Tag Archives: Egypt
Has Queen Nefertiti been hiding Inside King Tut’s Tomb For 3000 Years? (2) Posted by jesa on Oct 17, 2015
Marhaba! So, did you find the news story as interesting as I did? Quite amazing! Although it will take some time to either prove or refute Reeves’ theories, this development is significant and might be one of the most important archaeological discoveries in our lifetimes! Today I am sharing the answers to the questions from…
Has Queen Nefertiti been hiding Inside King Tut’s Tomb For 3000 Years? Posted by jesa on Oct 13, 2015
Marhaba! If you are as interested in following the latest developments in Egypt (apart from political ones), you have definitely come across hundreds of news articles that discuss University of Arizona archaeologist Nicholas Reeves’ theory on Queen Nefertiti’s burial site in the Valley of the Kings. I find this story to be extremely fascinating and…
Listening Exercise: The Charm of Arabic Calligraphy Posted by Fisal on Jun 11, 2015
اِســتــمــع إلــى الــتــقــريــر ، ثــُــمَّ أجـِــبْ عـَــن الأســئــلــة الــتــَّــالــِــيــَـــة : Listen to the report and then answer the following questions: الأســـْـــئــِـــلــة Questions مــا هــى أســاســيــات الــخــط الــعــربــي الــتــى حــولــتــه إلــى فــنٍ مــتــعــارف عــلــيــه؟ 1) What are the basics of the Arabic calligraphy that turned it into a common art? اِذكــُــر بــعــض أنــواع الــخــط الــعــربــي؟ …
Reading Answers: Quantum of the Seas Posted by Fisal on May 21, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Here are the answers to the last reading comprehension exercise about the international cruise ship; “Quantum of the Seas” that crossed the Suez Canal today. To view the passage and the questions again, please click here. الإجــابـــات Answers اِســمُ الــســفــيــنــة الــتــى عــبــرت قــنــاة الــســويــس الــيــوم هــو «كــوانــتــم أوف ذي ســيــز» …
Reading Exercise: Quantum of the Seas Posted by Fisal on May 21, 2015
اِقــرأ الـقــطـــعــــة الـتــالــيـــة ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة Read the and following passage and then answer the questions: “عــبــرت الــمــجــري الــمــلاحــي لــقــنــاة الــســويــس صــبــاح الــيــوم (الــخــمــيــس) ثــالــث أكــبــر ســفــيــنــة ركــاب ســيــاحــيــة عــلــى مــســتــوي الــعــالــم . و الــســفــيــنــة «كــوانــتــم أوف ذي ســيــز» تــتــبــع شــركــة رويــال كــاريــبــيــان انــتــرنــاشــيــونــال ، و يــقــع مــقــرهــا الــرئــيــســي فــى مــيــامــى ، فــلــوريــدا…
Herbal medicines for stomach ache Posted by aziza on May 18, 2015
In the Arab world, herbal medicines are very common! When I was younger, we used to go to the dry grocer (العطار) whenever we suffer from minor aliments like stomach ache, constipation, cough, common cold, etc. He would give me herbs and tell me how to use them! By time, this practice became less and…
Herbal medicines for common cold Posted by aziza on Apr 30, 2015
In the Arab world, herbal medicines are very common! When I was younger, we used to go to the dry grocer (العطار) whenever we suffer from minor aliments like stomach ache, constipation, cough, common cold, etc. He would give us herbs and tell us how to use them! By time, this practice became less and…