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new arabic lang. student

Zana — Thu, 29 May 2008 13:25:40 GMT

I'm going to be taking Arabic 101 (modern standard arabic, that is) in the fall and am super excited. I'm really interested in different languages so I'm not worried about passing the class it's just that I want to be able to master (or at least semi-master) the pronunciations, grammar, and alphabet (pretty much arabic as whole! lol). The languages that I do know are not in the same language family as arabic (the ones I know are Indo-European, in the Slavic, Germanic, & Romance lang. area) so I do realize it's going to be a tough thing.

Does anyone have any tips on how I can better prepare myself to learn Arabic besides the few words I know from the songs (ya habibi, ya rohi, etc. lol)? Any helpful study guides or things that some of you guys did to improve your arabic? I know the best way to master a language, or at least make the best use of it, is to go to a country that speaks arabic but since (sadly) that is not an option at this moment, any other suggestions? And also, since I'm going to be learning MSA, as far as dialects what kind should I lean towards and is it going to be difficult to go from MSA to a dialect?

Thanks!!

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Moroccan Arabic translation please

samirashuruk — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 05:32:06 GMT

"b9a lina ghir chté7"

Can anyone please let me know what this says?
thanks!

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Arabic Script

Nicole — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:34:24 GMT

Hello Arabic,Arabic...
This post is for a friend who would like to know where to obtain a copy of Arabic script for the word "belly dance"
She is working on an art project. I thought to try here for references........know any......?

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TIGI ZAY TRANSLATION

vivika — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:36:42 GMT

could some1 post the translation for haifa wehbe's tigi zay (from the album beddy aiesh) ? i'm going to perform a choreography for it and i need to know what she is saying!! this is important.
thanks in advance!

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Travel in Algeria

Linda — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 18:12:39 GMT

I've been on 5 trips in the last 6 years, so would gladly offer any travel tips for first time travelers.

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new tribe on things Arabian...

Astrid_Seftali — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:16:06 GMT

I have created a new tribe on Arabic Love Poems. If you are interested in Nizar Qabbani or love poems from the Golden Age etc., please join us. We also need a few more people who can read Arabic text and translate for us! A lot of bellydancers among the members...
http://tribes.tribe.net/arabianlovepoems

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Rachid Taha's new album "tekitoi"

jameswhetzel — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 02:36:09 GMT

Hey probably alot of you are already familiar with Rachid Taha, he's the guy who did the remix of "ya rayah" (orig. by Dahmane El-Harrachi") that was big club hit a couple of years back. If you are not i highly reccommend his 1998 album "Diwan."

Anyways, I am really enjoying a bunch of tracks on his new album "Tekitoi" The tracks "safi" and "meftouh" are particularly hot. Plus for all you students of colloquial Algerian Arabic it has excellent transliterations, and translations of the lyrics into french and english.

ana gelbi safi! nabghi il-habb b-z-zahwani! safi! safi! zahwani!

awya!!!!

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Need help!

Lisam — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:08:59 GMT

Hello all!

I am a bellydancer and I want to start to use a dance name to perform. Since my real name is Lisa-Marie, I was thinking about Lisam. Does it sound good? Does it have a specific meaning in arabic that could be hilarous or offensive?

Thank you so much for your help!

Lisa

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New Book Series

majda — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:50:13 GMT

Hello fellow students of Arabic!

I know the standard book is ths al-Kitaab, but my professor introduced these new books to my class last year. The book series is called "Gateway to Arabic" and I LOVE IT! It's a lot more of a practice book and a great supplement to al-Kitaab imo. I've used books 2,3,4 and the extension to book 1. The series is growing and each book is less than $10 a piece!

shukran,

Majda

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Arabic language question

mirahammal — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:26:57 GMT

I'm recently returned from Egypt and while my Arabic is improved/expanded on from what it was before I left, it's still awfully pathetic, and there are some things that are just hard to find answers for definitively inthe books/dictionaries I have..

So...I have two questions that I'm hoping someone with better language can help me answer:
* What is the plural of "almas" (as in, the word for diamond)
* I've seen the woman's name Bahira described as meaning "dazzling or sparkling"...but what would "al bahira" (pronounced Ba hEE rah, I think) mean? Is it the one/the thing that dazzles and sparkles...or is it something all together different when presented as a noun like that?

Thanks!

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Shhh - I'm trying to study!

Kylie — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:31:21 GMT

It sure is quiet around here, eh? You must all have your noses in your books.

So has anyone found any good resources lately? Tried any interesting study ideas?

I've been trying to start a study / practice group here in Denver. There used to be one organised through meetup . com but it got too expensive so the organiser quit. They now want $19 for the first month, to allow you to set up a group through their website. That's a bit more than I'm willing to front on an idea that may or may not take off.

I went to university classes for MSL for almost 2 years and got discouraged because after that I still couldn't have a decent conversation, so I'm taking a break from that, and trying to use books & CDs etc that give me some conversational skills.

One friend that I met with lately has done a lot of linguistics studies. He learned ways of learning languages as a survival skill - like, what to do if your airplane breaks down and you parachute into totally foreign country where you don't know the language at all. Interesting.

So anyway, enough about me - what are you all doing out there? I'd like some motivation here!

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Looking for Music

dellaena — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 02:07:11 GMT

Specifically in Arabic or other similiar languages.

haven't really been able to find good cinema either.Any recommendations?

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Saying "no" non-verbally

kanewai — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:51:19 GMT

I read in a text book that Levantine people will say "la" by glancing up with their eyes.

Can someone shed more light on this? because if it's true I'm doomed - in the pacific a lot of people say "yes" by raising the eyebrows & it's a hard habit to break.

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Hmmmmm.......

Laurie — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:19:28 GMT

anybody know what happened to the Arab American tribe?? it seems to have disappeared!!! =0(

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Cinema

dellaena — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 02:10:39 GMT

Last post,I promise.

