Eid al-Adha Posted by aziza on Sep 11, 2016
Eid al-Adha (عيد الأضحى) means “Festival of the Sacrifice” is the second of two Muslim holidays celebrated worldwide each year. It honors the willingness of Abraham (إبراهيم) to sacrifice his son, as an act of submission to God’s command, before God then intervened, through his angel Gabriel (جبريل) and informs him that his sacrifice has already been accepted. To celebrate the…
Is This The End of Cheap Oil? (2) Posted by jesa on Sep 10, 2016
Marhaba! I hope you found the reading comprehension exercise on the hike in the price of oil after the Saudi-Russian agreement useful and interesting. Today, I am sharing the answers to the previous questions in the reading comprehension post. I hope you are starting to feel comfortable when discussing some of the world’s latest developments…
Is This The End of Cheap Oil? Posted by jesa on Sep 6, 2016
Marhaba! Oil is one of the most important resources that we need to survive. Be it from driving our cars, to operating factories and heavy machinery, to heating up during the winter, or for a variety of other factors, we are still very dependent on oil. Despite the fact that there has been lots of…
Mint Lemonade the Levantine Way Posted by jesa on Sep 3, 2016
Marhaba! Summer is not almost gone or at least that’s what I am trying to convince myself. Don’t get me wrong, I love the fall season, but having a few more summer days is great. To keep up the summer spirit, today I am sharing a recipe for one my favorite beverages: Mint Lemonade. But…
Women’s jobs, answers Posted by aziza on Aug 28, 2016
This post presents the answers of the reading comprehension exercise presented earlier. أغرب 10 مهن في حياة المصريات لم يعد عمل المرأة في مصر يقتصر على الأعمال الخفيفة أو المنزلية أو الوظائف الحكومية والقطاع الخاص فقط، لكنها امتدت لتشارك الرجل في العديد من المهن الشاقة والتي كان الرجل يحتكرها. في مصر فقط بين دول المنطقة…
Reading, women’s jobs in Egypt Posted by aziza on Aug 26, 2016
This post presents a reading comprehension exercise on the topic of women’s jobs in Egypt. The article is adapted from Al-Arabiya news website. Read the article and answer the questions that follow. The vocabulary list at the end will help your comprehension. أغرب 10 مهن في حياة المصريات لم يعد عمل المرأة في مصر يقتصر…
Animals vocabulary Posted by aziza on Aug 24, 2016
In this post, I present a video that introduces vocabulary items related to animal names and sounds in Arabic. The first section presents the names of farm animals, wild animals and sea creatures. The second section of the video presents names of animal sounds. At the end of each section, there are some questions to test…