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Nizar Qabbani: Bigger than all Words Posted by Fisal on Aug 16, 2012
It has been a while since we last read any Arabic poetry! Today we are going to read a poem by the great Arab poet Nizar Qabbani نزار قبانى . The poem is entitled, “Bigger than all Wordsأكــبــرُ مـِــن كــُــلِّ الـكــَــلـِـــمــَــــات ”. In the poem, Nizar boasts of being a great eloquent poet. He…
Arabic Sentences: The Verbal Sentence Posted by Fisal on Aug 12, 2012
We have already studied the Nominal Sentence الـجــُــمــلــة الاســمــيـــة . Today, we are going to study the second type of the Arabic Sentences which is the Verbal Sentence الــجــمــلــة الــفــعــلــيـــة . Simply speaking, the verbal sentence in the Arabic language is the sentence that starts with a verb فـِــعـــْـــل . It consists of a verb…
A word search game in Arabic – Ramadan Answer Posted by aziza on Jul 31, 2012
In this post, I present the answer of the Arabic word search game about Ramadan foods (أطباق رمضان) and the meaning of the search words 1- كنافة 2- خشاف 3- تمر 4- قراصيا 5- قطايف 6- قمر الدين 7- بلح الشام 8- بسبوسة 9- بقلاوة 10- مكسرات
A word search game in Arabic – Ramadan Posted by aziza on Jul 30, 2012
In this post, I present an Arabic word search game about Ramadan foods (أطباق رمضان) and the meaning of the search words 1- كنافة 2- خشاف 3- تمر 4- قراصيا 5- قطايف 6- قمر الدين 7- بلح الشام 8- بسبوسة 9- بقلاوة 10- مكسرات Here is the meaning of the words: 1- كنافة (is a…
Reading Comprehension Answers Posted by Fisal on Jul 28, 2012
Here are the answers to the previous reading comprehension exercise اِقــرأ الـقـطــعــة الـتــالــيـــة ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة Read the Following passage and then answer the questions: إنَّ عـــذاب الإنــســــان الأكــبـــر هــو الــفــقـــر , و لـكــنَّ الـفـقــر لـيــس نـاتـجــاً مـن سـُــوء تــوزيــع الـثــروة فـحـســب , و لـكـنــه نـاتــج مـن سـُــوء تــوزيــع الإنـســانــيـــة . و يـظـهــر ذلـك…
Reading Comprehension Exercise Posted by Fisal on Jul 28, 2012
اِقــرأ الـقـطــعــة الـتــالــيـــة ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة Read the Following passage and then answer the questions: إنَّ عـــذاب الإنــســــان الأكــبـــر هــو الــفــقـــر , و لـكــنَّ الـفـقــر لـيــس نـاتـجــاً مـن سـُــوء تــوزيــع الـثــروة فـحـســب , و لـكـنــه نـاتــج مـن سـُــوء تــوزيــع الإنـســانــيـــة . و يـظـهــر ذلـك واضـحــاً فـي عـالـمـنــا الـحـديــث حـيــن نــرى أنّ مـُــشــكـلــة الـفـقـــر قـــد…
This Day in History; The July 23, 1952 Revolution Posted by Fisal on Jul 23, 2012
Today is the 60th anniversary of the July 23, 1952 Revolution ثورة . The revolution began with a successful military coup d’etat انقلاب that was led by the Free Officers Movement حركة الضباط الأحرار . The Free Officers were a group of army officers led by Muhammad Naguib محمد نجيب and Gamal Abdel-Nasser جمال عبد…