Letter of the Week (غ) ghain Posted by yasmine on Jun 10, 2020
Moving on to our eighteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet (غ), we will look at various words beginning with (غ) along with more culture/language related facts. Let’s begin with looking at your basic forms of the letter غ. Initial غـ, as in the word “غَيْمة” meaning “cloud”. Medial ـغـ , as in the word “بَغداد”…
Lebanese Campaign: زرّيعة قلبي Zarreeʕit Alb-i (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jun 5, 2020
Last week, we started studying the lyrics of the theme song زرّيعة قلبي , plants of my heart – that is a part of a national initiative مبادرة وطنية in Lebanon to encourage people to grow their own vegetables. After studying at the first part of the song, we continue looking at the rest today…
Letter of the Week (ع) Ain Posted by yasmine on Jun 3, 2020
Moving on to our eighteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ع), we will look at various words beginning with (ع) along with more culture/language related facts. Let’s begin with looking at your basic forms of the letter ع. Initial عـ, as in the word “عَشَرة” meaning “ten”. Medial ـعـ , as in the word “مُعَلِّم”…
Lebanese Campaign: زرّيعة قلبي Zarreeʕit Alb-i (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jun 1, 2020
In this post, I’m going to share with you a funny and beautiful theme song about plants النباتات and home agriculture الزراعة المنزلية. The song is an advert for a campaign حملة that was launched أُطلِقت about two weeks ago, by the Lebanese actress and director Nadine Labaki نادين لبكي @NadineLabaki. The lyrics are in…
Letter of the Week (ظ) Thaa Posted by yasmine on May 27, 2020
Moving on to our sixteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ظ). Compared to other Arabic letters, you won’t find as many words beginning with the letter ظ, which is why in this post, I included various words that both begin and have the letter ظ in them, along with more culture/language related facts. Let’s begin…
Eid Under lockdown العيد خلال الحظر Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 26, 2020
Today’s post is a quick report of what has been going on in social media during Eid and how Arabs expressed their feelings عبّروا عن مشاعرهم and reactions ردّات فعلهم towards spending Eid under very different circumstances تجاه قضاء العيد في ظروف مختلفة than most years! The post includes some of the hashtags وسوم that…
“Welcome Eid أهلًا بالعيد” – A Song Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 22, 2020
It’s the festive season again.. It’s just been announced that tomorrow is the last day of Ramadan and so Eid is on Sunday, the 24th. May. Kul ʕaam wa antum bi-khair كل عام وأنتم بخير 🙂 If you’d ask any Arab about a song they often associate with Eid, the song “Ahlan Ahlan Bil-Eid”, by…