Mahraganaat Music أغاني المهرجانات – Part 3 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Feb 21, 2022
Welcome to the last part of this blog post series Mahraganaat Music. Last week, we started studying the lyrics of a specific example of this type music; a song called: إنتِ قلبي you’re my heart that is performed by Omar Kamaal & Shaima Al-Maghrabi. The 2nd half of the lyrics, in Arabic & English, are provided below…
The Enduring Art of Traditional Palestinian Tiles Part Two Posted by yasmine on Feb 16, 2022
Welcome back to part two of this post about the struggle in trying to preserve الحفاظ على a part of Palestinian heritage تراث فلسطيني which is that of making traditional decorative tiles البلاط التقليدي المزخرف. You will hear the reporter speaking in لغة عربية فصحى and the men who work with these tiles speak Palestinian…
Mahraganaat Music أغاني المهرجانات – Part 2 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Feb 14, 2022
Welcome to the second part of this blog post where we’re focusing on a new trend اتجاه/ نمط جديد in Egyptian music And that is Mahraganaat Music. Last week, we started learning about this type of music and listened to some very popular examples. Today, we’re going to study the lyrics of a specific example…
The Enduring Art of Traditional Palestinian Tiles Part One Posted by yasmine on Feb 9, 2022
In this post, we’ll watch and listen to a clip about the Palestinian heritage of making colored ملون and decorative مُزَخرَف tiles بلاط. A trade that is finding difficulty in staying alive in an area under occupation الإحتلال amidst an unstable market. You will hear the reporter speaking in لغة عربية فصحى and the men…
Mahraganaat Music أغاني المهرجانات – Part 1 Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Feb 7, 2022
In today’s blog post, we’re going to talk about a specific musical genre نوع من الموسيقى that has recently emerged ظهرت مؤخرًا within the music industry مجال صناعة الموسيقى in Egypt. This trend توجّه is called Mahraganat Music/ songs موسيقى/أغاني المهرجانات. This blog post series will explore this term, its meaning & its purpose as well as…
الوداع Saying Goodbye in Arabic Posted by yasmine on Feb 2, 2022
In this post, we’ll look at the most common ways to say goodbye in Modern Standard Arabic as well as in Levantine Arabic. ✨If you were to part with someone and wanted to say goodbye in Arabic, which phrase comes to mind? How many ways to say goodbye do you know? Would you know which…
Backgammon Part Two لعبة الطاولة Posted by yasmine on Jan 26, 2022
ًWelcome back to part two on how to play Backgammon لعبة الطاولة. How common is لعبة الطاولة? Well, I grew up watching my dad and “Jido” جدو (grandpa) playing طاولة while drinking tea in the living room. My aunt عمتي then taught me how to play and I’ve been hooked ever since. هل لعبة الطاولة…