Letter of the Week (ط) Taa Posted by yasmine on May 20, 2020
Moving on to our fifteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ط), we will look at various words beginning with (ط) along with more culture/language related facts. Let’s begin with looking at your basic forms of the letter ط. Initial طـ, as in the word “طالِب” meaning “student”. Medial ـطـ , as in the word “مَطَر”…
Oman عُمان: through my eyes (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 15, 2020
Welcome back to this post about Oman. In this second part of the post, I continue to tell you about my experience in Oman عُمَان and its capital – Muscat مَسْقَطْ to be specific. It’s Oman and not Amman عَمَّان by the way 😀 The latter is the capital of the Arabic country Jordan, but…
Letter of the Week (ض) Dhod Posted by yasmine on May 13, 2020
Moving on to our fifteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ض), we will look at various words beginning with (ض) and learn why it is considered to be a very unique letter. In addition to reading a few Arabic jokes. ? Let’s begin with looking at your basic forms of the letter ض. Initial ضـ…
Ramadan Campaign: سنة الحياة Sunnet El-Hayaa Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 8, 2020
Our post this week is dedicated to an advert song أغنية لإعلان that Orange (a mobile’s company, Egypt branch) launched أطلقته as part of its Ramadan campaign حملة رمضان this year. The theme of the song موضوع الأغنية is timely مناسب (لهذا الوقت) as it sends a positive message رسالة إيجابية to people by giving…
Letter of the Week (ص) Sad Posted by yasmine on May 6, 2020
Moving on to our fourteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ص), we will look at various words and phrases beginning with (ص) along with more culture/language related facts. Let’s begin with looking at your basic forms of the letter ص. Initial صـ, as in the word “صابون” meaning “soap”. Medial ـصـ , as in the…
Oman عُمان: through my eyes (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 4, 2020
As an Arab, Oman عُمَان was not a country that I knew or heard much about as is the case with the rest of the Gulf countries. It wasn’t until 2013 when I had the chance to go there when I was invited by a family member who used to live there temporarily. In this…
Locked down together during Ramadan Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 1, 2020
From the beginning of Ramadan, I’ve been following a comic show on YouTube called كملت معي Kimle-t ma-ʕi and I would like to share with you its theme song or الشارة iš-šaarah as it’s called in Syrian Arabic (the variety used in the show). The show’s theme song can give you the gist of what…