Archive for 'Vocabulary'
Nizar Qabbani; “Unlimited Love” Part I Posted by Fisal on Aug 29, 2014
Ahlan أهــْــلاً Arabic lovers! Today, I am presenting a very beautiful love poem by the great Arab poet Nizar Qabbani نــِــزَار قــَــبــَّــانــِــي. The poem is entitled “Unlimited Love حــُــبٌّ بــِــلا حــُــدُود“. Since the poem is very long, I will post it in two parts. I have also posted a youtube video reciting the whole…
Grilled Fish, Egyptian style! Posted by aziza on Aug 27, 2014
Today, I will give you a very authentic Egyptian fish recipe. It is advised to prepare it outdoors. You can prepare it indoors, but you have to notice that the house will all smell of fish very strongly, as this recipe lets out a lot of smoke. Grilled Fish (سمك مشوي) Ingredients: Whole fish (سمك)…
“She is my Life”; Amr Diab Posted by Fisal on Aug 24, 2014
Ahlan أهــْــلاً Arabic lovers! Here is a beautiful love song by Amr Diab عــَـــمــْـــرو دِيــَـــاب . The song is entitled “She is my Life هــِــى .. حــَــيــَـــاتــِـــي“. It was written by the Egyptian poet Magdy Al-Naggar مــَــجــْــدِى الــنــَـــجـــَّــــار . Amr Diab composed it himself in the Latin House music. The song is about…
Arabic Translation Answer: ‘This Article is not for you!’ Posted by Fisal on Aug 21, 2014
Ahlan Arabic fans! Here is the English translation of the article “This Article is not for you هــَــذا الـمــَــقــَــالُ لا يــَــعــْــنــيــك” by the Saudi journalist Muhammad Al-Rotayyan مـُــحــَــمــَّــد الــرُّطــَـــيــَّـــانْ who writes for Al-Madinah newspaper. For more information about Al-Rotayyan, please click on his name above. Also, to view the article in Arabic, kindly…
Arabic Translation Exercise: ‘This Article is not for you!’ Posted by Fisal on Aug 21, 2014
Ahlan Arabic fans! Today I am presenting a translation exercise. We are going to read a short article by one of the Arab writers. The article will be in Arabic and you are going to test your Arabic reading skill and translate the article into English. Of course I will post the…
Listening comprehension – Ebola Outbreak – answers Posted by aziza on Aug 20, 2014
In this post, I present the answers of the listening comprehension exercise on the topic of the outbreak of Ebola in Western Africa. I also present the transcription of the news story. Transcription: منظمة الصحة العالمية تدق ناقوس الخطر و تؤكد أن تفشي وباءإيبولا في غينيا وليبيريا يشكل واحدا من أصعب التحديات التي تواجه المنظمة حتى الآن…
Listening comprehension – Ebola Outbreak Posted by aziza on Aug 19, 2014
In this post, I present a listening comprehension exercise on the topic of the outbreak of Ebola in Western Africa. You can use the vocabulary list provided to assist you with understanding the passage. Listen to the news report and answer the questions that follow. Questions: How does the WHO describe the spread of…