Tag Archives: Arabic culture
Sesame Street in the Arab World Posted by aziza on Dec 12, 2010
The famous American educations series Sesame Street has an Arabic version (عالم سمسم) which is very popular in the Arab world. I am familiar with the Egyptian version of Sesame Street. It is fun, educational and very popular with Arab children. The setting is adapted to the Arab culture and the setting reflects the Egyptian…
The grand homeland Posted by aziza on Nov 10, 2010
Arab unity (الوحدة العربية) has always been a dream for Arab masses (الجماهير العربية). It seems a very far fetched one at the time being, but in the fifties and sixties, it was a very important political concept, and a driving force for peoples and politicians alike. The formation of the Arab League was meant…
Mahmoud Darwish: Palestinian Poet Posted by aziza on Oct 17, 2010
Mahmoud Darwish (محمود درويش ) is a famous Palestinian poet and author who won numerous awards for his literary output and was regarded as the Palestinian national poet. Darwish was born in the village of al-Birwa in the Western Galilee on13 March 1941. After Israeli forces assaulted his home town in June 1948 the…
Horoscopes in Arabic Posted by aziza on May 17, 2010
The horoscopes (الابراج) play an important role in some people’s lives – but not me! I have never believed in horoscopes or even cared to read them in the newspaper. This may have some personal or religious reasons. Some people, on the other hand, are obsessed by horoscopes to the extent that they depend on…
Arab Cartoons Posted by aziza on Apr 27, 2010
Cartoons (الكاريكاتير) are a very important feature of Arab newspapers (الصحف) and magazines (المجلات). They appear in each and every issue in a large number of publications. They are not always used for entertainment; instead, they are used to criticize political, economic and social conditions. They include very little or no text, but the meaning…
Cairo initiative to repatriate stolen artifacts Posted by Transparent Language on Apr 17, 2010
Egyptian lead initiative to repatriate stolen archeological artifacts.
Khalil Gibran Posted by aziza on Apr 1, 2010
Gibran (جبران خليل جبران) was born in Lebanon to a poor family that could not afford to give him formal education. However, priests taught him about the Bible, as well as the Arabic and Syriac languages. Around 1891, his family’s property was confiscated by the authorities. With no home, Gibran’s mother decided to immigrate to…