Teaching Arabic in UK schools (Part 3)
Where could we go next? Language Ambassadors for Arabic In order to garner interest in learning Arabic for both students and schools, we need to raise awareness of this amazing language. Perhaps current university students of Arabic could act as ambassadors by...
Teaching Arabic in UK Schools (Part 2)
Part 2: Why don’t we teach Arabic in UK schools? In our current global climate, it seems increasingly evident that British schools could benefit by branching out from the classic language offerings of French, German and Spanish. With 1.2 billion native speakers of...
Teaching Arabic in UK Schools ( Part 1 )
Why should we teach Arabic in schools? In our current global climate, it seems increasingly evident that British schools could benefit by branching out from the classic language offerings of French, German and Spanish. With 1.2 billion native speakers of Mandarin and...
Tree of Life in Bahrain – a symbol of hope
Flourishing in the middle of the desert The Tree of Life (Shajarat-al-Hayat) is located in Bahrain. It is on a hill in a barren area of the Arabian Desert, 40 kilometres from Manama. This enormous abundantly green tree (Prosopis cineraria) is almost 10m high and over...
Find someone to practise your Arabic with
Just by speaking to real people, your confidence comes on in leaps and bounds. In our interconnected world, it is easier than you might expect to find a language partner. Taxi Drivers In my experience, taxi drivers are always happy to exchange words in their language...
More Language Learning Hacks
Here are three further helpful tips for learning any language, following on from previous post: https://arabiconline.eu/three-language-learning-hacks/ 1. Be present When learning any language, it is helpful to not think too far ahead. When you focus on how many...
A genuine award? Or is it a fake award that can be bought.
Some awards can be fake Recently Gulf News started an investigation into award galas that are being held in the UAE and found out that most of them were fake. The so-called winners turned out to be victims of scams. These galas were run by fraudsters, who were preying...
Islamic geometric patterns
Frequent use of geometric patterns Islamic decoration, which tends to avoid using figurative images, makes frequent use of geometric patterns which have developed over the centuries. The reason why Islamic art does not use figurative images is to avoid them becoming...
Middle Eastern / Arab desserts: kanufah
Cheesy, sweet and crunchy It's rich, creamy, sweet and cheesy with a crunchy topping. If you haven't tried it, it is unlike anything you have tasted before. Kanafah (Arabic: كنافة ) kunāfah, also spelled kunafeh or kunafah is a Middle Eastern cheese pastry soaked...