Honestly one of the main issues i have had with researching the cultural aspect of the middle east is that i have a reservation that what i am seeing is "westernized".Does this make sense?I know it is a little off topic of this specific tribe,but in part i believe the study of language is so important in order to be a more rounded and articulate person and this notion of seeing an incomplete picture bothers me greatly.What suggestions is any are there for someone who does live in the united states to buddy up and practice with naturalized peoples who speak arabic?(a language they no longer teach at uni, here)

thank you,
Dellaena

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BBC

dellaena — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 02:05:29 GMT

just wanted to post a link and note that i think it is fabulous that the BBC offers news in arabic(amoung other languages)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/arabic/

For someone who is familiar with the language but not familiar with the landscape-it is really cool.

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Arab Language Movie Recs?

kanewai — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 21:25:06 GMT

Aloha all! I wanted to rent some Arab language movies to help me understand the rhythms better, but can't find many on netflix. Can you guys recommend any? I'd be more interested right now in Levantine dialects. Thanks.

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amr diab

vivika — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:12:56 GMT

hi every1 who know the wonderful arabic singer amr diab! please join my new tribe http://tribes.tribe.net/fansofamrdiab :)

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songs that have prayer in them.....

Amunet — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:27:57 GMT

Are there songs out there belly dancers dance to that have praying in the begining of them.....which ones are they? I don't want to dance to something that might offend someone. There is one on Galactic Caravan I like....first song I believe, but I don't know if that is one I should use or not.
HELP!!!!!

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Bad words in Arabic

feiruz_al-bnefsagia — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:36:47 GMT

Someone mentioned in another topic that it'd be nice if we knew what some of the curse words are in Arabic.

When I was in Arabic class, the very last week we begged our Misri (Egyptian) instructor to tell us what kinds of insults we'd hear, for instance, if we we're wandering around the souk. We coaxed a few out, but were aware there are plenty more creative insults in Arabic.

So, do you all have any references or websites that can tell us what we'll hear if we really tick someone off? You know, taxicab driver insults like you'd hear in NY--something like that? It'd be cool to compare insults from different dialects.

All in good humor. :)

Feiruz

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nice

steve — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 03:31:11 GMT

great tribe very good

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New Tribe

Salihah — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 04:56:22 GMT

Please stop by post a hello, rant, whine, or smile.

http://tribes.tribe.net/chatterboxx

It's a new tribe and nothing is off-topic!

Peace, Salihah

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tutor/childcare

selkiestar — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:25:19 GMT

hey everyone,
i would love for my son, rohnan, to be exposed to more arabic than what he gets from his intermittent visits from his grandfather and my sister. santa cruz is low on the diversity scale, i know, but does anyone know somebody or have any bright ideas aside from playing arabic music?
thanks!!!

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Is "arabic" useful in Lebanon/Israel and Egypt

kanewai — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 03:00:10 GMT

After spending an afternoon online I think I'm more confused than ever. Hope that you guys can help!

I'll be taking two trips to the Middle East this coming year: one to northern Israel, and one to Egypt.

I took a bit of Classical Arabic in college, though all I remember is the calligraphy. I love languages, and always meant to pick Arabic up again. Now I think I have a good excuse.

I just picked up some "Teach Yourself Standard Arabic" texts, and was hoping to learn some of the basics before I leave. Now I'm hearing that "Lebanese" as spoken in Lebanon, Syria, and northern Israel is different than Arabic, that studying Arabic won't help me be understood in that part of the world, and that Lebanese and Egyptian aren't even mutually intelligble.

So. Yikes. Can anyone help here? What gives? Will studying Standard Arabic help in Lebanon and Israel, or will this all just be an academic exercise? And will it help in Egypt?

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Little Mosque on the Prairie

Salihah — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 02:32:55 GMT

On Macleans.com (a Canadian news magazine) I saw an advertising banner across the top of the page that said,

"Little Mosque on the Prairie"

Its a new Canadian TV comedy starting in January about a mosque starting in a redneck prairie community. You gotta go to the website and click to see the different videos, definately my laugh of the day!!!!

www.littlemosque.ca/

Peace,
Salihah

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Do you see arabic when it's typed?

JimBoz — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 23:35:34 GMT

Being too lazy to really look everything up, I have Arabic installed on my WinblozeXP system running Firefox and when I type in Arabic

عرابية

it shows up in arabic

Can everyone else see that?
If so, we can have a tribe where students (like, kiddie reading level) can try our hand at reading/writing and printed conversation.

Anyone into that?
Does it work?

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Muslim Teenager Speaks Out

Salihah — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 00:26:13 GMT

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mily-j-sharko/being-a-muslim-and-a-te_b_27428.html

I came across this article by a Muslim teen, speaking out against terrorism. I hear so often, "why don't the Muslims ever condemn terrorism??!" Muslims do, it just seems that the media doesn't want to highlight those Muslims.

Just wanted to share one more voice I found. Here's some others if anyone is interested:
http://findingsalihah.blogspot.com/2006/11/where-are-moderate-muslims-where-is-out.html

Peace,
Salihah

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Beards, they are down right dangerous! (X post)

Salihah — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:16:30 GMT

Posted in the True Islam tribe:

http://trueislam.tribe.net/thread/4a92f41c-3b30-4a61-a7b6-9882a75b6c07

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Dialect Advice please

missadventure — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:26:16 GMT

ma' sallamah,

I finally have some time off coming up and plan to study arabic abroad in either Tunisia, Egypt or both.

I met a guy who spoke several dialects who offered up this advice:

Forget the rest and only learn MSA. Everyone will understand you and will do their utmost to help you out by speaking in a way you will understand.

Seems reasonable. What do you think?

