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Lutfiyah Al-Nadi; (1906 – 2002) Posted by Fisal on Aug 22, 2012
Lutfiyah Al-Nadi; (1906 – 2002) Lutfiyah Al-Nadi لــُــطــفــيــة الــنــادى was the first Egyptian and African female pilot كابتن طيار . At the age of 26, she became the first Egyptian woman to fly her plane from Cairo to Alexandria. Lutfiyah was born in 1906. When she finished her school, she decided to join…
Eid Al-Fitr Reading Comprehension Quiz Answers Posted by Fisal on Aug 21, 2012
Here are the answers to the Reading Comprehension Quiz about Eid Al-Fitr. To view the passage and questions again, please click the following link: https://blogs.transparent.com/arabic/eid-al-fitr-reading-comprehension-quiz/ بدأ عيد الفطر يوم الأحد الماضى 1) Eid Al-Fitr began last Monday. ذهب الكاتبُ إلى المسجد مع أصدقاءه 2) The writer went to the mosque with his…
Eid Al-Fitr Reading Comprehension Quiz Posted by Fisal on Aug 21, 2012
اقـــرأ الــقــطـــعــــة الــتـــالــيـــة ثــم أجــــب عــن الأســئـــلــة Read the following passage, then answer the questions: بـَــدأ عـــيــدُ الـفــِــطـــر يــَــوم الأحــَـــدِ الــمـَـــاضـِــى . اِســتــيــقــظـــتُ فـِــى الــســَّـــاعــَـــة الــثـــالــِــثـــة صــَــبــَــاحــَـــاً ثــُـــمَّ ذهــَــبــْـــتُ مـَــعَ أصــْــدِقـــَـــائــِــى إلـى الــمــَـــســْـــجــِـــد . أدَّيـــْـــنــَـــا صــَــلاة الــفــَــجــْــــرِ فــى جــَــمــَـــاعــَـــــةٍ , ثـــُــمَّ جــَــلــَــســـْـــنـــَــــا نـــُـــكــَـــبـــِّـــرُ و نــُــهــَــلــِّــلُ حـَــتــَّــى مــَــوعــِــد صــَــلاةِ الــعــِــيــدِ . صــَـــلـــَّـــيــْــنـــَـــا صــَـــلاةَ الــعــِـــيـــد , و…
A free online English-Arabic dictionary Posted by aziza on Aug 20, 2012
I have just come across a very interesting English-Arabic online dictionary, and I would like to tell you about it. It is a free online tool which I found to be very useful. Here is the website: http://www.arabdict.com/en/ I have tried it myself, and it is great! It enjoys many interesting features! It suggests ways to complete the…
Goodbye Ramadan Posted by Fisal on Aug 18, 2012
It is the last day of Ramadan and Muslims all over the world are kissing the holy month goodbye. They have worked hard all over the month and deserve some rest and reward which comes to them immediately with the Eid or feast that lasts for three days after Ramadan. Ramadan is a month…
Listening comprehension exercise, answers and transcription. Posted by aziza on Aug 17, 2012
In the previous post, I presneted a listening comprehension exercise. In this post, I present the answsers of the questions and the transcription of the news item. 1- What is Qatar requesting? Qatar requests to purchase 200 tanks. 2- What is the value of the weapons transaction? The value of the weapons deal can reach…
Listening comprehension exercise Posted by aziza on Aug 17, 2012
Please watch the video below, and try to answer the questions that follow. To make your task easier, I add the translation of key words below. Questions: 1- What is Qatar requesting? 2- What is the value of the weapons transaction? 3- What is the purpose of the purchase? 4- What is Emirates seeking? 5- …