Farewell Robin Williams: 5 of his Most Famous Movie Quotes in Arabic Posted by jesa on Aug 16, 2014
Marhaba! I am sure you’ve all come across the latest news that the Hollywood star (النجم السينمائي) Robin Williams has passed away. Although the Hollywood star decided to end his life voluntarily and there are many contrasting views on suicide (الانتحار) around the world which cut across religions and nations, the important fact remains that…
Reading comprehension – Ebola Outbreak Posted by aziza on Aug 15, 2014
Read the text and answer the following questions. The text is adapted from a news article on bbcarabic. You can use the vocabulary list provided to facilitate your comprehension. السيطرة على وباء إيبولا “سيستغرق 6 أشهر” أطباء بلا حدود إن تفشي وباء إيبولا في غرب أفريقيا سوف يستغرق ستة أشهر من العمل للسيطرة عليه. ودعت…
Egyptian Proverbs (8) Posted by Fisal on Aug 13, 2014
Arabic proverbs الأمــْــثــَــال الــعــَــرَبــِــيــَّـــة reflect the beauty جــَــمــَــال of the Arabic Language and the wisdom حــِــكــْــمــَــة of the Arabs and their culture. In Egypt, these proverbs are part of everyone’s daily routine. There is no one single situation مــَــوْقــِــف that would not have the perfect proverb tailored for it. Just for the sake of fun الــمــُــتــْــعــَــة , I…
Nizar Qabbani: Al-Quds Posted by Fisal on Jul 31, 2014
Ahlan, Arabic fans! Today, I am going to present a poem by the great Arab poet نــِــزار قــَــبــَّـــانــِــى Nizar Qabbani. The poem is entitled الــقــُــدْسُ /Al-Quds/ (Jerusalem). In the poem, the poet longs for peace الــســَّــلام and for the land to come back to its owners. He longs for the time when blood الــدَّم and aggression الــعــُــدْوَان will stop. He never loses hope الأمــَــل in spite…
Fareed Shawky: (1920 – 1998) Posted by Fisal on Jul 30, 2014
Ahlan, Arabic fans! Google celebrates today the 94th birthday of Fareed Shawky Mohammad Abdu. This post is for those of you who don’t know him. Fareed Shawky فــَــريـــد شــَــوْقــِــي was a famous Egyptian actor مــُــمــَــثــِّــل and screen writer كــَــاتــِــبْ ســِــيــنــَــاريــُــو and film producer مــُــنــْــتــِـــج . He was famous all over the Arab world and Turkey. He spent about…
Word search, Eid Al Fitr, Answers Posted by aziza on Jul 28, 2014
In this post, I present the answer of the word search game published earlier. All the words are related to Eid Al Fitr which marks the end of the month of Ramdan. If you are not sure about the meaning of any word, look at the bottom of the page for the translation عيد الفطر…
Word search, Eid Al Fitr Posted by aziza on Jul 28, 2014
Millions of Muslims around the world, me included, celebrate the feast today. It is called (عيد الفطر), and it marks the end of the month of Ramadan. Eid is celebrated in many different ways, including special food, e.g. (كعك العيد), buying new clothes (ملابس) for everyone, giving charity (صدقة) to the poor and needy, and…