Shukran,
m

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Bay Area Event Dec 3rd

missadventure — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:30:29 GMT

Zawaya presents

ASWAT and ABBOUD BASHEER

ASWAT is the Bay Area's only Arab Community Ensemble

Guest artist BASHEER ABBOUD, from Aleppo, Syria, is a Master Singer
of Classical and Folkloric Arabic Music (Muwashahhat Andalusiyya and
Qudood Halabiyyah)

This Winter Concert will include 11 musicians and 15 vocalists with
Music Director Saed Muhssin

Where:
Skyline College Main Theater, Building One, 3300 College Drive,
San Bruno, CA 94066 (visit http://www.skylinec ollege.edu for
directions).
Free parking is available on campus.

When:
Sunday December 3, 2006, 7-9 p.m.

Tickets:
A limited number of premium seats are available at $100.00 and $75.00
(first-come first-served with vallet parking).

General admission is $20.00.
Student admission is $15.00 with student ID.

Mail checks payable to Zawaya to:

Zawaya
311-41 Avenue
San Mateo, Ca 94403

Tickets will also be on sale at the Arab Cultural Center in San
Francisco.

Nabila Mango
Zawaya Zawaya presents

ASWAT and ABBOUD BASHEER

ASWAT is the Bay Area's only Arab Community Ensemble

Guest artist BASHEER ABBOUD, from Aleppo, Syria, is a Master Singer
of Classical and Folkloric Arabic Music (Muwashahhat Andalusiyya and
Qudood Halabiyyah)

This Winter Concert will include 11 musicians and 15 vocalists with
Music Director Saed Muhssin

Where:
Skyline College Main Theater, Building One, 3300 College Drive,
San Bruno, CA 94066 (visit http://www.skylinec ollege.edu for
directions).
Free parking is available on campus.

When:
Sunday December 3, 2006, 7-9 p.m.

Tickets:
A limited number of premium seats are available at $100.00 and $75.00
(first-come first-served with vallet parking).

General admission is $20.00.
Student admission is $15.00 with student ID.

Mail checks payable to Zawaya to:

Zawaya
311-41 Avenue
San Mateo, Ca 94403

Tickets will also be on sale at the Arab Cultural Center in San
Francisco.
Please forward to all your friends.

Nabila Mango
Zawaya

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Arabic-English Word Translator

Salihah — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 21:14:27 GMT

I was just trying to find a word in English that would fit as good translation for an Arabic word I had used and someone asked the definition of. I found this translator online that is free and seems to work...

http://www-old.ectaco.com/online/diction.php3?lang=3

You can translate words from Arabic to English, or the other way around. Switch your keyboard to Arabic typing, though, before you type an Arabic word to translate as the software doesn't use transliteration.

Just wanted to share,
Salihah

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Calligraphy

JimBoz — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 04:19:15 GMT

There are a number of services online that offer calligraphy.
Does anyone have any experience with any and/or could recommend a specific service, artist or individual.

I can write the words. I just want them...you know...written as art.
It's one of the most incredibly kool things about Arabic in my opinion.

Heck, while we're at it...I'd love to learn how to do this.
My Arabic instructor didn't really know anyplace in my local (San Diego, CA, USA) area to study. Any suggestions about online, books, or local resources?

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Arab film festival starts tonight!

missadventure — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 23:07:23 GMT

http://www.aff.org/about.php

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Algeria

Tue, 21 Mar 2006 04:19:38 GMT

Hello, I'm new here.
I am supposed to go to work in Algeria very soon and hoping to get a chance to go and see the rock paintings in hte Tassili N' Ajjer (not far from Djanet). I thought I had a guide organised through a travel agency but no luck.
Any advice?

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DurkaDurka MohammedJeehad!

sensei — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 22:44:08 GMT

Hello everyone! Al Salami Bacon!

I'm new to this tribe and I'm interested in learning Arabic
as I'm planning to travel to Arab countries as
well as delve deeper into my Islamic studies.

I am a progressive Muslim and dervish
who, while maintaining my faith and practice
have a distinctly irreverent sense of humor.

I'm pretty good at reciting stuff
and I even served as muzzine at my mosque
but I'm NOT into orthodox or fundamentalist practices.

Looking for opportunities and resources to scoot me on my way
into a functional level of fluency.
I'm not the fastest learner of language
but I'm persistant and motivated.

((^_^))

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ISRAEL, NOT HEZBOLLAH, STARTED WAR IN LEBANON

DickGentile — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 19:08:29 GMT

War Is Terrorism With a Bigger Budget

Israeli war crimes continue unabated across Lebanon and Palestine

By Christopher Bollyn

The Israeli aggression against Lebanon is a monstrous war crime in which the Zionist state has been aided and abetted by the U.S. government. The vicious Israeli assault on Lebanon has been accompanied by a host of lies that have been dutifully parroted by the Bush administration and the Zionist-controlled mass media.

After two weeks of fighting, at least 422 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in Lebanon and thousands more have been injured, while in Israel, 18 Israeli civilians are reportedly killed. Certainly, many more Lebanese dead will be found beneath the rubble of the many flattened residential buildings of south Beirut and southern Lebanon. Up to 750,000 Lebanese have been driven from their homes and have become refugees. Israel’s ethnic cleansing of south Lebanon is now a fact.

The controlled media lies about the Israeli aggression in Lebanon are similar to its propaganda about the terror attacks of 9-11. In both cases the gross deception foisted upon the public caused widespread misunderstanding of the facts and the identity of the guilty party.

A poll conducted by USA Today and Gallup found that 53 percent of the U.S. population blamed Hezbollah for the outbreak of hostilities between Israel and the popular Shi’ite resistance group based in south Lebanon. Hezbollah, which was formed in 1982 as a local resistance movement
to challenge the Israeli occupation, is increasingly popular today throughout the Arab and Muslim world because of its ability to confront Israel.

