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Rice Pudding with Saffron Posted by aziza on Jan 23, 2015
This is a very nice recipe for a dessert: Rice Pudding with Saffron. Ingredients: 1 cup rice 2 cups hot water 4 cups whole milk 1 cup cream ¾ cup sugar (or more as desired) ½ cup raisins ½ teaspoon saffron 1 vanilla stick (or Small tablespoons vanilla liquid) 2 tablespoons rose water For decoration…
Reading Comprehension Answers: Sharjah World Music Festival 2015 Posted by Fisal on Jan 22, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Here are the answers to the last reading comprehension exercise about the Sharjah World Music Festival 2015. To view the exercise and the questions again, please click here. الإجـــابـــات Answers اِســم الــفــنــان الــضــيــف هــو كــاظــم الــســاهر . 1) The guest artist is Kazim Al-Sahir. حــلَّ هــذا الــفــنــانُ ضــَــيــفــاً عــلــى إمــارة…
Reading Comprehension Exercise: Sharjah World Music Festival 2015 Posted by Fisal on Jan 22, 2015
اِقــرأ الـقــطـــعــــة الـتــالــيـــة ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة Read the and following passage and then answer the questions: يـحـل الـفـنـان الـعـراقـي كـاظـم الـسـاهـر ضـيـفـاً عـلـى إمـارة الـشـارقـة لـلـمـرة الأولـى فـي مـسـيـرتـه الـفـنـيـة ، لـيـحـيـي أولـى حـفـلات الـدورة الـثـانـيـة مـن مـهـرجـان الـشـارقـة لـلـمـوسـيـقـى الـعـالـمـيـة ، الـتـي سـتـقـام فـي الـعـاشـرة مـن مـسـاء يـوم الـجـمـعـة 16 يـنـاير الـمـقـبـل…
Where did the Arabic names of months come from? Posted by Fisal on Jan 21, 2015
Ahlan أهــْــلاً Arabic lovers! In a previous post, we discussed the origins and meanings of the Arabic names of the weekdays. In today’s post, we are going to discuss the meanings of the Arabic names of months and where they came from. Before we explore the meanings and origins of these months’ names…
Faten Hamama: (1931 – 2015) Posted by Fisal on Jan 18, 2015
Ahlan Arabic lovers! Last night on 17 January, 2015, a great and distinguished Egyptian and Arab figure left our world aged 83 years old. She was an actress that was given the nickname of “Lady of the Arabic Screen ســَـــيــدة الــشــاشــة الــعــربــيـــة“. She made her first performance when she was just seven years old…
Can Going to the Gym Make you Deaf? Posted by jesa on Jan 17, 2015
Marhaba! With the beginning of every New Year, most people around the world commit to getting in shape, exercising more, and in many cases losing weight. People flood gyms and struggle to workout at least 3 times every week. Some fail while others succeed. Going to the gym consistently is an item that appears on…
Listening Comprehension Answers: “A Day in …” Posted by Fisal on Jan 15, 2015
Ahlan Arabic lovers! Here are the answers to the Listening Comprehension Exercise: “A Day in …” that was a TV advertisement of Al-Jazeera Documentary channel. To view the exercise and the questions again, please click here. الإجــابـــات Answers يــتــحــدَّث الــفــيــديـــوعــن إعــلانٍ لــبــرنــامــج وثــائــقــىّ . 1) The Video is about an advertisement for…