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أُوكْرَانِيَا تُوَافِقُ عَلَى اِقْتِرَاحِ الْهُدْنَةِ فِي جِدَّةَ، اِجْتَمَعَ وَزِيرُ الْخَارِجِيَّةِ الْأُوكْرَانِيُّ، أَنْدِرِيه سِيبِيَا، وَوَزِيرُ الْخَارِجِيَّةِ الْأَمْرِيكِيُّ، مَارْكُو رُوبِيُو. اِسْتَمَرَّ هَذَا الْاِجْتِمَاعُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ثَمَانِ سَاعَاتٍ. هَدَفُ هَذَا الْاِجْتِمَاعِ هُوَ طَرْحُ اِقْتِرَاحِ أَمْرِيكَا. قَدَّمَتْ أَمْرِيكَا اِقْتِرَاحَ وَقْفِ إِطْل…

اِتِّفَاقُ دَمْجِ قَسَدَ بِالدَّوْلَةِ السُّورِيَّةِ الْجَدِيدَةِ فِي سُورِيَا، أَعْلَنَ الرَّئِيسُ السُّورِيُّ الْمُؤَقَّتُ، أَحْمَدُ الشَّرْعُ، أَنَّهُ عَقَدَ اِتِّفَاقًا مَعَ قَائِدِ قُوَّاتِ سُورِيَا الدِّيمُوقْرَاطِيَّةِ (قَسَدَ)، مَظْلُومِ عَبْدِي. وَقَدْ أَعْلَنَتْ هَذِهِ الْقُوَّاتُ عَنْ نَفْسِهَا فِي خَرِيفِ عَامِ أَلْفَيْنِ وَخَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ (2015). وَقَدْ حَصَلَ ه…

بِنْتُ الصَّبَّاغ This Arabic story is for learners of Arabic as a foreign language. We took it from a book written by Kamil Keilany, an Egyptian writer and a poet. The original text was written for native speakers of Arabic. To make it suitable for learners of Arabic as a foreign language, it has been abridged, appropriately simplified, and slightly modified. Some of the deta…

تَاجِرُ بَغْدَادَ This Arabic story is for learners of Arabic as a foreign language. We took it from a book written by Kamil Keilany, an Egyptian writer and a poet. The original text was written for native speakers of Arabic. To make it suitable for learners of Arabic as a foreign language, it has been abridged, appropriately simplified, and slightly modified. Some of the deta…

الْمَلِكُ عَجِيبٌ This Arabic story is for learners of Arabic as a foreign language. We took it from a book written by Kamil Keilany, an Egyptian writer and a poet. The original text was written for native speakers of Arabic. To make it suitable for learners of Arabic as a foreign language, it has been abridged, appropriately simplified, and slightly modified. Some of the deta…

مَاكْبِث فِي مَكَانٍ خَالٍ، عِنْدَمَا كَانَ الْبَرْقُ وَالرَّعْدُ يَمْلَآنِ الْأَرْضَ، اِجْتَمَعَتْ ثَلَاثُ سَاحِرَاتٍ. قَالَتِ السَّاحِرَةُ الْأُولَى: مَتَى سَنَلْتَقِي؟ هَلْ سَنَلْتَقِي عِنْدَمَا نَسْمَعُ الرَّعْدَ، أَوْ عِنْدَمَا نَرَى الْبَرْقَ، أَوْ عِنْدَمَا نَلْمَسُ الْمَطَرَ؟ قَالَتِ السَّاحِرَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ: سَنَلْتَقِي عِنْدَمَا تَنْتَهِيَ الْمَعْرَكَةُ، وَيَظْهَ…

بَطـــَــلُ أَثِينـــَــا This is an Arabic short story for foreigners (i.e., for non-Arabs). It is taken from a series of long stories which Kamil Kilani wrote. The original text is meant for native speakers of Arabic. This version has been abridged and simplified to be suitable for learners of Arabic as a foreign language.  قَبْلَ آلَافِ السِّنِينِ، وُلِدَ بَطَلُ أَثِينَا…

َالْأَمِيرُ الْحَادِي وَالْخَمْسُون This is an Arabic short story for beginners, namely for non-Arabs. It is taken from a series of long stories which Kamil Kilani wrote. The original text is meant for native speakers of Arabic. This Arabic short story for beginners has been abridged and simplified to be suitable for learners of Arabic as a an additional language. فِي قَدِي…

الْأَمِيــــرَةُ الْقَاسِيــَــةُ This is an Arabic short story for foreigners / for non-Arabs. It is taken from a series of long stories which Kamil Kilani wrote. The original text is in more advanced Arabic. This version has been abridged and simplified to be suitable for learners of Arabic as a foreign language. فِي مَمْلَكَةٍ هِنْدِيَّةٍ قَدِيمَةٍ، عَاشَ أَمِيرٌ صَغِيرٌ…

 What is taa marbuta? What is taa marbuta? taa marbuta is the taa that always occurs at the end of certain nouns and adjectives. If connected to the preceding letter, it is written like this ـة, as in سَاعَة ‘watch’, فَاطِمَة ‘Fatima (name)’, and خَيْمَة ‘tent.’ If it occurs after one of the letters that do not connect to the following letter (i.e. ا, د, ذ, ر, ز,و) , it is wri…

The Basic Arabic Nominal Sentence The basic Arabic nominal sentence is الْجُمْلَةُ الْاِسْمِيَّةُ الْبَسِيطَة. It consists of two parts: the subject (also called topic)  الْمُبْتَدَأ and the predicate الْخَبَر. The subject, which the sentence starts with, is  almost always a definite (مَعْرِفَة) noun, such as الْبَيْت  ‘the house’, الرَّجُل ‘the man’, الْجَامِعَة ‘the universi…

Connecting Arabic Letters (2)  Connecting Arabic letters is the focus of this lesson, namely the last thirteen letters of the alphabet. In the previous lesson, you came to know how the first seventeen Arabic letters connect to other letters. You also learned that there are six letters that never join to letters that follow them. We call these letters semi-connecting letters, a…

Connecting Arabic Letters (1) Connecting Arabic letters is the focus of this lesson. Arabic is a cursive language; therefore, its letters must be joined to form words. This entails that the shape of the letter changes. This change is not straightforward, as the letter can have three different shapes: one at the beginning of the word, one in the middle of the word, and one at t…

الْمَلِــــكُ مَيْــــدَاسُ We took this Arabic short story from a short story book written by Kamil Kilani. The original story was written for native speakers of Arabic. It has been simplified, abridged, and slightly modified to make it suitable for learners of Arabic as an additional/foreign language. It is suitable for high-beginners and pre-intermediate learners. فِي قَ…