Arabic Link Madness Pt. 5

مساء الشمس والزهور

الحمد لله البيبيون نائمون ولي وقت قصير لأكتب لكم قليلا في هذه المدونة. أتوقع أنّ كثير منكم قضيتم اليوم في الخارج  تحت الشمس تقرأون كتب وتدرسون لصفوفكم الأخرى. الواجب الذي أعطيتكم أياه لصفّي لن يصعب عليكم فلا تقلقوا. ارتاحوا كيف ما تريدون وتنظروا إلى هذه الروابط لما يكون لكم الوقت

Afternoon of sun and flowers!

Fortunately the babies are sleeping and I have a short time to write to you a little in this blog. I expect many of you have spent your day outside, under the sun, reading books and studying for your other classes. The homework I've given you for my class won't be difficult for you, so don't worry. Relax however you like and take a look at these links when you have time:

على المدونة التصويرية لنيو يورك تايمز هنا صوّر رائعة لفروسية نسائية في المغرب
Here on the NYT photo blog are some fantastic photos of women's equestrian in Morocco

وهنا على ((بلوغ بلدي)) نرى ما هو أسوأ شيء في كل بلد عربي
And here on Blog Baladi we see what each Arab country is worst at (no English translation)

تتعلموا عن فنّ الزجل فيه شعراء شعبيون يتنافسون بأبياتهم السخرية
Learn about the art form of Zajal, in which popular poets compete with sarcastic verses

لمن منكم يتعلّم عن العصر الذهبي فهنا الموقع ((ألف أختراع)) عنه
For those of you learning about the Golden Age, here is the 1000 Inventions website about it

وأخيرا من أفضل المواقع في رأيي هنا قائمة قصيرة لكلّ الأسماء المستخدمة بالعربية للجمل
And finally, one of the best websites in my opinion, here is a short list of all the words used in Arabic for a camel


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