by Arabic Online | Dec 13, 2017 | Travel |
I’ve traveled to some Arab countries alone as a woman, although many of my friends were sceptical or even opposed to it. I travelled alone in Syria and Jordan and with a girlfriend and her husband in Yemen. I visited Tunisia and Oman with some students. Arab...
by Arabic Online | Sep 25, 2017 | Travel |
Asking for directions Asking the way or asking for directions is a very common situation for the foreigner abroad. In the Arab world the situation can lead to very useful opportunities to speak Arabic. Normal caution should be exercised and it would be sensible for a...
by Arabic Online | Sep 18, 2017 | Travel |
Getting home by taxi After a night out in an Arab city you will probably make your way home by taxi, since public transport is not always what you would like it to be. All the world over there can be problems dealing with taxi-drivers, and the Arab world is no...
by Arabic Online | Sep 7, 2017 | Culture, Travel |
Visitor to an Arab family The ideal way to experience Arab language and culture is to live with an |Arab family that belongs to that culture. You will absorb knowledge and impressions about Arab society through the things you see and the things you hear, even the...
by Arabic Online | Aug 2, 2017 | Arabic Language, Travel |
Although arabiconline.eu uses Modern Standard Arabic, it is important to know some of the most important greetings in different Arabic dialects. How are you? Syria / Palestine keefak? / shu akhbaarak? Tunisia esh nahwelak, lebes? Egypt 3aamel eh? Algeria weshrake? I’m...
by Arabic Online | Jul 30, 2017 | Travel |
“I, and millions of others, spend as much time buying and chewing qat as sleeping, and more money on it than on food. The qat effect it is as subtle and as hard to analyse as the alkaloids that cause it. It takes long practice to be able to recognise the effect...