The Gallup poll reveals how successfully the media has deceived the American public about the current crisis in Lebanon. The poll found that 39 percent of respondents blamed Iran, while 29 percent blamed Syria. Lebanon, the beleaguered and devastated victim, was blamed by 27 percent while Israel, the party most clearly responsible for the criminal destruction of Lebanon, was only blamed by 15 percent of those polled. These results reveal the degree of Zionist mind control over American perceptions of the Middle East.

The poll, which was conducted as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice departed for the region, found that 67% of the population does not think the Bush administration has a clear and well thought out policy in the Middle East, although it is obviously supporting the Zionist agenda.

ISRAELIS CAPTURED

In the controlled press, Hezbollah, branded as a “terrorist” group by the United States and Israel, is blamed for having sparked the crisis by having “kidnapped” two Israeli soldiers from Israeli territory on July 12. Iran and Syria are usually blamed for being the powers behind Hezbollah.

The initial news reports, however, indicate that the two Israeli soldiers were not kidnapped at all. They were reported to have been captured—inside Lebanon—after having crossed the border and entered the Lebanese village of Aitaa al-Chaab.

The capture of the Israeli soldiers inside Lebanon was reported by a number of leading international press services, including the German news agency (DPA), AP, AFP from France, and UPI Arabia.

“The Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah movement announced Wednesday that its guerrillas have captured two Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon,” the DPA reported from Beirut on July 12.

“Implementing our promise to release the Arab prisoners in Israeli jails, our strugglers have captured at 9:05 a.m. two Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon,” the Hezbollah statement said.

The BBC, usually quite precise, translated the Hezbollah statement as having said “captured two Israeli soldiers at the border with occupied Palestine.”

Lebanese police said the two Israeli soldiers had been captured as they “infiltrated” into the Lebanese town of Aitaa al-Chaab, which lies near the fortified border with Israel.

Early in the day, Joseph Panossian of the Associated Press reported that Hezbollah “captured two Israeli soldiers during clashes Wednesday across the border in southern Lebanon, prompting a swift reaction from Israel, which sent ground forces into its neighbor to look for them.”

“The two Israeli soldiers were captured in Lebanese territory, in the area of Aitaa al-Chaab, near to the border with Israel, where an Israeli unit had penetrated,” the Agence France Presse reported from Aitaa al-Chaab and Beirut.

On July 13, the DPA reported that Israel vehemently denied reports by Lebanese police that the two soldiers had been captured inside the Lebanese border. Israel said the soldiers had been on patrol on the Israeli side of the border fence.

Hezbollah Chief Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said he would only return the captured soldiers through “indirect negotiations and an exchange of prisoners.”

“This is the only available way to release” Lebanese prisoners held in Israel,
he said. “The Israelis always first say they do not wish to negotiate but eventually they accept.”

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert denounced what he called “kidnappings” as an “act of war” by one sovereign country against another. Olmert said, “Lebanon will bear the consequences of its actions,” and warned of a “very, very, very painful” response.

The Israeli response has been both disproportionate and illegal in its use of U.S. supplied precision-guided weapons, cluster bombs and phosphorus weapons to target civilians and civilian infrastructure.

The obvious falseness of the Israeli military claim that it does not target civilians was plain to see from the front page of The New York Times on July 22.

The lead story reported that the Bush administration was rushing a delivery of precision-guided bombs to Israel while the large color photograph next to the article showed some of the coffins of 86 civilians who had been killed in Tyre.

Reports on National Public Radio described how Israeli planes and helicopters had targeted civilian vehicles fleeing from their homes and villages in south Lebanon. One family’s car was struck just feet from the hospital in Tyre. In another case 23 of the 27 civilians in one truck were killed by an Israeli missile. An Israeli helicopter machine gunned a civilian vehicle killing all 9 civilians.

As Israel is wont to do, a number of Red Cross ambulances were targeted. “Israeli missiles had clearly pierced the very center of the red cross on the roof of each ambulance,” Robert Fisk of The Independent (UK) wrote on July 26.

Meanwhile, U.S. war planes arrived at Israeli airbases carrying weaponry and military equipment. The American planes came from Gulf States including Qatar and Saudi Arabia, according to the Al Manar newspaper. The newspaper reported that five U.S. planes had landed in three Israeli airbases, bringing more weapons and “vacuum bombs of many sizes.”

“We are aiding and abetting war crimes,” Francis A. Boyle, professor of international law at the University of Illinois, said about the U.S. weapon shipments to Israel. “This has been planned for quite some time,” Boyle added.

On the same day that U.S. war planes delivered weapons to Israel, Israeli bombs struck a reportedly well-known and clearly marked United Nations observer post in Lebanon, killing 4 UN monitors from China, Austria, Finland and Canada.

Despite six hours of urgent calls from top UN officials in New York and its officers on the ground to the Israeli mission the base continued to come under fire and received a total of 21 strikes from the air, 12 of them artillery rounds.

UN General Secretary Kofi Annan called the Israeli attack on the Khiam
base “deliberate.”

China strongly condemned the Israeli air strike and summoned Israel’s ambassador in Beijing to demand an apology.

Asked about the attack on the UN base, Boyle said, “They do it all the time; it’s a power thing.”

Israeli officials are demanding an apology from Annan for his comments.

Tzipi Livni, the Israeli foreign minister, rejected claims that the Israeli military had intentionally targeted the UN peacekeepers. “We want it to be clear it was not a deliberate attack because Israel would never target a UN force. It is not part of our policies; it is not part of our values,” Livni said.

Livni’s statement is a bald-faced lie. Israel does target UN bases. On April 18, 1996, during the Israeli “Grapes of Wrath” aggression against Lebanon, then Prime Minister Shimon Peres, now the vice premier, ordered the precisionguided artillery shelling of the UN base at Qana (Cana) in which hundreds of Lebanese had sought shelter. Some 102 Lebanese civilians were killed in this previous deliberate attack on a UN base.

