arabic
Amr Diab’s new album ‘Ma’di Al Nas’ goes viral on Twitter
Music
July 11, 2017
Amr Diab’s new album ‘Ma’di Al Nas’ goes viral on Twitter
Arabic pop singer Amr Diab’s latest album ‘Ma’di Al Nas’ became the most popular hashtag on Twitter less than an hour after the album…
Arabic language exam leaked on social media: official
Egypt
June 4, 2017
Arabic language exam leaked on social media: official
Just one hour after Thanaweya Amma (high school) exams began on Sunday, the Arabic language exam paper was leaked on…
Exam paper leak update: parents, students stage protest
Egypt
June 6, 2016
Exam paper leak update: parents, students stage protest
Dozens of high school students and their parents staged protests outside the Education Ministry Tuesday afternoon against the leakage of…
Liberating Arabic syntax
Opinion
January 13, 2013
Liberating Arabic syntax
The old philology of the Arabic language was preoccupied with answering a metaphysical question on whether language is acquired through…
In other words: The language of cinema
Cinema/TV
October 3, 2011
In other words: The language of cinema
Remember that iconic scene from sci-fi classic “The Rebel,” when Neo and Trinity are preparing for a daring rescue operation?…
All night long
Books
June 8, 2010
All night long
For centuries, the tales recounted in One Thousand and One Arabian Nights have provided readers around the world with a…
Ahdaf Soueif: Reading Arabic into the English
Books
April 29, 2010
Ahdaf Soueif: Reading Arabic into the English
Novelist and essayist Ahdaf Soueif is commonly known as the Egyptian author who writes in English. Curiosities about being a…
Yahoo! to speak Arabic as of next year
Egypt
November 16, 2009
Yahoo! to speak Arabic as of next year
Prominent online service provider Yahoo! has announced that its home page, search engine and e-mail services would be available in…