Tag Archives: Arabic culture
Remember – Kazim Al-Sahir Posted by Fisal on Mar 6, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Today, I am presenting a beautiful but sad song by the Iraqi famous singer Kazim Al-Sahir كــاظــم الــســَّــاهــِــر. The song is entitled “Remember تــذكــَّــر” which is a scream that aims to awaken humanity and its conscience against all the tragedies happening to all the oppressed and the prejudiced especially the innocent…
Reading Comprehension Answers: The Berlin Film Festival Posted by Fisal on Feb 21, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! In this post I am giving the answers to the last reading comprehension exercise about the Berlin Film Festival 2016. To view the exercise and the questions again, kindly click here. الإجــابــات Answers الفيلم الفائز بجائزة الدب الذهبي هو “نار في البحر” للمخرج الايطالي جيانفرانكو روسي. 1) The winner…
Reading Comprehension Exercise: The Berlin Film Festival Posted by Fisal on Feb 21, 2016
اِقــرأ الـقــطـــعــــة الـتــالــيـــة ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة: Read the and following passage and then answer the questions: “فاز الفيلم الوثائقى “نار فى البحر”(Fuocoammare] (Fire At Sea] للمخرج الإيطالي جيانفرانكو روسي بجائزة الدب الذهبي فى مهرجان برلين السينمائي كأفضل فيلم لهذا العام. و يتناول الفيلم قصة صبى صغير يعيش على جزيرة لامبيدوسا (Lampedusa) الإيطالية وسط البحر…
“I Am All Yours”; Sherine Posted by Fisal on Feb 13, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic fans! Tomorrow is the 14th. Of February so Happy Valentine’s Day! On this occasion, I am presenting a beautiful love song by the Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel-Wahhab شــيــريــن عــبــد الــوهــاب. The song is entitled “أنــا كــُــلــِّــي مــِــلــكــَــك /Ana Kolli Melkak/” which translates literally as “I Am All Yours”. Nearly all Sherine’s…
The Other Fayrouz (1943 – 2016) Posted by Fisal on Feb 11, 2016
Ahlan أهــْــلاً, Arabic lovers! In today’s post, I am going to give you a small synopsis about someone who left our world some days ago. “Miracle of the Egyptian Cinema مــعــجــزة الــســيــنــمــا الــمــصــريــة” was her nickname. Perouz Artin Kalfayan بــيــروز أرتــن كــالــفــايــان is her name as she was born to an Armenian family from…
“What Has Happened To Me”; Amr Diab Posted by Fisal on Jan 24, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic fans! Today I am presenting a beautiful love song by Amr Diab عــَـــمــْـــرو دِيــَـــاب . The song is entitled “جـرالـي إيـه /garaly eeh/” which translates literally as “What has happened to me?”. Like all of Amr’s songs, the song is on the Egyptian slang (dialect) Arabic which may be a problem…
Naguib El-Rehani (1889 – 1949) Posted by Fisal on Jan 21, 2016
Ahlan أهــْــلاً, Arabic lovers! As Google celebrated today the 127th birthday of Naguib El-Rehani نجيب الريحاني, I thought it might be interesting to write about his legacy especially for those of you who have never heard of him. Naguib El-Rehani was a famous Egyptian actor and comedian. He is considered the Father of…