Syria is a moderately large country that includes many different religious and ethnic groups including the Arabs, Assyrians, Kurds, Armenians, Circassians, and Turkmen who differ in cultural traditions. As a result, writing about the subject of traditional Syrian clothing can prove to be challenging because there is no one Syrian way to dress. It ranges from city to city and from region to region and different tribes and villages have their...
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Questions are part of your daily routines, and if you are learning a new language, you’ll be asking a lot of them. Asking questions in Arabic is not as difficult as some may assume. I have a question in Arabic for you now that you will most definitely be able to answer once we are done: “هل تعلم كيف تسأل باللغة العربية؟” If you know all the Arabic question words...
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If you ever have a chance to visit the Kingdom of Jordan, more than likely someone will invite you… wait. Let me rephrase that. If you don’t do anything else in this life, go to Jordan and eat mansaf. Put it on your bucket list, on your wish list, on your calendar – whatever you have to do! Just go to Jordan and eat mansaf! Look, you don’t have to eat...
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A lot of Arabic articles focus on how to learn to read Arabic better or learn to speak Arabic better, but its few and far between that you’ll find articles to help you with your listening comprehension skills. This is mostly because, until recently, there haven’t been a whole lot of resources to practice your Arabic listening skills outside of Arabic audios on YouTube or...
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The Arabic language truly is a beautiful language, rich with history and its vibrant Arabic dialects. However, learning Arabic, like learning any language, can sometimes seem routine. At times like this, it’s sometimes a good idea to step away from the more serious lessons on the conjugating of verbs and memorizing vocabulary by rote and have a little fun with the more “colorful” aspects of...
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Can anyone learn a new language? Absolutely. The belief that we stop taking in information like sponges in a bathtub after certain ages is simply a myth. Learning after 30 doesn’t sound like a crazy idea anymore huh? There are endless health benefits of learning a second language. And do you know when one of the best times to do that is? Exactly as the...
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