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Arabic 101
Arabic Word of the Day
Shami and Levantine Dialect
Arabic:
Mash'allah
English:
Thanks to the will of God
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AraBIT
Arab Trivia
Proverb of the Day B'ad ma shab waddowoh alkitaab English equivalent: You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
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posted on: Nov 30, 2020
Dabke in Arabic is literally “stamping of the feet.” The leader, called raas (“head”) or lawweeh (“waver”), is allowed to improvise on the type of dabke.