Letter of the Week (ن) noon Posted by yasmine on Jul 22, 2020
Moving on to our twenty fifth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ن), we will look at various words beginning with (ن) along with more culture/language related facts. Let’s begin with looking at your basic forms of the letter ن. Initial نـ, as in the word “نافِذة” meaning “window”. Medial ـنـ , as in the word…
Listening Test: A Syrian refugee (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jul 20, 2020
Welcome to the second part of this blog. It’s a listening test based on a story about Joelle – a Syrian refugee, who migrated هاجرت to Australia with her family to settle there. Last time, we listened to and studied the first half of the audio clip of the story. Today, we’re going to listen…
Letter of the Week (م) meem Posted by yasmine on Jul 15, 2020
Moving on to our twenty fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet (م), we will look at various words and phrases beginning with (م) along with more culture/language related facts. Let’s begin with looking at your basic forms of the letter م. Initial مـ, as in the word “مَلْح” meaning “salt”. Medial ـمـ , as in…
Listening Test: A Syrian refugee (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jul 13, 2020
Today, I have a listening opportunity for our advanced Arabic learners who are keen to improve their comprehension & listening skills. In today’s post, I chose a story about a Syrian refugee لاجئة سورية – Joelle – who left Syria in 2011 and moved with her family to Beirut and eventually settled استقرّت in Sydney…
Letter of the Week (ل) laam Posted by yasmine on Jul 8, 2020
Moving on to our twenty third letter of the Arabic alphabet (ل), we will look at various words and phrases beginning with (ل) along with more culture/language related facts. Let’s begin with looking at your basic forms of the letter ل. Initial لـ, as in the word “لَوْن” meaning “color”. Medial ـلـ, as in the…
Orange the world (2) لوِّن العالم برتقاليًا Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jul 6, 2020
Welcome to the second part of this blog post where we’re still talking about the way Twitter users responded to the UN campaign :حملة الأمم المتحدة “Unite to end violence against women” اِتّحدوا لإنهاء العنف ضد المرأة that is celebrated on the 25th Of each month. “Orange the world” or “لوّن العالم برتقاليًا” is the…
Orange the world (1) لوِّن العالم برتقاليًا Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jul 3, 2020
Over the last few days, the colour orange اللون البرتقالي could be seen on many Twitter accounts in the Arab world. The reason was to raise awareness about لنشر الوعي حول domestic abuse against women العنف المنزلي ضد النساء. Many hashtags were created in Arabic as a response to the UN campaign :حملة الأمم المتحدة…