Greeting in Arabic Posted by aziza on Jan 19, 2009
The most common greetings in the Arabic language areأهلاًandالسلام عليكم أهلاًmeans hello, welcome, hi and how do you do? السلام عليكمis used for both hello and goodbye. People at different countries use variations of these expressions, e.g. in the Gulf countries, “هلا” is used as a local variation of أهلاً. This table shows…
Glimpses of Egyptian culture in a song Posted by aziza on Jan 16, 2009
I have always loved the song ( عودوني ) by the famous star Amr Diab. The music is authentic and touching, and the clip is amazing. I have always thought that Amr Diab chooses his songs very well, but this has by far been the best for me! The clip shows some images of traditional Nubian…
Learning Arabic … which variety? Posted by aziza on Jan 15, 2009
The Arabic language has many varieties, and many of those who start Arabic wonder which variety of Arabic they should learn. There are two main classifications of varieties of Arabic, and there are many sub classifications as well: The main classifications are Classical Arabic (/ العربية الفصحى al-‘arabeya al-fuSha), i.e. the written and formal varieties and Colloquial…