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Listening Test: A Syrian refugee (2) Posted by on Jul 20, 2020

refugees by the sea

Welcome to the second part of this blog. It’s a listening test based on a story about Joelle – a Syrian refugee, who migrated هاجرت  to Australia with her family to settle there. Last time, we listened to and studied the first half of the audio clip of the story. Today, we’re going to listen…

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Listening Test: A Syrian refugee (1) Posted by on Jul 13, 2020

Today, I have a listening opportunity for our advanced Arabic learners who are keen to improve their comprehension & listening skills. In today’s post, I chose a story about a Syrian refugee لاجئة سورية – Joelle – who left Syria in 2011 and moved with her family to Beirut and eventually settled استقرّت in Sydney…

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Queens of Syria, Listening 1 Posted by on Jul 29, 2016

This post presents the answers of the listening comprehension exercise and the transcription of the story.  Transcription: وجدت فاطمة وريم سوريتان نزحتا بسبب الحرب في بلدهما العزاء في المسرح والتمثيل. وفي إنتاج بدأ لأول مرة كمشروع شعبي عام 2013 تم اقتباس وتعديل مسرحية “ملكات سوريا” عن مأساة يوربيدس “نساء طروادة” وسوف تقوم بالتمثيل فيها نساء…

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Queens of Syria, Listening Posted by on Jul 29, 2016

Listen to the story below and answer the questions that follow. You only need the first minute of the video. You can use the additional vocabulary list to assist your comprehension. A. Translate the following sentence: وجدت فاطمة وريم سوريتان نزحتا بسبب الحرب في بلدهما العزاء في المسرح والتمثيل. B. Answer the following questions in…

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Queens of Syria Posted by on Jul 24, 2016

This week, I have been privileged to watch Queens of Syria! The Queens of Syria are 13 refugee women in Jordan who started to work on this performance together with a group of British and Syrian theater producers in Amman starting 2013. Like all the audiences, I felt that the performance was moving and powerful!…

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