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The Cairo Tower Posted by on Sep 28, 2013

       Today is the 43rd. anniversary ذِكــْـــرَى of Gamal Abdel-Nasser and I am going to tell you about one of his great engineering  projects and how he managed to raise money for its construction. The Cairo Tower بـــُـــرج الــقـــاهـــرة  /Borj Al-Qahirah/ is considered an icon of modern Cairo. It is one of Cairo’s well-known modern…

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Arabic Newspaper Mistake—of the “Huge” Caliber! Posted by on Mar 25, 2012

Due to its morphological structure, and because it is an extremely rich language, Arabic has a virtually unique feature compared to other world languages: Simply substitute one حــرف (letter) by another, and you will most likely end up with a whole new word! An interesting feature characterizing Arabic language, to the utter delight of Arab poets…

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Famous Cities : Cairo القاهرة /Al-Qaahira/ Posted by on Jun 7, 2011

Cairo is the capital of Egypt and is also the largest city in Egypt and in all Africa. Its Arabic name القاهرة /Al-Qahira/ literally means ” The Conqueror” as it has conquered all invaders along history. It has the nickname of “The City of the Thousand Minarets مدينة الألف مئذنة “. Cairo is also one…

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