Originally, the name “Palestine” finds its roots in the historical context of the Philistines, an ancient people, possibly related to the Greeks, known as the “Sea Peoples.” The word Palestine derives from Philistia, the name given by Greek writers to the land of the Philistines, who in the 12th century BCE occupied a small pocket […]
Posts Tagged ‘arabic’
Perfect Nature: Encountering The Self As A Spiritual Guide In The Arabic Hermetica
The Pseudo-Aristotelian Hermetica are a core subgroup of Arabic Hermetic texts which take the form of discourses and letters of the philosopher Aristotle to Alexander the Great. Read more Section: News Premium Preview Read Later Source
To Hebron in Arabic — a rabbi’s journey
For over a decade I have taught rabbinic students Biblical Hebrew. For the past couple of years I have been a student of Arabic. I started in May 2020 with Duolingo, driving my family to distraction with a steady stream of triumphant ka-chings, the app’s way of giving students affirmation. I continued with two semesters at […]
Arabic calligraphy added to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list
UNESCO has included Arabic calligraphy in its Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list on Tuesday. The recognition followed a Saudi-led nomination which included 16 Arabic-speaking countries. The kingdom had declared the years of 2020 and 2021 as the “Years of Arabic Calligraphy”, part of which was the call for the art form to be included […]
On Nasser’s Fight for Arabic Independence and a Free Palestine
Cynthia Chung June 15, 2021 Nasser became the catalyst for an Arab Revolution for independence, a revolution that remains yet to be finished, Cynthia Chung writes. In the 1950s the so-called enemy of the West was not only Moscow but the Third World’s emerging nationalists, from Gamal Abdel Nasser in Egypt to Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran. The […]
Rare Arabic Coin Provides Clue in Disappearance of Fugitive Pirate
Henry Every (Avery) was a brutal English pirate who operated in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans in the mid-1690s. Assuming the names “Jack,” “Benjamin Bridgeman,” and “Long Ben,” in 1695 AD Capt. Henry Every plundered a ship carrying Muslim pilgrims and after posing as a slave trader he sailed out of history and was never seen again. Jim Bailey, 53, […]
Arabic press review: Palestinians step up efforts to sue Israel at ICC
Meanwhile, Hamas is reportedly split on decision to participate in elections, and Egypt and the UAE feel alienated after results of UN-sponsored Libyan elections The Bakr family in their house in the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on 7 February, with posters of four children from their extended family killed during the 2014 Gaza […]
How do you say ‘urban renewal’ in Arabic? In Israel, you don’t
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Students in Arabic-language schools still have to submit research proposals in Hebrew
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Israel’s employment service fails to provide forms in Arabic, tells applicants to ‘get help from relatives’
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Man in Berlin attacked with belt as suspect shouts ‘Jew’ in Arabic (VIDEO)
The person in the video was one of three suspects that insulted two Jewish men in Berlin’s affluent Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood on Monday evening, according to German media. One of the trio was filmed attacking one of the Jewish men with his belt. The attacker can be heard shouting “Yahudi” in the video, an Arabic […]
Want to study Arabic? This Gaza university now offers Skype-in classes
Arabic is the fifth-most commonly spoken language in the world, with an estimated 250 million native speakers. It’s a useful language to know, and a university in the Gaza Strip is offering to teach it via Skype — while reducing the isolation imposed on it by a decade-long Israeli blockade. The Islamic University of Gaza […]
Iran to dispatch English, Arabic-speaking clerics to Arbaeen congregation
Tasnim– More than 100 Iranian clergymen, fluent in English and Arabic, will travel to Iraq to preach to large crowds of pilgrims performing religious rituals during Arbaeen in commemoration of Imam Hussein (AS), an official said. Speaking to Tasnim, secretary of the society of preachers said the young English and Arabic-speaking clerics are planned to […]
‘Powder, sharps, threats in poor Arabic’ sent to homes of Angela Merkel, other politicians
Islam a ‘political doctrine,’ not just a religion – co-chair of Germany’s AfD party Berlin police carried out a preliminary investigation into the contents of the suspicious mail, and concluded that the letters had been sent on Wednesday and Thursday. The powder was not found to be a hazardous substance, the German Interior Ministry stated. […]
Video captures RT Arabic contributor Khaled Alkhateb’s last seconds before death at hands of ISIS
Journalist working with RT Arabic killed in Homs province of Syria during ISIS shelling Muutaz Yaqoub, the cameraman who supplied the footage, says Alkhateb was warned that the assignment near Al-Sukhnah, in the Syrian province of Homs, a frontline where the government is fighting Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) militants was unsecured, but would not […]
