Skyline of the Old City at the Western Wall and Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israel. A member of the Israeli legislature, the Knesset, has introduced a bill that would require Israeli children to study Arabic in school. Currently, it is common for Israeli children to study Arabic in middle andRead More →
Dubai-based Front Row Entertainment, Beirut-based Empire International and Cairo-based Film Clinic have unveiled a premier cast for their upcoming Arabic-language remake of Italian comedy. Perfect strangers and announced filming dates in early 2021. The all-star cast will reunite Lebanese talents Nadine Labaki, George Khabbaz, Adel Karam and Diamand Bou AbboudRead More →
MAKKAH: The march of technology may be accelerating in all areas of Arab life, but when it comes to reading and enjoying books, old habits die hard, it seems. he. Despite warnings in recent years of the imminent demise of print, traditional books still hold their own against their electronicRead More →
Diverse children study outdoors The Arabic language is a pillar of the cultural diversity of humanity. It is one of the most widely spoken languages ​​in the world, used daily by more than 290 million people. World Arabic Language Day has been celebrated annually on December 18 since 2012. TheRead More →
Image via @moathalofi / Instagram Happy World Arabic Language Day! Let’s celebrate this beautiful language with these facts: 1. Over 290 million people speak Arabic daily 2. Arabic is the 6th official language of the United Nations 3. Arabic has a rich history of 1,500 years of literature 4. ThousandsRead More →
Through Corey atad. 23 Nov 2020 14:18 There has never been a war film like “Mosul” before. Netflix’s new Arabic-language action drama, produced by the Russo Brothers and directed by Matthew Michael Carnahan, tells the story of an Iraqi SWAT team from the city of Mosul, who are fighting toRead More →
His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, member of the Supreme Council and Sovereign of Sharjah, on Thursday released the first eight volumes of the Historic Corpus of the Arabic Language at the 39th Sharjah International Book Fair. Image Credit: Sharjah: His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin MuhammadRead More →
Following the release of ‘Corona Bel Bechamel’ earlier this year, academic, artist and host Mac Toot has just released his collaboration with former AUC professor Lisa White: a brand new book on Arabic metaphors and morphology entitled “Rooted in the Body”. Morphology is a linguistic subject that studies the internalRead More →
December 18 is celebrated as World Arabic Language Day. It was created by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2010. It was created to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity. It was also observed that he encouraged the equal use of his six official languages. The dateRead More →
Literary Arabic literature means etiquette and literature revolves largely around politeness, culture and enrichment. Arabic is one of the most widely spoken languages ​​in the world and today it is celebrated as World Arabic Language Day. There are many books of Arabic literature which are translated into English. Here onRead More →
Jokha Alharthi and Marilyn Booth won the 2019 International Man Booker Prize for “Heavenly Bodies,†a coming-of-age novel written by Alharthi and translated from Arabic by Booth. The organizers of the literary prize, awarded each year to a work of fiction translated into English, made the announcement on Tuesday. AlharthiRead More →
Elyssa Kari is only five years old, but she already knows how to switch her brain between two languages. “I think I have to remind her to change at home,” mother Sirine Demachkie told ABC Radio Sydney. “She goes in English by default, and I go in ‘Arabic’ and sheRead More →
Manar Alomayria young Saudi entrepreneur, came full of life and confidence to the last Viva Tech Show to present her literary revolution, Audiobooks Dhad. The start-up she founded in Jeddah has been shaping since 2014 the future of the arabic book industry. Her undeniable professionalism and seriousness could not containRead More →
Amazon just announced that Kindle customers around the world can now enjoy a growing selection of over 12,000 Arabic-language Kindle books on Kindle devices and the free Kindle app for iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets and Fire Tablets. Readers will find nearly 12,000 popular Arabic language titles in theRead More →
Arabic-speaking writers don’t have many opportunities in the eBook world, either due to a fundamental lack of support for the language (which reads right to left, is written in cursive and includes pronunciation marks) or the complexities of distributing the books in the first place. Amazon may be making itRead More →
SEATTLE – (COMMERCIAL THREAD) – (NASDAQ: AMZN) – Amazon today announced that Kindle customers around the world can now read from a growing selection of over 12,000 Arabic-language Kindle books on Kindle devices and the free Kindle app for iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets and tablets from Fire. StartingRead More →
In ‘All Strangers Are Kin’, travel writer Zora O’Neill recounts her ‘Year of Poor Arabic’ as she tested her language skills in countries from Morocco to the United Arab Emirates . She speaks Friday, July 8 at the Elliott Bay Book Co. in Seattle. You don’t have to be aRead More →