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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Strategies for Learning Ameyya in Film
by Cam Cross I recently gave a presentation for the Arabic Circle where I talked about different kinds of films one could watch to work on their Arabic. There are a few questions you can ask yourself to find a … Continue reading
Arabic Studies in Senegal
Arabic Circle invites you to join us this Friday for a very special presentation: Arabic Studies in Senegal دراسات عربية في جمهورية سنغال by Babacar Samb Professor Samb is the former director of the Department of Arabic at Université Cheikh … Continue reading
Slavery in Islam
This week’s Arabic Circle presents: Slavery in Islam الرق في الإسلام by Mahmoud Saeed محمود سعيد Mr. Saeed is a well known Iraqi author who has published over 20 novels and collections of short stories during his career. For a … Continue reading
The educational role of Al-Azhar as a mosque and university
This week’s Arabic Circle presents: The educational role of Al-Azhar as a mosque and university الدور التعليمي للأزهر كجامع وجامعة by Doaa Mansoor دعاء منصور Doaa Mansoor is an Egyptian Fulbright scholar currently studying at the Divinity school at the … Continue reading
Some good, simple songs for Egyptian colloquial
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Good series for Fuṣḥa listening
This is a serial, originally produced in Iran, that was dubbed into very good Fuṣḥa and is now freely available online. It is called مريم المقدسة and you can download all episodes here: http://islamology.com/mainarabic/Resources/mary.asp
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From Conscience to Conscience: Convey the Message, Constrain Enmity
This week’s Arabic Circle presents: From Conscience to Conscience: Convey the Message, Constrain Enmity من ضمير إلى ضمير : وصل الفكرة ، وقف العداوة by Annie Higgins Annie Higgins is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Classical and Modern … Continue reading
