Tag Archives: Famous Arabs
Reading Comprehension Exercise: Zaha Hadid Posted by Fisal on Mar 31, 2016
اِقــرأ المقال الـتــالــي ثــم أجـــب عـــن الأســئــلـــــــة: Read the and following article and then answer the questions: “أعلن متحدث باسم مكتب “زها حديد” عن وفاة المهندسة المعمارية البريطانية من أصل عراقي، الخميس 31 مارس 2016، إثر نوبة قلبية في مستشفى ميامي لتفارق الحياة فى عمر 65 عاماً. ولدت زها حديد في العاصمة…
Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal: (1922 – 2007) Posted by Fisal on Jun 25, 2014
Ahlan, Arabic fans! Today, I am going to tell you about a very famous and influencing Arab and Saudi figure. I am going to tell you about a poet, a politician and public figure; Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal. Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal الأمــيــر عــبــد الله الــفــيــصــلwas born in Riyadh الــريــاض– the capital city of…
Al-Imam Al-Shaf’ie (150 – 204 AH) Posted by Fisal on Sep 29, 2013
In today’s post, I am going to tell you about a famous Arab and Muslim figure; Muhammad Bin (son of) Idris Al-Shaf’ie مـُـحــمـَّــد بــن إدريـــس الــشــافــِــعـــىّ . Al-Shaf;ie was a Muslim jurist فــَــقــــيـــه /Faqeeh/. He was a active in juridical matters in relation to the Islamic law. His thoughts and teachings led to the establishment…
Salah Abo-Seif (1915 – 1996) Posted by Fisal on Jun 22, 2012
Salah Abo-Seif صلاح أبو سيف was one of the most famous Egyptian film directors. He is considered to be the Godfather of the realistic cinema السينما الواقعية in Egypt. Many of his films are considered Egyptian classics. Seventeen films of those that he directed were adapted from Arabic novels and short stories. His film…
Men in History: Gamal Abdel-Nasser (Part 2) Posted by Fisal on Sep 30, 2011
Gamal Abdel-Nasser جمال عبد الناصر Nasser was the founder مؤسس of the Free Officers Movement in 1945. Those patriotic brave and loyal men decided that it was time for them to defend the Arab nation and support the resistance المقاومة in Palestine. Then, the Egyptian government gave orders to the army to engage in…
This Day in History: Mohammad Mitwally Al-Sha’raawy Posted by Fisal on Jun 17, 2011
Mohammad Mitawlly Al-Sha’raawy محمد متولي الشعراوى Like today and on June 17th 1998, the great Egyptian Muslim jurist الفقيه and scholar العَالِم Mohammad Mitawlly Al-Shara’awy passed away. He had a widespread popularity that he was nicknamed the “The Preacher of the Century داعية القرن ” and “The Imam of All Preachers إمام الدعاة “…