One of the fastest-growing sectors and businesses in the Middle East are Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). Some estimates are predicting that by 2022 the sector will bring in about $920USD billion to the Gulf Cooperation Council members alone. Add to that the fact that more than 40% of the GCC’s population is under 25. You can see why many countries within the council promote...
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We’ve already talked about the importance of learning Arabic letters. We’ve also talked about the diverse ways in which you can learn how you can improve your learning in Arabic. However, have you thought about what you’ll gain by learning Arabic through an Arabic learning app? Here are just a few things you’ll get out of it: 1. It’s as Flexible as You Are Let’s face it,...
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One question we hear quite often at Kaleela is, “I’m learning Arabic for beginners, but I want to learn it more quickly. What’s the smart way to do that?” Well, whether you’re trying to teach yourself Arabic or still in your classroom’s beginners Arabic book, you’re in luck today. Why’s that? Well, that’s because today we’re showing you three smart ways that you can learn...
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Did you know that learning another language can help you make more money? It’s true! With the recent COVID 19 outbreak and subsequent quarantine of cities and towns all across the world, millions of people are going to be struggling to find full-time work again once the world starts opening back up. However, there is good news to come out of this. Taking time to learn...
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Okay before I start, I know some of you Millennials and Zoomers are going to be all like “Libraries? Aren’t those really old buildings where they used to keep books and ancient texts and stuff on papyrus or paper or something? My grandmother used to work in one, like a long time ago before the internet”. You’d be somewhat correct if you thought that. So, we...
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The history of ceramics in Islamic art is unique like none of its contemporaries. The rest of the world was making unglazed pottery. Meanwhile, Islamic potters were developing a tin-opacified glazing. Some of these are on the blue-painted ware of Basra, Iraq, that dates as far back as 700 AD. Additionally, 9th century Iraqi Islamic potters also contributed to the creation of stonepaste ceramics. This is...
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As summer nears an end, you should already have a plan in place on where you want to learn Arabic. One thing’s for sure, with over 290 million native speakers in more than 20 countries, we understand that it’s not that easy to choose which one of the Arabic speaking countries would be the best place to learn Arabic overseas. Maybe you might be one...
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There are plenty of blogs out there for just about any subject you might be interested in from sports blogs to make-up tutorial blogs to blogs on how to make better blogs. And these blogs on just about every subject come in just about every language – including Arabic. Now, you may be thinking: “Sure, I know there’re Arabic blogs out there, but I don’t think...
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In August 2015, NASA (the North American Space Association) announced its plans to colonize Mars before the year 2040. On July 18, 2019, headlines around the world read: “Elon Musk Wants Man on Mars in Four Years”. The recent collaboration between Musk’s SpaceX and NASA had their successful launch of the first crewed orbital spaceflight from American soil in July 2011. It does indeed look like the...
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Jokes and a sense of humor have pretty much existed in every culture since mankind’s beginning. Indeed, in every culture around the world, the goal of jokes and humor is to reduce the daily pressures of life, creating a sense of understanding and often bringing us together. In this regard, the Arab world is no different. Although they are often stereotyped in the West, Arabs...
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