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Wadjda Posted by on Apr 29, 2016

Yesterday I watched a lovely film called Wadjda! I absolutely loved it, for it is very authentic and inspirational! It tells a story of determination and success against all odds by a young Saudi girl! Small hopes that can be taken for granted for some amount to a great challenge for others. This film is…

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Ziad Rahbani’s Famed Play On The Silver Screen! (2) Posted by on Feb 14, 2016

Marhaba! Hope you all enjoyed reading about Ziad Rahbani’s famed play! It’s wonderful and one of my favorites. As mentioned earlier on, this play touches on many of the important themes and issues that still plague our everyday life. Today I am providing the answers to the reading comprehension exercise and I am also sharing…

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Ziad Rahbani’s Famed Play On The Silver Screen! Posted by on Feb 9, 2016

Marhaba! I know almost all of you love and adore Fairouz! I have shared a couple of songs over the last few years, especially one of my favorites: ‘The People Asked Me.’ If you recall, this song was written by Fairouz’s talented son and musical genius, the one and only Ziad Rahbani. Ziad is an…

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Listening Comprehension Exercise: The Cairo International Film Festival Posted by on Nov 20, 2014

شــَــاهــِــدْ الــفــِــيــديــُــو ، ثــُــمَّ أجـِــبْ عـَــن الأســئــلــة الــتــَّــالــِــيــَـــة : Watch this video and then answer the following questions: الأســـْـــئــِـــلــة Questions مــَــا هــِــىَ أهــَــمــِــيــَّــة مــَــهــْــرَجــَــان الــقــَــاهــِــرَة الــســِــيــنــمــَــائــِــي ؟       1) What is the importance of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF)? مــَــتــى تــَــأســَّـــسَ مــَــهــْــرَجــَــان الــقــَــاهــِــرَة الــســِــيــنــمــَــائــِــى ؟  2) When was the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF)…

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Reading comprehension – Al Maydan – answers Posted by on Mar 28, 2014

In this post, I present the answers of the comprehension exercise presented in my previous post.   “الميدان” أول فيلم مصري يُرشح للأوسكار ولا يُعرض في مصر  لأول مرة يرشح فيلم مصري لنيل جائزة الأوسكار، لكن يبدو أن المفارقة تتمثل في أنه لم يعرض في مصر. يسرد فيلم “الميدان” قصة الثورة المصرية، لكن يبدو أنه…

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Reading comprehension – Al Maydan Posted by on Mar 28, 2014

Read the following text, and answer the questions that follow. You can use the useful vocabulary to assist you!   “الميدان” أول فيلم مصري يُرشح للأوسكار ولا يُعرض في مصر  لأول مرة يرشح فيلم مصري لنيل جائزة الأوسكار، لكن يبدو أن المفارقة تتمثل في أنه لم يعرض في مصر. يسرد فيلم “الميدان” قصة الثورة المصرية،…

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