Learn Arabic for Beginner

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Watch your thoughts

Watch your thoughts; they become words.Watch your words; they become actions.Watch your actions; they become habits.Watch your habits; they become character.Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.Frank Outlaw

Two New Interesting Blogs

We apologize for omitting those two very interesting Iraqi blogs that has been laying around for a while, the first is Sundus Abdulhadi's Mesopotamian Contemplations, a seldom blogging Iraqi artist based in Canada, she has been making a buzz lately around the Arab media for her painting 'Inana in Damascus', which is a commentary on prostitution of Iraqi women in Syria. Her recent post tells us about the story behind the painting's popularity, from American blogs to Arab media.

Second blog is for the Iraqi rapper The Narcycist, a previous member of the Iraqi hip-hop group Euphrates which contributed some very good music to the seminal Iraqi documnetary "Voices of Iraq", He has a way of adding Iraqi pharses and names just at the right moments, you can sample some of The Narcyist's politically-themed music on YouTube, such as this seminal song : 'The Letter'. The Narc's blog is an attitude-packed discussion of rap music, politics, and life for Iraqi and Arabs in the Western word, here is a flavor of his writing in which he is ranting about the influence of Gulf money on rap music and the image of Arabs in the West:

So, Here is a new track by some dude called Ron browz featuring the one'n'only Busta Rhymes. Funny, I was bumping THE COMING, Busta's first record, while pumping iron the other day (3ish). Once again, the American assumption that all brown people are the same gets jumbled into one joint. India is not Arabic people. They are indian. And not indian like 'injan you varmits'. Indian like close to Paskistan, India like one of the most beautiful places on earth. Anyway, this is what happens when you invite cats out to places like Dubai or the anywhere in the Gulf for that matter and not invite them out to Palestine and/or Iraq (interchangeable at this point.) Totally totally totally ignorant. Arab money is long if you were in the Gulf, or are someone who has taken advantage of the War. Ask lil'hamoodi in Naseriya what money is. He'll tell you electricity and a carton of two day old eggs (if he's lucky).

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Arabic / English Blogs

I apologize for all the bloggers here but I couldn't really make time between my laziness to add your blogs, and this is where I make due with this mega-post:

Son of Tigris has a very elegant blog with a neat theme complete with an animated attractive blog title, he is an IT specialist and his main interests are technology, technology and tech...nology.

We seem to have caught Touta just as she begins to unravel in Fog al Nakhal, only two posts down the line and she seems rather hesitant, but let's hope she develops a passion for blogging that equals her passion for learning.

Net Marketing In Iraq is a very unique blog for an Iraqi blog, it is primarily focused on netmarketing techniques in Iraq. Don't ask, I don't know.

يكتب أزهر مهدي في مدونة جلجامش - القاصد منذ مدة و قد اختار ان يخطرنا بمدونته مؤخرا, تتضمن مواضيع ثقافية شتى و هو مؤخرا يقوم بنشر قصائد مترجمة للشاعر الإيراني عمر الخيام

مدونة أنت حر للكاتب المسرحي العراقي احمد الصالح مدونة أدبية تتناول عدة محاور ثقافية و صحافية ربما سياسية و بالأخص ما يتعلق من السياسة بالثقافة.

متهجولون في الغربة هي مجهود جماعي لمجموعة من المدونين العراقيين منهم خاتون و أبا الحسن تتناول مشاكل اللاجئين باسلوب خفيف الظل وهي من اكثر المدونات الناطقة باللغة العربية نشاطا...نتمنى لها الإستمرار

تقودنا مدونة المتهجولون الى هارت روز, عراقية في الإمارات تدرس الطب, تتحدث عن مواضيع إجتماعية و مجريات حياتها اليومية, في أخر تدوينة لها تسرد لنا إنطباعاتها عن دخول غرفة الولادة.

مدونة الكاتبة عبير عبد الغفور عراقية مقيمة في مصر

مدونة شعاع العصر للكاتب علي هادي, يصفها فيقول :

مساء الخير والسعادة سيداتي سادتي الاكارم قد توصف ادراجاتي وصف الرمزيةمرة ووصف الجنون مرات اكثر وهنا ( انا مجنون اذن انا موجود) ربما يكون للجنون فنون اولها شكرا واخرها اسف على الازعاج

