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Go topWhat – to non Arabs – may seem like an elaborate way to simply say ‘hi’ (Ahlan Wa Sahlan) By: Rafika Alami Source: The Middle East Eye “Fefe, what are you doing?” “I’m in the kitchen, ijleeing (washing the dishes).” I could hear my mother giggling from the living room. “What?” “That’s not a real … Continued
BY: Daniel Gil/Contributing Writer Summer in Washington D.C. can become unbearably hot and humid, and the inability to pay an $80 dollar bill at an expensive, uptown Yemeni restaurant can really make someone sweat. This is the situation that Selam Berhea and her friend Lujain Al-Khawi unknowingly found themselves in one night last summer after … Continued
BY: Nadine Ismail/Ambassador Blogger In honor of International Women’s Day, which falls on March 8 each year, I have compiled a list of 10 books/series to help your daughters and sons read books with strong female characters. When children are exposed to these books, they are gaining a great opportunity to embrace “girl power” with … Continued
BY: Nadine Ismail/Ambassador Blogger Here is my list of the 10 essential ways to discover love in Arabic for the entire family. You can find books for kids, fun recipes and projects, and notorious love songs and movies that are guaranteed to put you in a romantic mood. 1. Mike Massy and Rania Zaghir Brave … Continued
BY: Nadine Ismail/Ambassador Blogger The earlier you start teaching and using a second language, the more embedded it becomes in your child’s routine. Toddler years are perfect for introducing the Arabic language as a first or second language. The majority of the education resources for learning the Arabic language are intended for ages 4 and … Continued
BY: Hossam Abouzahr/Special to Arab America I didn’t expect my life to take the path of developing Arabic learning tools and the first multi-dialect Arabic dictionary. As a Lebanese-American (Lebanese father and white mother) raised in Michigan, I hated Arabic growing up. My parents put my siblings and me in a private Islamic school where we … Continued
BY: David DeMaria/Contributing Writer Not long after Nader Habibi and his band Haram were investigated by the FBI, an explosion from a pressure cooker bomb in the Chelsea district of Manhattan injured 31 people. The attack, which was also linked to a pipe bomb explosion along the route of Marine Corps charity run in New … Continued
BY: Nadine Ismail/Ambassador Blogger So you finally decided to learn Arabic this year as your New Year’s resolution. Read my article about 10 reasons why it should be so. Congratulations! Now you need to turn this excitement to commitment and I am here to help you do it. If it is your child that you … Continued
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer Nomination voting for the Academy Awards closed on Friday for films being considered in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Each year, dozens of countries enter films for consideration, but only five are chosen as nominations. The critically acclaimed film Theeb, Jordan’s submission for the 2016 Oscars was only the second … Continued
BY: Nadine Ismail/Ambassador Blogger Happy New Year! Everyone is busy jotting down his or her New Year’s resolutions and finding ways to commit to the goals. Most resolutions include getting healthy, finding a better job, or traveling. However, have you thought about learning Arabic as your 2017 New Year’s resolution? Here are 10 reasons why … Continued
By Hasheemah Afaneh The Huffington Post “Don’t speak Arabic here.” That was one of the first pieces of advice I received when I moved back to the United States after spending years in the Middle East, and it’s a sentence that tends to ring in my ear very often. I did not hear it from an … Continued
By Sarah Harvard Mic.com Ahmed Shihab-Eldin has an Emmy nomination for his work on Al Jazeera English’s The Stream, but that didn’t help him with his Uber driver on Sunday night. At around 10 p.m., Eldin, a correspondent for AJPlus, requested an Uber ride after arriving at Union Station in Washington, D.C., where he had … Continued
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