Arabic Link Madness Pt. 6

صباح الخير

أعتذر على عدم الإتصال عبر العطلة والأمس. بصراحة تحوّل بيتي إلى روضة أطفال وأنا تحوّلت إلى صاحبها. وعلاوة على  ذلك فبعد القرار من إدارة المدارس لنتعلّم من بعيد لبقية السنة لاحظت تحفيزي للتدريس ينتخفض لحتى التدهور الصيفي العاديّ. كم منكم ترون نفس الشيء؟ إذا كان عدد الواجبات في غوغل أي إشارة فالجواب هو ((كثير)) بلا شك

Good morning!

I apologize for the lack of contact over the weekend and yesterday. Frankly the house has turned into a daycare and I into its keeper. On top of that, after the decision from the school board to continue remote learning for the rest of the year, I've noticed my motivation for teaching declining into its typical summer collapse. How many of you have noticed the same thing? If the number of homeworks in Google is any sign, then the answer is "many" without doubt.

لليوم أردت أن أشارك معكم بعض الروابط المتعلقة بالأكل والموسيقى وإن شاء الله تجوّعكم للثقافة العربية

For today I wanted to share with you some links related to food and music, in hopes that they make you hunger for Arab culture:

أولا هنا وصفة من المدونة الطبخية في ((النيو يورك تايمز)) لأكل فلسطيني شعبي اسمه محمّرة
First, here is a recipe from the New York Times cooking blog for a traditional Palestinian dish called Muhammara

وأوصّيكم على اشتراء هذا الكتاب لتطبخوا لعائلتكم (لا تنسوا عيد الأمّ على الأحد القادم) أكلات سهلة ولذيذة من المغرب
And I recommend you buy this book to cook for your families (don't forget Mother's Day is this coming Sunday!) some easy and delicious foods from Morocco

وحينما تطبخوا يمكنكم الإستماع لأغاني ((فانك حبيبي)) عربية من السبعينات
 And while you cook you can listen to Arabic "Habibi Funk" songs from the '70s

أو هذه الأغنية لميتاليكا على قانون تونسي
Or this song from Metallica on a Tunisian qanun

لترجمات إنكليزية من أغاني أنا أعتمد على عذا الموقع برغم أنّه لم يجدد منذ ٢٠١٣
For English translations of songs I rely on this website, despite the fact it wasn't updated since 2013

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