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A new state is being born Posted by aziza on Nov 30, 2012
Today, the UN General Assembly has voted to grant the Palestinians the status of non-member observer state (دولة مراقب غير عضو). 138 member states voted in favour (لصالح), while 9 voted against (ضد), with 41 nations abstaining (امتنعت). This is a great day for the Palestinian people, as it is a step forward on the way…
Arabic word search game Posted by aziza on Nov 29, 2012
In this post, I have prepared an Arabic word search game for you. Can you find the 10 words below in the table? If you are not sure about the meaning of any word, look at the bottom of the page for the translation. All the words are related to law. محكمة قانون محام…
Making requests in MSA and ECA Posted by aziza on Nov 24, 2012
To learn a diaglossic language like Arabic, you need to know both the formal variety (Modern Standard Arabic) and a colloquial variety. In Arabic, there are many colloquial dialects that differ geographically! In this post, I will give you some expressions which you can use to make requests in both Standard Arabic and Colloquial Arabic…
Reading Comprehension Answers Posted by Fisal on Nov 23, 2012
Money and Happiness Here are the answers to the Reading Comprehension Exercise about Money and Happiness. To view the questions again, click the following link: https://blogs.transparent.com/arabic/reading-comprehension-exercise-4/ تتحدث القطعة عن علاقة المال بالسعادة 1) The passage is about the relationship between money and happiness. تتحسن الصحة النفسية لأى شخص بمجرد أن يربح القليل…
Reading Comprehension Exercise Posted by Fisal on Nov 23, 2012
Money and Happiness اِقــرأ الـقـطــعــة الـتــالــيـــة ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة Read the and following passage then answer the questions أثــبــتَ الــبـــاحــثـــون خــطـــأ الــقـــولَ : بــأن الــســعـــادةَ لا تـــُــشــتــرى بــالــمـــال ؛ فــقـــد وجــــدوا عــلاقـــة قـــويـــة بــيـــن الــربــــح الــمـــادى وبــيـــن شـــُــعـــُـــور الــمــَـرءِ بــالــســـعـــادة والــصـــحـــة الــنــفـــســـيـــة وتــمــكــنـــوا مــن مــُــلاحـــظـــة تــحــســُّــن الــصــحـــة الــنــفـــســيــة لأى شــخــــص بــمــجـــرد أن يــربـــحَ الــقـــلــيــــلَ…
Universal Children’s Day Posted by Fisal on Nov 20, 2012
It is November 20, 2012. Today, Google celebrated the Universal Children’s Day اليوم العالمى للطفل . It is also known as Children’s Day عيد الطفولة and is recognized in many places around the world to honour children globally. It was established in 1954 to protect children الأطفال from working for long hours in dangerous conditions…
Take Away My Passport Posted by jesa on Nov 16, 2012
Marcel Khalife (مارسيل خليفة)is an accomplished oud (عود)player, singer, and composer. He was born on June 10, 1950 in Amchit, a coastal village next to Jbeil in Lebanon. He studied the Oud at the Beirut National Conservatory of Music, where he graduated in 1971. Following his graduation and starting in 1972 till around 1975, Khalife…