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Arabic Prepositions (Part 2) حروف الجر Posted by Fisal on Sep 23, 2011
Prepositions are very important words in any language. Today, we are going to learn the Arabic prepositions and their meanings. Arabic preposition particles are Mabni words كلمات مبنية which means that they mostly have a fixed pronunciation regardless of their position in the sentence. These words also inflect the noun that follows them and cause…
Arabic Prepositions (Part 1) حروف الجر Posted by Fisal on Sep 21, 2011
Prepositions are very important words in any language. Today, we are going to learn the Arabic prepositions and their meanings. Arabic prepositions are Mabni words كلمات مبنية which means that they mostly have a fixed pronunciation regardless of their position in the sentence. These nouns also inflect the noun that follows them and cause it to end…
Bibliotheca Alexandrina مكتبة الإسكندرية Posted by Fisal on Sep 19, 2011
The Library of Alexandria مكتبة الإسكندرية /Maktabat Al-Iskandariya/ is a major library and cultural centre مركز located on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in the Egyptian city of Alexandria. It is a commemoration إحياء لذكرى of the Library of Alexandria that was lost ages ago. It also is an attempt to revive something of…
Rose of All Cities زهرة المدائن Posted by Fisal on Aug 31, 2011
Today, I am going to share a great song by the great singer; Fayrouz. The song is written by the great Lebanese poet Saeed Aql سعيد عقل and composed by the great Lebanese Rahbani brothers. The song is a dedication to the Arabism عُروبة of the great holy city of Jerusalem القُدس /Al-Quds/ which…
holiday word search game answer Posted by aziza on Aug 31, 2011
In this post, I present the answer of the word search game presented in my previous post. عطلة رحلة سفر شاطئ بحر صيد تسوق خبرة فندق ممتع All the vocabulary items deal with the holiday. Can you make a sentence for each word, e.g. عطلة العطلة الصيفية هذه السنة مدتها ستة أسابيع…
holiday vocabulary word search Posted by aziza on Aug 30, 2011
In this post, I have created 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. عطلة رحلة سفر شاطئ بحر صيد تسوق خبرة فندق ممتع…
Eid Al-Fitr عـيـد الـفِــطر Posted by Fisal on Aug 29, 2011
Tomorrow is the day of Eid. E’id Al-Fitr عيد الفطر , often abbreviated to Eid, is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan; the Islamic holy month of fasting (sawm). Eid عيد is an Arabic word meaning “festivity,” while Fiṭr فِطر means “breaking (the fast)”. The holiday celebrates the conclusion of the…