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Fisal’s Dictionary: “to move” Posted by Fisal on Jul 22, 2012
Fisal’s Dictionary: “to move حــَــرَك” Today, we are going to go on a journey to the depths of the Arabic Dictionary in order to discover some of its secrets. We will look up the root verb حـَـرَكَ and explore some of its derivatives. * حـَـرَكَ [V.I.] = 1- To feel or complain about some…
Welcome Ramadan Posted by Fisal on Jul 21, 2012
Today we will listen to a nice Ramadan song by the famous Egyptian singer; Abdel Aziz Mahmoud عبد العزيز محمود . The song was published in 1966 and is entitled “Welcome Ramadan مـَــرحــَــب رمــضـــان” . There are so many Arabic songs in different dialects that celebrate the coming of this holy month every year…
It is Ramadan! Posted by Fisal on Jul 19, 2012
Tomorrow is the first day of the holy month of Ramadan رمـضــان . Ramadan is the time when Muslims all over the world fast. The fasting of Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam. Since Ramadan is a special month in the Muslim calendar, it is celebrated in so many different ways…
Baby Animals Posted by Fisal on Jul 18, 2012
Baby Animals صــِـــغــــَــــــار الــحـــَـــيـــــوانـــَـــات In today’s post, we are going to learn some names of baby animals in the Arabic language. * The baby lion أســـَـــد is called a “cub شـــِــبــْـــل “ * The baby horse حـِــصــَــان is called a “foal or colt مــُــهـــْـــر ” * The baby donkey حــِــمــَـــار is called a “foal or…
Youssef Wahbi (1898 – 1982) Posted by Fisal on Jul 14, 2012
Youssef Wahbi يـوسـف وهــبــي was born on July 14th 1898 in the city of Al-Fayoum الــفــَـــيــُّـــوم , Egypt. He was an Egyptian theatre and cinema actor مـُـمـَــثـــِّـــل and director مـُــخــرِج , a leading star نــَــجــْــم of the 1930s and 1940s and one of the most prominent Arab stage actors of all times. Wahbi was…
Listening Comprehension Quiz Answers Posted by Fisal on Jul 10, 2012
Here are the answers to the previous Listening Comprehenshion Quiz. 1) أول مــَــديــنـــة هــي الــقـــاهــِـــرة و درجــــة الــحـــرارة بــهــا هــي 36 The first city is Al-Qahirah (Cairo) and its temperature is 36 2) أول مــَــديــنـــة تـقــع عـلـى ســاحــل الــبــحــر الـمـتـوســط هـي دمــيـــاط و درجــة حــرارتــهـــا هـي 32 The first city that lies on the coast…
Exactly 50 Years Ago: ALGERIA Heroically Gets Back Its Independence Posted by Hichem on Jul 4, 2012
If the world should be rightfully proud of the American Independence Day celebrated on July 4th, it should be very proud of the Algerian Independence Day celebrated the next day, on July 5th! Today, July 5th, 2012, marks the 50th anniversary of a historical event of the utmost importance: Not only for one specific country…