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Arabic 101
Arabic Word of the Day
Shami and Levantine Dialect
Arabic:
Hiyyeh
English:
She
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Queen Zenobia Queen Zenobia ruled the Palmyrene Empire in Syria and was known as the "Warrior Queen".
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posted on: Nov 19, 2014
The Arabic instrument known as the “oud” came from the Arabic word al-oud which became the “lute”–the forerunner to the Western guitar.
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