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Listening Comprehension Answers: Tripoli Food Trail Festival Posted by on Apr 28, 2016

   Ahlan, Arabic lovers! I hope you did well in the last listening comprehension exercise about the Tripoli Food Trail Festival. Anyway, here are the answers for you all to check. Just in case you would like to view the exercise and questions again, kindly click here. الإجــابــات Answers اسم المدينة التى يتحدث عنها الفيديو…

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Listening Comprehension Exercise: Tripoli Food Trail Posted by on Apr 28, 2016

   Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Have you been to Lebanon? What cities did you visit? Have you heard of Tripoli; the Lebanese famous old city? Let’s listen to this news report about the city and what its people are doing to attract more tourists and then try to answer some comprehension questions. اِســتــمــع إلــى الــتــقــريــر ،…

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Ahmed Fouad Negm Posted by on Apr 24, 2016

Ahmed Fouad Negm (أحمد فؤاد نجم‎) is a famous Egyptian poet who wrote in Egyptian colloquial Arabic. He was born on 22 May 1929, and died on 3 December 2013. He is popularly known as el-Fagommi (الفاجومي) Negm is well known for his work with Egyptian composer Sheikh Imam, as well as his patriotic and…

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Mohammad Ghani Hikmat (1929 – 2011) Posted by on Apr 21, 2016

   Ahlan أهــْــلاً, Arabic lovers! Yesterday, Google Middle East celebrated the 87th anniversary of Mohammad Ghani Hikmat مـحـمـد غـانـي حـكـمـت showing one of his famous monuments called “Saving the Iraqi Culture”. So, I thought it is a good chance to write a short biography about the man. Hikmat was one of the most important Iraqi…

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How to make Hawawshi; the Alexandrian way Posted by on Apr 14, 2016

    Ahlan, Arabic lovers! What did you have for dinner yesterday? Ok. This was my dinner; Hawawshi حــواوشــي. If you have not tried it, then this your chance! Hawawshi is a very famous dish in Egypt. It is made in two ways; the most famous is the Alexandrian way. Hawawshi is also famous in…

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Egyptian Proverbs (10) Posted by on Mar 30, 2016

   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…

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Mandaeans Posted by on Mar 21, 2016

Many people think of the Arab world as a homogenous region containing one religion and one ethnicity only, however there is a wide variety of ethnicities and religions in the Arab world. In this post, I present some information about the Mandaeans (الصابئة المندائيون).   In the Arab world, Mandaeans live mainly in Iraq, Syria…

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