مدونة تميل الى مناقشة المواضيع السياسية و الدينية و من ثم كل ما يجول بالخاطر

Sunday, September 21, 2008

The End

I spent a wonderful year in Kuwait and my time there came to end. In review of my activities, I had accomplished much of what I had set out to do. I distributed surveys at Kuwaiti colleges and universities on their opinions regarding the recent entry of women into politics and other general views. I interviewed several women and some men on the subject. And I made several good friends who helped me understand the perspectives of the youth. My Middle Eastern sojourns have now come to end and a new chapter has begun, my PhD studies in molecular microbiology at Cambridge University, UK. I thank God for all the wonderful and immense bounties that have been showered upon me. May I combine my various interests to lead a life of service, hopefully in the development of the Middle East. May this blog have been of use. Adieu.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Study English - IELTS Preparation DVD Rip

Study English - IELTS Preparation DVD Rip | 2741.43MB
Author: Shymkiw, A & Larbalestier, D
Publisher: Insearch
Format: P/Bk
ISBN-10: 0908537271
ISBN-13: 9780908537273
Publication Date: 2005
Price: £49.95
Description: Pre-Intermediate to Advanced.
Study English - IELTS Preparation is a series of 26 units of work based on video interviews with native speakers of English. Speakers are mostly specialists on topics with relevance to IELTS. The video footage is drawn from science, education and current affairs programmes aired on ABC television (ABC - Australian Broadcasting Corporation).

A key feature of this series is its authentic English usage - unscripted language in specific contexts. English learners work closely with both the spoken and written forms, and experience the subtleties and uses of each form simultaneously. The presenter, while talking through the language features addressed in each episode, involves the participant in the video classroom through listening cues, explanations, tasks and activities.

Each unit is based on a bite-sized 10-minute episode, and uses spoken language to demonstrate aspects of English usage such as grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. All key skill areas are addressed, including Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. The episodes are independent of each other and can be worked through in any order.

The episodes draw from a wide range of themes: environment, technology, tourism, medicine, architecture, business and commerce, finance, law, and the sciences - archaeology, psychology, biology and chemistry.

A variety of activities are introduced in the video segments. These activities focus on developing both the spoken and written forms of the language, improving grammatical accuracy and listening skills, expressing ideas, building vocabulary and other aspects of academic English.

Each unit features Tips, Study Notes and Activities. These materials consolidate language features addressed in the television episodes. Practice activities include multiply choice, gap fill, matching and other tasks.

Ideal for self-study, a useful addition to your resource centre; may also be used in class.

rapidshare links:
Series 1:
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http://rapidshare.com/files/136496369/Study.3nglish.I3LTS.Pre.Series1_downarchive.part02.rar
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http://rapidshare.com/files/136510316/Study.3nglish.I3LTS.Pre.Series1_downarchive.part05.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/136515166/Study.3nglish.I3LTS.Pre.Series1_downarchive.part06.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/136519888/Study.3nglish.I3LTS.Pre.Series1_downarchive.part07.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/136524581/Study.3nglish.I3LTS.Pre.Series1_downarchive.part08.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/136529310/Study.3nglish.I3LTS.Pre.Series1_downarchive.part09.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/136534261/Study.3nglish.I3LTS.Pre.Series1_downarchive.part10.rar
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http://rapidshare.com/files/136575004/Study.3nglish.I3LTS.Pre.Series1_downarchive.part18.rar
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http://rapidshare.com/files/136607488/Study.3nglish.I3LTS.Pre.Series1_downarchive.part24.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/136613401/Study.3nglish.I3LTS.Pre.Series1_downarchive.part25.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/136487590/Study.3nglish.I3LTS.Pre.Series1_downarchive.part26.rar
audio+ document :
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http://rapidshare.com/files/136471304/Study.3nglish.I3LTS.Pre.Series1.docu.audio_downarchive.part2.rar
Series 2:
http://rapidshare.com/files/136475396/Study.3nglish.I3LTS.Pre.Series2_downarchive.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/136479639/Study.3nglish.I3LTS.Pre.Series2_downarchive.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/136483754/Study.3nglish.I3LTS.Pre.Series2_downarchive.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/136486348/Study.3nglish.I3LTS.Pre.Series2_downarchive.part4.rar
document :
http://rapidshare.com/files/136471470/Study.3nglish.I3LTS.Pre.Series2.docu_downarchive.rar

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Prayer

Prayer is an open line to God.No network problem, no low battery, no connection error, no charging, always good signals and all messages sent.Author unknown

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Overheard from the code-switching department...

...from an Algerian here in London:

kanu	supplying-lna
they.were	supplying-to.us

You have a non-finite English form ("supplying") in a past continuous form, in accordance with the English construction but contrary to the Algerian Arabic one, which would require a finite form ("they supply"). You have an Algerian Arabic clitic pronoun - a form that can't stand on its own, but has to be attached to the end of something else - being stuck onto a totally unadapted verb in another language; code-switching in the middle of a phonological word! The facility with which some Algerian long-term residents of the UK combine their two languages is really rather remarkable, and would merit further study.