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Oh Layla, The Situation is Bad! Posted by jesa on Sep 23, 2014
Marhaba! If you are paying attention to news from the Arab world, you would immediately realize the situation across different states is really shaky and uncertain. Well, you’re right this is not new, but still this is by far one of the tensest periods in the modern history of the region on a number of…
Listening Comprehension Exercise: East and West Together Posted by Fisal on Sep 11, 2014
Ahlan Arabic lovers! Do you like music? What kind of music do you like? Can music unify people? Today, we are going to listen to a news report about two giant music figures; one from the east and the other from the west. شــَــاهــِــدْ الــفــِــيــديــُــو ، ثــُــمَّ أجـِــبْ عـَــن الأســئــلــة الــتــَّــالــِــيــَـــة : Watch…
I Loved you in Summer Posted by jesa on Aug 30, 2014
Marhaba! Can you ever get enough of Fairouz? Her songs are simply amazing and are beyond the time in which they were written and produced. Many of her songs capture many themes that range from love stories to patriotic songs. Given that I always stress how important music is for learning a new language and…
A Love Letter to Hummus Posted by jesa on Jun 17, 2014
Hummus has become a world renowned side dish, where different shops, markets, and even countries compete on who has the better recipe for preparing my utmost favorite Middle Eastern side dish. In this post, I express my candid thoughts and feelings about Hummus (الحمص) while in the U.S. Dear Lebanese Hummus (عزيزي الحمص اللبناني), I…
Song for the Masses: We Are the Uprising and the Outcry Posted by jesa on May 13, 2014
Marhaba! In a previous post I introduced you all to one of my favorite artists in the Arab world: Julia Boutros. As you all know, she is admired and loved by millions in the Arab world and many expatriates living in different places across the world. As you have realized from an earlier post, many…
Did you Hear of the latest Arabic Surprise at the Lebanese American University? – Part 2 Posted by jesa on Mar 12, 2014
Marhaba! I am confident you enjoyed learning more about this new Arabic surprise from Lebanon in the heart of the Middle East! I hope you found the text to be easy to comprehend and that you were able to answer all the questions. Also, I hope you all translated the sentence from Arabic to English…
Did you Hear of the latest Arabic Surprise at the Lebanese American University? Posted by jesa on Mar 11, 2014
Marhaba! Well this might seem as a surprise to many of you around the world, but one of the most prestigious universities in Lebanon and the Middle East, the Lebanese American University has finally launched its Arabic Language and Literature program. Can you imagine that in an Arabic speaking country, where Arabic is actually the…