by aziza on Jun 24, 2011
It is very hard to find the translations of specialized English terms into Arabic. In this post, I present a link to a website that contains some specialized dictionaries in different fields. I have tested it with a number of terms, and it seems to be fine. I hope you find it useful. http://www.dictionarybay.com/ It…
Famous Cities : Cairo القاهرة /Al-Qaahira/ Posted by Fisal on Jun 7, 2011
Cairo is the capital of Egypt and is also the largest city in Egypt and in all Africa. Its Arabic name القاهرة /Al-Qahira/ literally means ” The Conqueror” as it has conquered all invaders along history. It has the nickname of “The City of the Thousand Minarets مدينة الألف مئذنة “. Cairo is also one…
This Day in History: The 1967 War (حرب 1967 ) Posted by Fisal on Jun 5, 2011
Every nation’s life is like everyone’s life; it has ups and downs. This day in 1967 was an unlucky day to all Arab countries neighboring Israel. Like today and on 5th June 1967, Israel launched a sudden and violent military attack against Syria, Egypt and Jordan. The war lasted for only six days. That…
Arab Culture الثقافة العربية Posted by Fisal on May 23, 2011
In previous posts, we defined what is meant by communication, context and culture. Today, we are going to look at the term “Arab” and we will try to define it. What do we mean by “Arab”? This term is as hard to define exactly as the term “American”. Arabs were the people living…
Verb Type نوع الفعل Posted by Fisal on Apr 16, 2011
Today we are going to discuss the types of root verbs according to their form and ability to change form. The focus will be on the FORM and not the USE of these verbs. Uses of these special verb categories will come later. There are two main categories of verbs: (1) The Declinable Verb الفعل…
Egypt ; A Story of Struggle Posted by Fisal on Mar 13, 2011
Since the time of the Pharaohs الفراعنة, Egypt مصر was never ruled by a native Egyptian; except for the last sixty years. Along history التاريخ it hasn’t known any democratic regime نظام ديمقراطى in the sense of what modern democracy means. The welfare of the people depended mainly on the desire of its rulers…