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Mohammad Ghani Hikmat (1929 – 2011) Posted by Fisal on Apr 21, 2016
Ahlan أهــْــلاً, Arabic lovers! Yesterday, Google Middle East celebrated the 87th anniversary of Mohammad Ghani Hikmat مـحـمـد غـانـي حـكـمـت showing one of his famous monuments called “Saving the Iraqi Culture”. So, I thought it is a good chance to write a short biography about the man. Hikmat was one of the most important Iraqi…
Angelina Jolie’s visit Answers Posted by aziza on Apr 15, 2016
In this post, I present the answers of the reading comprehension exercise on Angelina Jolie’s visit to a refugee camp in Lebanon from a news story from BBC Arabic. تلقي الممثلة الأمريكية أنجلينا جولي كلمة رئيسية حول أزمة اللاجئين في إطار يوم من التغطية الخاصة تنظمه بي بي سي. ومن المقرر أن تُلقي جولي، وهي مبعوثة…
Reading comprehension Angelina Jolie Posted by aziza on Apr 15, 2016
In this post, I present a reading comprehension exercise based on a news story from BBC Arabic. تلقي الممثلة الأمريكية أنجلينا جولي كلمة رئيسية حول أزمة اللاجئين في إطار يوم من التغطية الخاصة تنظمه بي بي سي. ومن المقرر أن تُلقي جولي، وهي مبعوثة مفوضية اللاجئين بالأمم المتحدة، كلمتها في جلسة تُعقد يوم 16 مايو/…
How to make Hawawshi; the Alexandrian way Posted by Fisal on Apr 14, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! What did you have for dinner yesterday? Ok. This was my dinner; Hawawshi حــواوشــي. If you have not tried it, then this your chance! Hawawshi is a very famous dish in Egypt. It is made in two ways; the most famous is the Alexandrian way. Hawawshi is also famous in…
Reading Comprehension Answers: Zaha Hadid Posted by Fisal on Mar 31, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! How was the reading comprehension exercise about the late famous architect Zaha Hadid? I hope you did fine. Anyway, here are the answers to the exercise for you to check. If you would like to view the Exercise and questions again, kindly, click here. الإجــابــات Answers توفيت المهندسة المعمارية “زها حديد”…
Reading Comprehension Exercise: Zaha Hadid Posted by Fisal on Mar 31, 2016
اِقــرأ المقال الـتــالــي ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة: Read the and following article and then answer the questions: “أعلن متحدث باسم مكتب “زها حديد” عن وفاة المهندسة المعمارية البريطانية من أصل عراقي، الخميس 31 مارس 2016، إثر نوبة قلبية في مستشفى ميامي لتفارق الحياة فى عمر 65 عاماً. ولدت زها حديد في العاصمة…
Egyptian Proverbs (10) Posted by Fisal on Mar 30, 2016
Arabic proverbs الأمــْــثــَــال الــعــَــرَبــِــيــَّـــة reflect the beauty جــَــمــَــال of the Arabic Language and the wisdom حــِــكــْــمــَــة of the Arabs and their culture. In Egypt, these proverbs are part of everyone’s daily routine. There is no one single situation مــَــوْقــِــف that would not have the perfect proverb tailored for it. Just for the sake of…