Christopher Bollyn is a the American Free Press Midwest Bureau Chief. He has written extensively on a wide variety of subjects including the controversy surrounding computerized voting systems, the Arab-Israeli conflict and the many unanswered questions surrounding 9-11.

(Issue #32, August 7, 2006)

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Very serious curiousity question.

C. J. — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 23:31:19 GMT

This is not meant to cause an argument, but something that someone here might be able to enlighten me on.

For the past 8-9 months, I have recieved messages via Yahoo Messenger by people who "claim to be Arabic", and who are literally complete morons. They're realling making the Arabic culture look bad, since I havn't had a conversation with a single one who has had an intelligent conversation with me. (In fact, the one I just had was someone who was calling me "boring", when that person had nothing in their profile, yet mine was a fully filled out profile with photos and information about me.)

To be honest, I'd like to know if there are any intelligent Arabic speaking people out there....I respect all cultures, but these un-intelligent people are just giving arabic peoples a really bad name, and I'm on the verge of just saying if you're from an arabic country, I don't even want to speak to you, and to be honest, I enjoy talking with people from all over the globe and would love to communicate with someone from an Arabic country.....

Sorry if this sounded more of a rant or an insult, but it's not intended to be either way. It was intended as a way to find someone from an Arabic speaking country that is somewhat intelligent enough to hold a conversation for a few minutes.

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teaching esl in mid east

Carolina — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 00:22:43 GMT

i'm applying to a masters program in linguistics (and eventually teach esl). i am getting certified by global tesol college next month and they will try to find me a job teaching english somewhere in the mid east. i haven't decided yet if i will do grad school first or the year abroad. i'm preparing for both and would like to know if anyone recommends a particular city: cairo, alexandria, dubai, beirut?
I want to continue studying arabic and belly dance while i work there.

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Arabic Photoshop Support

JimBoz — Thu, 18 May 2006 14:28:52 GMT

I posted this in the Photoshop tribe, but I didn't receive a response. Perhaps none of the members there have experience.

I am hoping to use Windows Arabic support in Photoshop CS2. Since most of my graphic design work is in English, I'm not sure if the ME version is the best approach. The added expense is daunting also.

However, I can type in Arabic MSWord, browsers and other applications properly.
When I try to use the Type function in Photoshop, switch to my Arabic keyboard, the disply is only of the independent forms of the letters.

Does anyone have any insights into using Photoshop, or perhaps another *inexpensive* (hopefully freeware) to be able to include Arabic type in my graphics applications?

My current workaround is to enter my text in MSWord, print to a PDF file, then import into Photoshop. Due to resolution concerns and inability to warp the text to my needs (specifically typing in a circle) I'm hoping this will not be my final solution.
thanks

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Books!

Mish — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 22:14:19 GMT

Are there any good books on basic arabic? Is it even possible to attempt to learn it from a book? I live in Mexico and haven't found any language schools that offer it. Thanks!

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study abroad recommendations

missadventure — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 23:20:09 GMT

hi there,

I have been wondering if anyone has studied arabic aboad or knows of a good program that takes place during the summer.

Thanks!
miss mo

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book recommendations?

missadventure — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 20:04:59 GMT

Hi there,

I am just beginning to learn arabic. I was wondering if anyone had a good recommendation for an english-arabic arabic-english dictionary.

Any other references you would recommend?

I have some CDs by Pimsleur...they are great, but I want to look up the words...

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the sunken city of alexandria

Mon, 22 May 2006 06:46:12 GMT

Photo gallery in Der Spiegel:
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,PB64-SUQ9MTM3NDImbnI9MQ_3_3,00.html

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Farsi

Ananas — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:25:00 GMT

HI There, I don't know of I can post this under Arabic, but I do it anyway. I'm living in the Netherlands and want to study Farsi ( Persian ) as far as I know there isn't a special tribe for this language. So to post the topic: does anyone know a good study ( online? ) to learn Farsi.

Greetings
Erik de Groot

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beautiful syria.....

selkiestar — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 01:05:07 GMT

man, oh man
syria was phenomonal. two weeks of chaos, beauty, the tranquil atriums, narghileh, chai bin 'ana.
sahha....
i loved the country, the city, and all the crazy ruins, although a little ruins go long way for me.
ah, history. nice to be saturated with it when california is so... new.
I have a request: does anyone know anyone who speaks levantine arabic who lives in the bay area who would be interested in tutoring?
I could pay in part and do a massage trade. Or just pay in full, whatever works.
anyone? anyone?

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Who Is Rachel Corrie?

tealuv — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 07:15:31 GMT

Rachel Corrie's words can still inspire, disturb

By JAMES J. ZOGBY, Charlotte Observer, NC - Mar 28, 2006

Three years ago Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American peace activist, was murdered. She sat down in front of a Palestinian home in Rafah attempting to stop its destruction by an Israeli bulldozer. The bulldozer's driver crushed Rachel, brutally ending her life.

As quickly as news spread about Rachel's death, Web sites began publishing selections of her writings: e-mails to her parents [who were living in Charlotte] and journal entries that included observations about her life and experiences.

Especially powerful were her vivid portrayals of daily life in Gaza. Those who read Rachel's words were moved by the suffering she depicted, the fierce determination and passion for justice she displayed, and the hope she inspired.

It was not surprising, therefore, that a British theatrical group found merit in Rachel's life and writings. They edited her e-mails and journal entries into a one-woman play, "My Name is Rachel Corrie," which has, since 2005, had two critically acclaimed runs on the London stage.

No U.S. performances

"My Name" has yet to appear in the United States. Given recent developments, the play may never be performed on a major U.S. stage.The New York Theatre Workshop, a progressive group long committed to producing innovative and controversial material, bid for and won the rights to produce Rachel's play in the U.S. It was to have opened on March 22, but submitting to unnamed "pressures," the group announced an indefinite postponement.

