Tag Archives: Cairo
The Cairo Tower Posted by Fisal 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…
Arabic Newspaper Mistake—of the “Huge” Caliber! Posted by Hichem 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…
Famous Cities : Cairo القاهرة /Al-Qaahira/ Posted by Fisal 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…