Tag Archives: Arabic culture
Salep/Sahlab Posted by aziza on Dec 11, 2015
Salep (سحلب) is a warm drink made with is a flour made from the tubers of the orchid genus Orchis (thanks Wikipedia). Salep or Sahlab is a warm drink which is consumed in cold nights in Arab countries. It is soothing and calming, and I consider it a great alternative to tea and coffee, however…
Listening Comprehension Exercise: Dubai International Film Festival Posted by Fisal on Dec 10, 2015
اِســتــمــع إلــى الــتــقــريــر ، ثــُــمَّ أجـِــبْ عـَــن الأســئــلــة الــتــَّــالــِــيــَـــة : Listen to the report and then answer the following questions: الأســـْـــئــِـــلــة Questions مــا هــو رقــم هــذه الــدورة لــلــمــهــرجــان؟ 1) What number is this round of the festival? مــَــنْ هــى الــمــمــثــلــة الــفــرنــســيــة الــتــي يــكــرمــهــا الــمــهــرجــان؟ 2) Who is the French actress that the festival honors?…
Reading Comprehension Answers: “Shop Bahrain” Posted by Fisal on Nov 27, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Here in this post I present the answers to the last reading comprehension exercise about the second round of the Bahrain Shopping Festival 2015 under the name of “Shop Bahrain”. If you would like to view the exercise and the questions again, please click here. الإجــابــات Answers تـسـتـعـد مـمـلـكـة الـبـحـريـن…
Reading Comprehension Exercise: “Shop Bahrain” Posted by Fisal on Nov 26, 2015
اِقــرأ الـقــطـــعــــة الـتــالــيـــة ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة Read the and following passage and then answer the questions: “تـسـتـعـد مـمـلـكـة الـبـحـريـن لاسـتـضـافـة مـهـرجـان الـبـحـريـن لـلـتـسـوق فـى نـسـخـتـه الـثـانـيـة (الـبـحـريـن .. تـتـسـوّق) فـى اِحـتـفـالـيـةٍ عـائـلـيـةٍ مـمـتـعـةٍ و مـلـيـئـةٍ بـالـمـفـاجـآت ، حـيـثُ سـتـكـون الأكـبـر عـلـى مـسـتـوى الـمـمـلـكـة. و سـوف تـسـتـمـر فـعـالـيـات الـمـهـرجـان لـمـدة ثـلاثـيـن يـومـاً بـدءاً مـن…
Syrian Falafel Posted by aziza on Nov 22, 2015
In a previous post, I presented the recipe for the Egyptian falafel. In this post, I present the recipe of the Syrian falafel. The main difference between them is that the Eyptian falafel is made mainly of beans while the Syrian falafel is made mainly of chick peas. Ingredients: 325 grams Chick peas soaked for…
Opera Aida; by Verdi Posted by Fisal on Nov 18, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic fans! Probably, most of you have heard of Verdi’s famous masterpiece “Opera Aida أوبــرا عــايــدة” but does anyone know the story behind that great epic opera? Well, in 1869, The Suez Canal was opened with huge celebrations by Isma’il Pasha who was the Khedive of Egypt at the time. In the…
Kofta BBQ Posted by aziza on Oct 16, 2015
This is a very easy and yummy dish. If you do not wish to have a BBQ soon, you can cook it in the oven grill instead. الكفته المشوية على الفحم المقادير كيلو لحمه مفرومه بصله متوسطه مبشوره عصير بصله ملعقه صغيره بيكنج بود ٢ ملعقه كبيره برغل منقوع و مصفي ملعقه كبيره صلصة الباربيكيو…