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Ramadan Campaign: سنة الحياة Sunnet El-Hayaa Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 8, 2020
Our post this week is dedicated to an advert song أغنية لإعلان that Orange (a mobile’s company, Egypt branch) launched أطلقته as part of its Ramadan campaign حملة رمضان this year. The theme of the song موضوع الأغنية is timely مناسب (لهذا الوقت) as it sends a positive message رسالة إيجابية to people by giving…
Oman عُمان: through my eyes (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 4, 2020
As an Arab, Oman عُمَان was not a country that I knew or heard much about as is the case with the rest of the Gulf countries. It wasn’t until 2013 when I had the chance to go there when I was invited by a family member who used to live there temporarily. In this…
Locked down together during Ramadan Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 1, 2020
From the beginning of Ramadan, I’ve been following a comic show on YouTube called كملت معي Kimle-t ma-ʕi and I would like to share with you its theme song or الشارة iš-šaarah as it’s called in Syrian Arabic (the variety used in the show). The show’s theme song can give you the gist of what…
Listening Practice: Lebanese Arabic, 2 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Apr 27, 2020
Welcome to the second part of this blog post. A week ago, we started studying a short video clip in Lebanese Arabic. The video is a funny dialogue between a mother and her daughter about the Corona pandemic. After looking at the script in both Arabic and English, today I’m providing you with the Modern…
Arab’s deep appreciation for food Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Apr 24, 2020
As it’s the first day of Ramadan, I would like to start by sending my warm regards to all learners who celebrate it 🙂 Ramadan Mubarak رمضان مبارك Since food is a popular topic موضوع شائع in this month, I decided to share with you some thoughts about the way food is perceived يُنظَر له …
Sham En-niseem Holiday in Egypt Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Apr 20, 2020
Today marks اليوم يصادف the day of Sham En-niseem شم النسيم which is an Egyptian national holiday عطلة وطنية مصرية that is celebrated every year, on the Monday following Easter Sunday عيد القيامة , which was yesterday 19th April, according to the Eastern Orthodox church الكنيسة الأرثوذكسية الشرقية, that is based والتي يقع مقرّها in…
Listening Practice: Lebanese Arabic, 1 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Apr 17, 2020
Today, I have a fun video clip for you that you can listen to if you would like to improve your listening in Lebanese Arabic. The video is based on a short dialogue between a mother and her 4-year-old daughter that’s taking place during home quarantine period فترة الحجر المنزلي. In the first part of…