Frozen’s ‘Let It Go’ in Arabic! Posted by jesa on Jan 27, 2015
Marhaba! Here in the Northeast region of the United States, we are witnessing a historic snow blizzard. From tons and tons of storm alerts to long waits at the supermarkets to purchase goods, we’re all getting ready to witness one of mother nature’s biggest blizzards ever! Speaking of snow blizzards and feet of piled snow…
Listening Comprehension, divorce, answers Posted by aziza on Jan 26, 2015
In this post, I present the answer of the listening comprehension exercise presented earlier and the transcription of the report. Questions are relevant to the beginning of the report (from the beginning to 1:05 only). Transcription: ظاهرة الطلاق في المجتمعات العربية تسجل ارتفاعاً قياسياً خلال الأعوام الأخيرة، فقد أكدت إحصاءات حديثة أن الأسر…
Listening Comprehension, divorce Posted by aziza on Jan 25, 2015
In this post, I present a listening comprehension exercise. Listen to the report (from the beginning to 1:05 only), and answer the questions. You can use the vocabulary list below to facilitate your comprehension. Answer the following questions in English: How did divorce rates change lately in Arab societies? How many divorces happened…
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…