10 Most Common Swear Words and Expressions in Arabic Posted by jesa on Jan 20, 2015
Marhaba! You all know by now that our posts are PG rated and we’ve never ventured into a discussion of Arabic curses and swear words. Well, we’ve discussed several ways to express anger in Arabic, but I am pretty sure some of you are interested in learning some of the most common swear words in…
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? (2) Posted by jesa on Jan 18, 2015
Marhaba! Were you as shocked as I was to learn about some of the ills with loud music at the gym? By all means, shedding pounds at the gym should not endanger your hearing. Needless to say, lively music is an excellent tool that makes workouts and gym classes easier. However, the bottom line is…
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…
Listening Comprehension Exercise: “A Day in …” Posted by Fisal on Jan 15, 2015
شــَــاهــِــدْ الــفــِــيــديــُــو ، ثــُــمَّ أجـِــبْ عـَــن الأســئــلــة الــتــَّــالــِــيــَـــة : Watch this video and then answer the following questions: الأســـْـــئــِـــلــة Questions عــَــمَّ (عــَــنْ مــَـــاذا) يــتــحــدَّث الــفــيــديـــو؟ 1) What is the video about? مــَــا اِســْــم الــبــرنــامج ؟ 2) What is the name of the program? مــَــا هــو مــوضــوع الــبــرنــامــج ؟ 3) What is the program about?…
Top 10 Arabic Posts from 2014 Posted by Fisal on Jan 14, 2015
Ahlan أهــْــلاً and Happy 2015 Arabic lovers! It is a new year and new resolutions. New year is often the best time to have a stop with yourself and a think about the previous year. Where were you at the very beginning of that past year? Where are you now? Where will you be…