A few investigative press accounts have made it clear that the "pressures" that caused the group to back off came from "pro-Israeli" sources. The explanations offered by group officials have been either unconvincing or farcical.

At one point, for example, it was suggested that given Ariel Sharon's illness and Hamas' victory, it would have been insensitive to perform "My Name." On other occasions, workshop officials said that, given the controversial political nature of the play, they felt a need to either rewrite "My Name" to provide a more balanced context or to hold off on performing it until they could present it alongside another yet-to-be-written piece that focused on testimonies of Israeli victims of terror.

Prominent voices in New York's artistic community have been shocked by the efforts to deny freedom of artistic expression to "My Name is Rachel Corrie." They have expressed outrage at this awkward display of censorship.

In response, an outstanding group of artists and activists convened on March 22 at New York's Riverside Church to protest the cancellation of the play. The program, "Rachel's Words," was attended by over 2,000 people. The evening featured a number of prominent U.S. artists reading from Rachel's works.

Moral responsibility to act

The night was inspirational. Rachel's insights remain poignant and powerful. The suffering that tormented her and the responsibility she felt to stop the brutality of the occupation present a moral challenge.

In one entry, for example, Rachel wrote about "watching a father lead his two tiny children ... out into the sight of tanks and a sniper tower and bulldozers and Jeeps because he thought his house was going to be exploded. This is the area where Sunday about 150 men were rounded up and contained with gunfire over their heads and around them while tanks and bulldozers destroyed 25 greenhouses -- the livelihoods for 300 people."

Rachel's response was to stand between the father and the tanks to offer protection. Why? Rachel explained that "Coming here is one of the better things I've ever done. ... I'm in the midst of a genocide which I [as an American] am indirectly supporting and for which my government is largely responsible."

Hanging heavy over the evening was the knowledge that Gaza is starving. The wall continues to be built. The brutality of the occupation continues to take its toll on the lives of millions.

Political pressure silenced the few congressional voices who asked for an investigation into Rachel's death. Now, that same pressure has sought to silence "My Name is Rachel Corrie."

But Rachel's words will continue to live and inspire and disturb. That is why some remain so afraid of the power of this young woman's words. Read them at www.rachelswords.org/resources/rachels-emails/.

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James J. Zogby, a former visiting professor at Davidson College, is president of the Arab American Institute. Write him at jzogby@aaiusa.org.

http://rwor.org/a/040/battle-over-rachel-corrie.htm

http://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/28607

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Egyptian Folk Dance night LIVE at Lafayette Grill, NYC, Thursday, March 2nd!

robindameshe — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 19:51:42 GMT

Ensemble Zikrayat is a collective of musicians and dancers dedicated to presenting traditional, all accoustic Arabic music, with recreations of some of the most classic dance pieces of the Egyptian film era.

March 2nd promises their most exciting show yet with Egyptian Folk Dance Performances by Nahara and special guest Yasser Darwish to traditional instruments such as Mizmar (Nikolai Ruskin), Rebaba (Sami Shumays), and Tabl Beledy (Aaron Paige), LIVE at Lafayette Grill on Thursday, March 2nd.

Nahara will present a Shamadan (Candelabrum) dance and Egyptian Oriental. Yasser Darwish will perform Raqs Assaya (stick dance) as well as Tannoura (Whiriling Dervish).

Plus, together Nahara and Yasser will perform a special recreation of the final dance piece from the movie Tamr Hinna!

8:30-11:30PM. $10 admission, $15 minimum at tables. See website: www.zikrayatmusic.com for more details about the Ensemble.

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Herbal Remedies, Beauty Secrets and Baby care

tinker, tailor, soldier, spy — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 16:33:37 GMT

A compilation is being created. Please submit something!

A Call for Our Mothers' Memories

From the land of our births,
From the land of our mothers
We carry with us
Their secrets, their wisdom and their ways.

We carry treasures to share
And so we call out from the highest mountains,
And we call out from the low valleys,
We call out from our homes,
From our families,
From our everyday lives,
From our mothering hearts and from our centered beings,
We call out from the lands of our diaspora,
And from our desire to keep these fires alive.

We call out for our mothers' truths
And we call out to you
To bring to us
Your memories, your mothers' and grandmothers' wisdom, stories and secrets
For beauty, babies and healing.

This is a call for submissions for a compilation of "recipes" for beauty tips, baby care, and herbal and natural healing remedies from the women of Arab countries and cultures.

Please submit your recipes, including specific details on preparation, measurements, storage/expiration dates, cautions, etc. as well as instructions on usage. If you can use both the English and Arabic word for your ingredients that is preferred, but not necessary. Submissions are preferred as text only, in the body of an email message, and not as an attached document.

We also invite contributors/participants in this project to write a small piece (less than 500 words) about their memories in learning or using their recipes, to share stories related to your experiences, or to give some background history or folklore on the recipes or ingredients.

Please include your name, your family's country of origin, and your current location so that we can credit you. (If you prefer that your name not be used, we will publish your piece anonymously.) Also include contact information (preferably email and phone) with your recipe, so that we can get in touch with you if we have questions. In the cases of multiple submissions of a similar recipe, the editors may choose the one that best clarifies its composition and purpose, or may combine two or more for a comprehensive recipe/usage/history/story.

Submissions may be sent to ourmothersmemories@yahoo.com

Deadline for submissions is June 1, 2006.

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Arab Comedy Team coming to the Bay Area:

missadventure — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:09:43 GMT

http://www.axisofevilcomedy.com/

Thursday, February 9, 8pm
San Francisco, CA
The Palace of Fine Arts
3301 Lyon Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
FREE PARKING

5% discount with valid student ID

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dictionary for beginner

Carolina — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 06:18:25 GMT

okay i saw that a particular dictionary was recommended (one from german publishers) but it was mentioned as being a bit complex for the beginner. what other english-arabic dictionary should i get if i just finished arabic 101? i want a large dictionary where I can look up english words and find their equivalent written in arabic letters with short vowels included. any recommendations?