Journalist working with RT Arabic killed in Homs province of Syria during ISIS shelling
The journalist was filming a report on the Syrian Army’s operations against ISIS terrorists. He and a Syrian Army official, who has not been identified yet, were killed in a rocket attack by Islamic State militants near a village called Bghailiyah, in Homs province, according to the head of RT Arabic’s office in Damascus, Abdelhameed […]
Netanyahu gov’t advances bill to remove Arabic as an ‘official language’ of Israel
Political and other news Netanyahu’s cabinet seeks to downgrade status of Arabic Al Jazeera/Agencies 8 May — Proposed law to strip Arabic of official-language status and define Israel as ‘the national home of the Jewish people’ — Israeli ministers have approved a controversial bill that will downgrade Arabic as an official language and define the […]
Israeli ministers back nation-state bill delisting Arabic language
A ministerial legislation committee has approved a controversial bill that seeks to enshrine Israel’s status as a nation state of the Jewish people, but critics say it would undermine democracy and could lead to discrimination of non-Jews. The proposed bill would become a new Basic Law, which serve as Israel’s constitutional legislation. It would […]
Israeli ministers back nation-state bill delisting Arabic as official language
The proposed bill would become a new Basic Law, which serve as Israel’s constitutional legislation. It would declare Israel a Jewish nation state and a unique realization of its right to self-determination. It would also set Hatikva as the country’s national anthem, describe the country’s national symbol and flag, and designate Hebrew as Israel’s only […]
RT Arabic anniversary: 10 years of gaining ground from MSM
The channel that went to air 10 years ago, May 4, 2007, becoming the first Russian broadcaster in Arabic 24/7. Yemeni ex-leader Saleh to RT: No difference between Saudi regime and ISIS, Al-Qaeda “In 10 years we were able to break the monopoly of several leading Arabic channels and present an alternative point of view, […]
Sweden: McDonald’s Sends Out Ads in Arabic
Andrew AnglinDaily Stormer May 1, 2017 McDonald’s in the city of Södertälje in the country formerly known as Sweden. pic.twitter.com/TBIXPa98WF — PeterSweden (@PeterSweden7) April 29, 2017 People are flipping out about this in the tubes, but look – I’ve had Somalian language signs in government buildings in my hometown of Columbus, Ohio […]
Arabic Video Shows 12-Year-Old Girl, Then Her Reported 80-Year-Old Groom Walks into Room
Think that Western culture is slowly ending this barbaric practice? Think again. Child marriage is on the rise worldwide. The United Kingdom and Canada have seen dramatic increases as their Muslim populations rise and judges bow to Shariah law, according to The Toronto Sun. While the “live and let live” liberals soft-pedal Islam as equal to Western […]
World’s top oil producers to meet in Russia to discuss capping output
Russia will host a meeting on March 20 between OPEC and non-members to renew talks on capping global crude output, Bloomberg reports, quoting the Nigerian Oil Minister. There will be a “dramatic price movement” when the meeting happens, said Nigeria’s Oil Minister Emmanuel Kachikwu on Thursday. “Both the Saudis and the Russians, everybody is […]
Despite what Western propaganda tells you, democracy is thriving in Iran
Forget the green movement, forget dissent, and calls for violence, Iranians today are expressing their yearning for change through the ballot box, confident that reforms will be debated, legislated and implemented in line with the general will. Much can be said of the Islamic Republic’s resilience in the face of adversity, whether it be […]
Detached Human Feet Washing Up On Pacific Northwest Coast
Discarded human feet have been mysteriously appearing along the Pacific Northwest coast. The grisly finds have appeared among normal debris along the coastline. Sixteen human feet have been found since 2007 in British Columbia, Canada, and Washington state, mostly right feet and all in hiking boots or trainers. The Independent reports: As more people learned […]
Detached Human Feet Washing Up On Pacific Northwest Coast
Discarded human feet have been mysteriously appearing along the Pacific Northwest coast. The grisly finds have appeared among normal debris along the coastline. Sixteen human feet have been found since 2007 in British Columbia, Canada, and Washington state, mostly right feet and all in hiking boots or trainers. The Independent reports: As more people learned […]
Detached Human Feet Washing Up On Pacific Northwest Coast
Discarded human feet have been mysteriously appearing along the Pacific Northwest coast. The grisly finds have appeared among normal debris along the coastline. Sixteen human feet have been found since 2007 in British Columbia, Canada, and Washington state, mostly right feet and all in hiking boots or trainers. The Independent reports: As more people learned […]