{"id":13788,"date":"2017-03-04T23:23:15","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T23:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=13788"},"modified":"2017-03-04T23:23:15","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T23:23:15","slug":"did-you-see-banksys-new-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/did-you-see-banksys-new-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Did you See Banksy&#8217;s New Hotel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marhaba! Today I am sharing a very recent news story that i read about Banksy&#8217;s art in a new and different way. The story is about Banksy&#8217;s new hotel in the West Bank. What makes this story very interesting is that it discusses the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict in a different way. I know that many dear Arabic lovers will enjoy learning more about this important story. I am very happy about sharing this and I hope you will enjoy learning about Banksy&#8217;s art in the West Bank, Palestine.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13789\" style=\"width: 506px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/7ZsPWo\" aria-label=\"Bansky\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13789\" class=\" wp-image-13789\"  alt=\"\" width=\"496\" height=\"295\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/bansky.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/bansky.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/bansky-350x208.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Banksy Art in Boston<br \/>Image by jiva bludeau via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As always, I want you dear Arabic lovers to learn how to discuss the most recent and important developments in the world in Arabic. I am sharing a news story about Banksy&#8217;s hotel in the form of a listening comprehension exercise from <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jUzEHO4pcZE\">BBC Arabic<\/a>. I always want you all to perfect your listening skills. As always, I have some questions for you to answer. Good luck! Share your thoughts on the news story on this page and\/or via our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arabiclanguage\">Twitter<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/learn.arabic\/\">Facebook<\/a> pages.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0627\u0644\u0641\u0646\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0627\u0646\u0643\u0633\u064a \u064a\u0641\u062a\u062a\u062d \u0641\u0646\u062f\u0642\u0627\u064b \u0641\u064a \u0628\u064a\u062a \u0644\u062d\u0645 \u064a\u0637\u0644 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0632\u0644\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jUzEHO4pcZE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Questions:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span>1) In which city is the hotel located?<br \/>\n2) What are some of the things that visitors will learn in this Hotel?<br \/>\n3) What is important about the timing of the opening of this Hotel?<br \/>\n4) How many rooms does the Hotel have?<br \/>\n5) When did Banksy start painting in Bethlehem?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>For now take care and stay tuned for the answers soon!<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Happy Learning!<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Have a nice day!!<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> <span lang=\"AR-SA\">\u0646\u0647\u0627\u0631\u0643\u0645<\/span><span lang=\"AR-SA\"> \u0633\u0639\u064a\u062f<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/bansky-350x208.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/bansky-350x208.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/bansky.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Marhaba! Today I am sharing a very recent news story that i read about Banksy&#8217;s art in a new and different way. The story is about Banksy&#8217;s new hotel in the West Bank. What makes this story very interesting is that it discusses the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict in a different way. I know that many&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/did-you-see-banksys-new-hotel\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":13789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3525,3],"tags":[3531,295820,208987,295822,295814,364668,462526,462527,462528,333412,295815,2231,80295,316855,462488,462487,209269,462525],"class_list":["post-13788","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arabic-language","category-culture","tag-arabic","tag-arabic-comprehension-exercises","tag-arabic-exercises","tag-arabic-listening","tag-arabic-listening-comprehension","tag-arabic-lovers","tag-banksy","tag-banksy-art","tag-banksy-in-palestine","tag-hotel","tag-improve-arabic","tag-israel","tag-learn-arabic","tag-love-arabic","tag-middle-east-developments","tag-middle-east-news","tag-palestine","tag-west-bank"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/97"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13788"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13791,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13788\/revisions\/13791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}