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visit Tunisia Tribe and discover

walid2010 — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 08:44:05 GMT

glad to meet you there !:!

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living in Dubai or Egypt

Carolina — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 10:40:03 GMT

any members living in Dubai or Egypt?

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translation

zarasbazaar — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 05:20:32 GMT

Hello,
I belong to a group of people intersted in Middle Eastern culture in the Four Corners area. One member came up with the name "Al Mafra" for the group. She says that it means "crossroads", but I cannot find it in my Arabic dictionary to verify the definition. If that is the correct translation, then I would like to verify the spelling. I'm assuming that it's:
(alif-laam) miim-faa-raa-taa marbuuta

If anyone can help me with the definition or spelling I would really appreciate it.

Terri

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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 03:14:10 GMT

....hellooooo all! i need to ask all of you for a very big favor! Does anyone...ANYONE know of a wonderful web site that translates english in to arabic and that I can trust? Or even BETTER a web site that has different Arabic sayings/symbols with what they mean in english?!?!?!!? Im looking for a piece of arabic writing that is meaningful and some what a pic of art! Can ANYONE help??!?! Thank you....

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Buzkashi Comes to America!

missadventure — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 03:07:18 GMT

Buzkashi comes to America

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Subject: Celebration Of Buzkashi / Oxgame and Game Program

This a thrilling intense horse back (sport) game.

Horse Ox USA Inc, Livermore, Ca, Nov 5, 2005.

We have 7 television stations, the ambassador of Afghanistan with his
entourage, our California government officials and Washington DC Government
Dignitaries
Our troops that are in Afghanistan, will be watching us on television and
on DVD we plan on sending over to them. .
The next exhibition game will be in Northern California, scheduled November
5th, 2005 at the Robertson Park in Livermore, Calif Where will you be on
November 5th? We hope you put on your cowboy boots and join us for this
exciting exhibition game. If you love the game like we think you will, we
would love to see you their sitting in the VIP Section of the grandstands
yelling for your favorite players. We hope you will give this serious
thought and
come join us for some history in the making.

Attend a Buzkashi/Ox Game
Exhibition to be held Saturday
November 5, 2005, 9 a.m.
At Robertson Park
3200 Robertson Park Road
Livermore, California 94550
Buzkashi/Oxgame Game Program
9a.m.- gate open to public
11:a.m Introduction
11:15 a.m. - Flag ceremony and National Anthem
11:30 a.m. March of Afghan Organization
12:00 p.m. Buzkashi Game
1:30 pm. Music by Ehsan Aman
2:15 pm. Afghan National Fashion Show and music by : Aziz Herawi
3:00 pm. Atan Melee
3:15 pm. Music by: Ehsan Aman
Diana Nelson
G.M.
909-917-3221
rsvp
_http://horse-oxusa.com_ (http://horse-oxusa.com/)

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Ever been to Saudi Arabia?

tealuv — Sun, 16 Oct 2005 19:03:05 GMT

I lived Arabia for 16 years. If you have ever lived there or been there, then you'll find this article interesting:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/16/opinion/16porter.html?ex=1130126400&en=90cf0c6f29ea8db5&ei=5070.

October 16, 2005, The New York Times
God Is in the Rules
By GEOFF D. PORTER,
Fatwas, the legal opinions proclaimed by Islamic scholars, have proliferated in the Muslim world since the 1980's, driven by rising literacy rates and the Internet. The growth in fatwas - some of them contradictory - has led to a debate over who can legitimately issue them and has alarmed governments in the Middle East, since the decrees sometimes challenge state-sanctioned interpretations of Islam.
Yet criticizing fatwas about divisive issues like the propriety of killing civilians and Shiites can be dangerous for officials. So the Saudi government is trying a different tactic, zeroing in on what it considers frivolous fatwas in order to rally support for tougher measures on who can and who cannot issue opinions. Recently, Al Watan, a semiofficial Saudi daily newspaper, reported that a young athlete had joined the jihad in Iraq under the influence of a fatwa forbidding playing soccer by regular rules. The newspaper also republished the fatwa, said to have originally appeared on an Islamic Web site. Portions of the fatwa, which I translated from the Arabic, follow.
- GEOFF D. PORTER

