Tag Archives: politics
From Prison to Palace; Morsi President of Egypt Posted by Fisal on Jun 24, 2012
It is such a memorable day! Today (Sunday, 24th June 2012) and at a bit after midday, The Elections High Committee الـلــجــنـــة الــعــُــلــيــــا لـلانــتــخـــابــــات announced the final figures and results of the Egyptian runoff elections. The committee declared Dr Muhammad Morsi مــُــحــَــمــّــد مــُــرســى as President of Egypt. Thus, Morsi is the first civilian مَــدَنـِــيّ…
Egypt: Voting for a President Posted by Fisal on May 24, 2012
Today the Egyptians continue voting تصويت to choose a president from thirteen candidates in the first free presidential elections after the 25th January 2011 Revolution. The voting process عملية started yesterday and is considered a turning point inEgypt’s modern history. No one can predict who the winner will be. There are five frontrunners who…
The Will of Life Posted by aziza on Feb 7, 2011
Living the situation in Egypt, I have been unable to think about anything except what is going on in my home country, the change, the chaos, the struggle for power, the crisis, etc. It is a very hard time! A poem that I studied at school keeps echoing in my mind. It is written by…
Arabic Vocabulary: Politics Posted by aziza on Dec 18, 2009
In this post, I give some vocabulary items related to political terms. سِياسَة Politics سِياسيّ Political اِقتِصاد Economics/economy اِقتِصادي Economic دِيموقْراطِيّ Democratic دِكتاتورِي Dictator شِيوعِيّ Communist مَاركِسِيّ Marxist اِشْتِراكِيّ socialist رَأسِماليّ Capitalist مَحَليّ Local إِقلِيميّ Regional دَوْليّ International عَالَميّ Global دَوْلة State جُمهُوريّة Republic مَمْلَكَة Monarchy حُكُومَة Government