by Sara Hoffmeier | Jun 15, 2018 | blog, Culture |
Music plays an important role in every language. With music you can certainly learn better and it’s always interesting to listen to the words of a song. In Arabic countries, young people today hear a lot of American music, but Umm Kalthoum and Fairuz still play...
by Neal | Apr 27, 2018 | Culture |
Recently whilst in Morocco, I was sitting in a hotel lobby and on the wall behind me was a framed photograph of a piece of Arabic geometric tiling. It was beautiful and for some reason I thought it would make a nice phone background image. Then, by good luck, a few...
by Sara Hoffmeier | Apr 8, 2018 | Culture |
Islam When talking about countries in the Arab world, most people think that there is only one religion. However, this is not the case, as has been shown and documented time and again since the “Arab Spring”. The great religion in Arab countries is, of...
by Sara Hoffmeier | Feb 14, 2018 | Culture |
Tattoos in Arabic In my job as an Arabic teacher, I have often experienced that people come to me and want to have Arabic names for tattoos. Many just want to know the Arabic writing of their own names or that of their friend or terms like “strength”,...
by Arabic Online | Jan 27, 2018 | Arabic Language, Culture |
The root j – m – l In the Arabic language the root j – m – l conveys the idea of beauty. Here are the English equivalents for these words. jameel (m) جميل beautiful (masc.) jameela (w) جميلة beautiful (fem.) jameela جميلة first name for...
by Arabic Online | Jan 7, 2018 | Culture |
When visiting an Arab home please be aware of the importance of prayer times in the daily routine of a Muslim family. Don’t feel confused if your host leaves you to say prayers in the mosque. If your host prays at home, make sure you do not pass in front of him / her...
