Tag Archives: Arabic culture
It’s Getting Hot: How about a Fruit Salad the Lebanese Way? Posted by jesa on May 31, 2015
Marhaba! Billions around the world look for ways to cool down on a hot summer day, and for the next few months we need easy recipes for dishes, appetizers, and drinks to help us cool down. In the past, I have shared how to prepare Yogurt Cucumber Dip and Fattet Djej with Yogurt. Both recipes…
The Heritage Village; Abu Dhabi Posted by Fisal on May 28, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Today, I am going to take you on a tour to Abu Dhabi أبــو ظــبــي . We will explore one of the city’s cultural landmarks مــعــالــم . That is the Heritage Village قــريــة الــتــراث . This tour takes you to the Sahara الــصــحــراء , to the Bedouin life but without…
Arab Nobel Laureates Posted by Fisal on May 27, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! We all know or heard about the Nobel Prize that is given to astonishing works of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace and Economic Sciences. Alfred Nobel (1833 – 1896) was a Swedish chemist, engineer and innovator. He invented Dynamite. On 27 November 1895, at the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris, Nobel…
Crab recipe Posted by aziza on May 11, 2015
Do you like to eat crab? In this post, I give you my own recipe for cooking crab! Ingredients: Crabs Onion Garlic Tomato Chilli pepper Oil Lemon Salt Black pepper Cumin Preparation Wash the crabs and clean them thoroughly. Put the crabs in an oven tray. In a food processor mix the onion, garlic…
Turkish baklava Posted by aziza on Apr 26, 2015
Today, I am preparing some Turkish baklava (بقلاوة تركية) at home! I found a very useful video and a very simple recipe which I wanted to share with you! Ingredients: Half a kilogram of filo pastry Ground Mixed nuts Syrup Sugar Rose water Butter and oil Method: Roast the ground nuts and add sugar and rose water, mix…
Chicken soup with corn Posted by aziza on Mar 31, 2015
This post presents an easy way of preparing chicken soup with corn. شوربة الدجاج و الذرة المقادير: 2 صدر دجاج مخلي و مقطع مكعبات صغير ١ كوب ذرة معلبة 1 مغلف شوربة كريمة الدجاج 4 أكواب ماء فاتر 2 ملعقة طعام زيت ذرة الطريقة: يشوح الدجاج مع الزيت في مقلاة متوسطة حتى ينضج ثم تضاف…
Egyptian Proverbs (9) Posted by Fisal on Mar 25, 2015
Arabic proverbs الأمــْــثــَــال الــعــَــرَبــِــيــَّـــة reflect the beauty جــَــمــَــال of the Arabic Language and the wisdom حــِــكــْــمــَــة of the Arabs and their culture. In Egypt, these proverbs are part of everyone’s daily routine. There is no one single situation مــَــوْقــِــف that would not have the perfect proverb tailored for it. Just for the sake of…