White Wednesday, Answers Posted by aziza on Jun 18, 2017
In this post, I present the answers of the reading comprehension exercise, based on a news story adapted from BBC Arabic. لماذا ترتدي الإيرانيات اللون الأبيض أيام الأربعاء؟ تلقى حملة جديدة زخما في إيران على مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي ضد القانون الذي يجبر المرأة على ارتداء الحجاب. وتستخدم المشاركات في الحملة هشتاغ #الأربعاء الأبيض، وينشرن صورا ومقاطع فيديو لأنفسهن…
Sing With Asmahan: Come My Darling Posted by jesa on Jun 17, 2017
Marhaba! Today I want to introduce you to a legendary Arabic singer and actress who lived during the early 20th century, Asmahan (اسمهان)! Born in Syria as Amal al-Atrash, she lived and performed mostly in Egypt and Lebanon under her stage name Asmahan between the 1920s and the 1940s. Today we are going to listen…
White Wednesday Posted by aziza on Jun 16, 2017
In this post, I present a reading comprehension exercise, based on a news story adapted from BBC Arabic. Read the story below and answer the following questions based on the information presented. You can use the additional vocabulary list for assistance. لماذا ترتدي الإيرانيات اللون الأبيض أيام الأربعاء؟ تلقى حملة جديدة زخما في إيران على مواقع…
Ramadan Ghariib: My Ramadan Greeting of Choice Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 16, 2017
Guest Post by David Gilbert How do you take a sprawling metroplex of 20 million and make it stand on its head? Easy, you bring in the month Ramadan and watch, with much confusion if you’re a foreigner, as everything you were slowly growing accustomed to about living in a Muslim country changes drastically for…
Arabic Verb Forms [Imperfective Moods] Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Jun 15, 2017
In most languages, mood is a grammatical and/or semantic, i.e. meaning-related, term that is tied to verbs. It is a change in the form of the verb that indicates a contrast of some sort. For instance, the sentence “if he were you, he would buy that car’ in English is in the subjective mood; that…
How to make (Luqmat Al-qaady) or (Al-‘awwam-eh)? Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jun 14, 2017
Today, we are looking at one of the most famous Levantine dishes, that is a kind of traditional sweet dough called عوّامه ‘awwam-eh or what is also called Luqmat Al-qaady لقمة القاضي By looking at the video below, and following the recipe that I will included below, you will be able to make…
Top 5 TV Shows During Ramadan! Posted by jesa on Jun 13, 2017
Marhaba! Apart from the prayer, fasting, and self-reflection that this holy month brings, Ramadan is also known in Muslim-majority countries and specifically the Arab world as the month of top-rated television shows (برامج تلفزيونية)! As families and friends gather for the evening Iftar (إفطار), they huddle in front of their television sets to follow the…