Nour Al-Sharif (1946 – 2015) Posted by Fisal on Aug 13, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Today, we are going to read a short biography السيرة الذاتية of one of the most influential artists فنانين in Egypt and the Arab world. Nour Al-Sharif نور الشريف , as he was nicknamed, is a famous contemporary معاصر Egyptian actor ممثل. His birth name is Muhammad Gabir Abdallah محمد…
Listening answers – Dubai Heritage Posted by aziza on Aug 9, 2015
In this post, I present the answers of the listening comprehension questions about Dubai heritage camp. I also present the transcription of the report. Transcription: تحت رعاية الشيخ ماجد بن محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم رئيس مجلس إدارة هيئة دبي للثقافة والفنون نظم برنامج تعزيز الهوية الوطنية في الإمارات العربية المتحدة، مخيم وطني للعائلات في…
Listening – Dubai Heritage Posted by aziza on Aug 7, 2015
Listen to the report and answer the following questions. You can use the words at the end of the post to facilitate your comprehension. The report deals with Dubai Heritage Camp. The questions deal with the first 1.50 seconds of the report. Answer the following questions in Arabic من الذي قام برعاية المخيم؟ من نظم…
Arabic for Libraries (Part 2) Posted by Fisal on Aug 6, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Since libraries play an important role in our lives, we have started a series of blogs representing different situations in a library setting to get to know how to use Arabic in the library. Today, we have another conversation between a librarian and a library patron to check out some materials…
Arabic for Libraries (Part 1) Posted by Fisal on Aug 5, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Since libraries play an important role in our lives, in today’s post we are going to explore some useful language that is used in a library setting through some dialogues. You will have the full dialogue in Arabic and then the same dialogue translated into English. المحادثة الأولى: الحصول على بطاقة…
Reading Comprehension Answers: Petra Posted by Fisal on Jul 30, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Here are the answers to the last reading comprehension exercise about the Red-Rose City of Petra. To view the exercise and questions again, click here. الإجــابــات Answers تــتــحــدث الــقــطــعــة عــن مــديــنــة “الــبــتــراء” الأردنــيــة. 1) The passage is talking about the Jordanian city of Petra. ســُــمــّــيــَــتْ هــذه الــمــديــنــة بــاســم “الــمــديــنــة الــورديــة”…
Reading Comprehension Exercise: Petra Posted by Fisal on Jul 29, 2015
اِقــرأ الـقــطـــعــــة الـتــالــيـــة ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة Read the and following passage and then answer the questions: “تــُــعــرَف مــديــنــة الــبــتــراء بــاســم “الــمــديــنــة الــورديــة” بــســبــب لــونِ صــخــورهــا ، و قــد صــُــنــِّــفــَــتْ فــى الــعــام 2007 كــواحــدةٍ مــن عــجــائــب الــدنــيــا الــحــديــثــة. مــديــنــة الــبــتــراء هــى مــديــنــة تــاريــخــيــة تــقــع فــى جــنــوب الأردن عــلــى بــُــعــْــد 225 كم جــنــوب الــعــاصــمــة عــَــمــَّــان…