Tag Archives: Egypt
The American University of Beirut Honors American scholar Noam Chomsky and Egyptian star Faten Hamama Among Others Posted by jesa on Jun 17, 2013
Marhaba! In this post, I am sharing a brief excerpt from an article that discusses why the American University of Beirut in Lebanon awarded honorary doctorates to four outstanding individuals from different fields. This article was published on June 14, 2013 on an online Lebanese news network called Lebanon Files. After presenting the excerpt, I…
What doesn’t the Egyptian star Amr Diab understand? Answers Posted by jesa on May 5, 2013
Marhaba! I hope you found the article in the previous post interesting and useful. I am confident you have all worked hard to answer the questions. After presenting you with the answers and the translation of some key words, I have added the full movie “Ice Cream in Glym” in form of a YouTube video…
What doesn’t the Egyptian star Amr Diab understand? Posted by jesa on May 4, 2013
Marhaba! In this post, I am sharing an article about Amr Diab’s criticism of a famous song from the movie “Ice Cream in Glym.” This article was published today (May 4, 2013) on the website of Al Akhbar a Lebanese newspaper. After presenting the article, I have some questions for you to answer. As…
Reading Comprehension Answers: Yusuf Khaleef Posted by Fisal on Apr 28, 2013
Here are the answers to the last reading comprehension exercise about the contemporary Egyptian poet, Yusuf Khlaeef. If you want to go over the exercise again, click the following link: https://blogs.transparent.com/arabic/reading-comprehension-exercise-yusuf-khaleef/ الإجــــابــــــــــات وُلــِـــدَ الــدكـــتـــور يــوســـُـــف فــى مـــديـــنــــة الأســــكـــنــدريــــة – مـــصـــر . 1) Professor Yusuf was born in the city of Alexandria, Egypt. عـَـمِـل…
Egyptian Famous Women: Hatshepsut Posted by Fisal on Apr 25, 2013
The Egyptian history تـاريــخ is full of stories of amazing women نــســاء ; women who sometimes surpassed men by their powers and effects. These women not only have carved their names in history books, but also in the minds and hearts of all Egyptians. They were and still a source of inspiration إلــهــام for…
International Women’s Day: Gaining Momentum Posted by jesa on Mar 7, 2013
Marhaba (مرحبا) ! Today, I would like to say congratulations (تهاني) to every woman (إمرأة) on the glorious (مجيد) occasion of ‘International Women’s Day (IWD)’ (اليوم العالمي للمرأة). Every year on March 8, women from the around the globe celebrate this day by taking stock of the different social (اجتماعية), political (سياسية) and economic (اقتصادية)…
Umm Kulthum Festival of Music Part 2 Posted by jesa on Mar 5, 2013
Marhaba (مرحبا)! I am sure you found the article from the previous post interesting and I am confident you have worked hard on answering the questions. After presenting you with the answers and the translation of some key words, I have added another musical masterpiece by Umm Kulthum called Baeed Annak (بعيد عنك) (Far from…