IN the name of God the merciful and benevolent:
1. Play soccer without four lines because this is a fabrication of the heretics' international rules that stipulate using them and delineating them before playing.
2. International terminology that heretics and polytheists use, like "foul," "penalty," "corner," "goal," "out" and others, should be abandoned and not said. Whoever says them should be punished, reprimanded and ejected from the game. He should be publicly told, "You have imitated the heretics and polytheists and this is forbidden."
3. Do not call "foul" and stop the game if someone falls and sprains a hand or foot or the ball touches his hand, and do not give a yellow or red card to whoever was responsible for the injury or tackle. Instead, it should be adjudicated according to Sharia rulings concerning broken bones and injuries. The injured player should exercise his Sharia rights according to the Koran and you must bear witness with him that so-and-so hurt him on purpose.
4. Do not follow the heretics, the Jews, the Christians and especially evil America regarding the number of players. Do not play with 11 people. Instead, add to this number or decrease it.
5. Play in your regular clothes or your pajamas or something like that, but not colored shorts and numbered T-shirts, because shorts and T-shirts are not Muslim clothing. Rather they are heretical and Western clothing, so beware of imitating their fashion.
6. If you have fulfilled these conditions and intend to play soccer, play to strengthen the body in order to better struggle in the way of God on high and to prepare the body for when it is called to jihad. Soccer is not for passing time or the thrill of so-called victory.
7. Do not set the time of play at 45 minutes, which is the official time of the Jews, Christians and all the heretical and atheist countries. This is the time used by teams that have strayed from the righteous path. You are obliged to distinguish yourself from the heretics and the corrupted and must not resemble them in anything.
6. Do not play in two halves. Rather play in one half or three halves in order to completely differentiate yourselves from the heretics, the polytheists, the corrupted and the disobedient.
9. If neither of you beats the other, or "wins" as it is called, and neither puts the leather between the posts, do not add extra time or penalties until someone wins. No, instead leave the field, because winning with overtime and penalty kicks is the pinnacle of imitating heretics and international rules.
10. If you play soccer, do not appoint someone to follow you called a "referee," since there is no need for him after doing away with international rules like "foul," "penalty," "corner" and others. His presence would be in imitation of the heretics, Jews and Christians and would follow international rules.
11. Young crowds should not gather to watch when you play because if you are there for the sake of sports and strengthening your bodies as you claimed, why would people watch you? You should make them join your physical fitness and jihad preparation, or you should say: "Go proselytize and seek out morally reprehensible acts in the markets and the press and leave us to our physical fitness."
12. If you finish playing soccer, do not talk about your game and say, "We were better than the opponent," or "So-and-so plays well" and so on. Instead be concerned with your bodies and their strength and muscles, and say, "We played only to drill in running, attacking and retreating, and to prepare for jihad in the name of God on high."
13. You should spit in the face of whoever puts the ball between the posts or uprights and then runs in order to get his friends to follow him and hug him like players in America or France do, and you should punish and reprimand him, for what is the relationship between celebrating, hugging and kissing and the sports that you are practicing?
14. You should use two posts instead of three pieces of wood or steel that you erect in order to put the ball between them, meaning that you should remove the crossbar in order not to imitate the heretics and in order to be entirely distinct from the soccer system's despotic international rules.
15. Do not do what is called "substitution," that is, taking the place of someone who has fallen, because this is a practice of the heretics in America and elsewhere.
These are some conditions and precepts so that morally aware youth do not inadvertently imitate heretics and polytheists when playing soccer ... Hell awaits those who die playing soccer according to rules established by heretical countries, at the head of which is America.

Geoff D. Porter directs Middle East and North Africa analysis at a political risk consulting firm.

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Arab Cultural Events in the Bay Area

missadventure — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 02:47:55 GMT

ARAB CULTURE IN THE BAY AREA:

-On October 22nd (SAT)?… The fifth annual
Tenderloin Iftar will be held on October 26, 2005.
This celebrates the feast following the Muslim month
of fasting (Ramadan); it is put on by the local Muslim
community for the Muslim community in the Tenderloin
district of San Francisco.

Go to
http://www.zawaya.org/news-letter.html#anchoroct, for
more information.

-The ASWAT 2005 Fall Concert Schedule has been
announced! Arab songs of love and longing…don’t miss
an inspiring night of music and songs! The first
concert: November 12th (SAT), 7:30-9:30 PM in San
Francisco, at The Women’s Building – 3543 18th Street
(between Valencia & Guerrero). General Admission: $20
DONATION, $10 with student ID or Senior. The second
concert takes place on SAT November 19th 8:00PM at
Mills College -5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland 94613,
General Admission: $12 DONATION, $6 w/ student ID or
Senior. Go to
http://www.zawaya.org/news-letter.html#anchoroct, for
more information.

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Does anyone here write in Arabic?

tribaldancer1 — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 23:25:39 GMT

I'm looking for someone who wants to help a total stranger and write a couple of things for me in Arabic :) Any takers? I could pay if necessary.

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JORDANIAN DANCE

orientalprincess — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 15:39:10 GMT

anyone know anyting abotu jordanian dance?

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Arab Cultural Events in the Bay Area!

missadventure — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 17:11:03 GMT

ARAB CULTURE IN THE BAY AREA:

-On September 18th (Sunday), the 11th Annual Arab
Cultural Festival will take place. This is an all day
event (9th AVE and Lincoln- Golden Gate Park, San
Francisco). Go to
http://www.rsscalendar.com/rss/view.asp?k=dbddb8e1866c4465bf9c303883a5dd37
Or call (415) 664-2200 for more information.

-Don’t forget about the 9th Annual Arab Film
Festival. The festival begins 9/23 (Friday). Go to
http://www.aff.org/ for film locations and show times.

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jinn

selkiestar — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 03:46:51 GMT

i'm working on a novella and i am using the lore of the jinn pretty heavily. any comments/suggestions? my sister, who lived in egypt for about two years, has given me a fair amount of literature, but i'm always up for more input.
a salaam,
andrea

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ahlan wa' sahalan, baby!

selkiestar — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 22:22:25 GMT

thanks for making this tribe
i only recently got onto this whole gig and am loving it. i was just looking for an arabic tribe only last month i think and there was nothing.
i grew up in saudi arabia and just got back from a surf trip in morocco with my honey. good times.
my sister and father are both fluent in arabic, but i got shafted on that track. i'm a gonna find me a tutor who can get me started.
i had this fodor's arabic phrase book that was, surprisingly enough, quite helpful.
language nerds, unite!
drea

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syria, baby!

selkiestar — Fri, 27 May 2005 17:19:33 GMT

hey, my sis and i are going to syria for two weeks in june/july. anyone been there or have any ideas?
looking forward to being washed over with the lyrical sounds of arabic and the waves intertwined. yummy...
andrea

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Rachid Taha in Seattle June 29th at Chop Suey

jameswhetzel — Sat, 11 Jun 2005 05:00:58 GMT

billahi kangulak shi! rachid taha ghadi idir wahid el-hafla musiqia fi Seattle! aywa! ghadi ikun mezyan bi-zaff!

Yes yes yes! For any of you in Seattle do not miss Rachid Taha rocking us on June 29th at Chop Suey. Should be amazing!

Tickets are $15.

ah man I am so excited already . . .

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