What’s The Closest Thing to a Perfect Salad? Posted by jesa on Mar 25, 2014
Marhaba! I think most of you might somewhat identify with one of my recurrent food adventures: the search for the perfect salad (سلطة). Similar to my case, you might be on some diet (حمية) and exercise schedule to become healthy (صحي) and shed off some extra weight. Or you might really be a vegetarian (نباتي)…
Warda Posted by aziza on Mar 21, 2014
Warda Al-Jazairia (وردة الجزائرية) was an Algerian-Lebanese singer who was well known for her Arabic songs and music. Her name literally meant Warda the Algerian, but she was commonly referred to as just Warda. Her name in Arabic وردة means “Rose”. Warda was born on July 22, 1939, in Puteaux, France, to a Lebanese…
Listening Comprehension – Palestinian Refugees in Syria – answers Posted by aziza on Mar 20, 2014
In this post, I present the answers of the listening comprehension exercise presented yesterday, as well as the transcription of the text. There are some useful words given at the end of the post that can assist your comprehension. Transcription: للمرة الأولى منذ أسبوعين. أعلنت وكالة الأمم المتحدة لغوث وتشغيل اللاجئين الفلسطينيين الاونروا، أنها أدخلت…
Listening Comprehension – Palestinian Refugees in Syria Posted by aziza on Mar 19, 2014
In this post, I present a listening comprehension exercise. The text below deals with current affairs. Listen to the text and answer the questions below. There are some useful words given at the end of the post that can assist your comprehension. Questions: 1- What did the UNRWA announce? 2- What does the word UNRWA…
What’s Just Around the Corner? Spring is Here! – Part 2 Posted by jesa on Mar 16, 2014
Marhaba! Regardless of where you are in the world, if it freezing cold, you can start to see several glimpses of Spring. The recreation of life and growing leaves on bare trees. You can most certainly hear the birds chirping and tweeting all around. Spring is almost here!! Just around the corner and in full…
What’s Just Around the Corner? Spring is Here! Posted by jesa on Mar 15, 2014
Marhaba! You might dislike cold winter days or dread humid summer days, but I am sure you all enjoy the beautiful Spring season! What’s not to love about Spring? Beautiful blossoming flowers, singing birds, the beaming sun, and multiple fun outdoor activities! In a previous post last year, I described my passion for the Spring…
Did you Hear of the latest Arabic Surprise at the Lebanese American University? – Part 2 Posted by jesa on Mar 12, 2014
Marhaba! I am confident you enjoyed learning more about this new Arabic surprise from Lebanon in the heart of the Middle East! I hope you found the text to be easy to comprehend and that you were able to answer all the questions. Also, I hope you all translated the sentence from Arabic to English…