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Video Realia : Laughing Cow TV Commercial Realia – دعاية البقرة الضاحكة

MD — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:06:43 +0000

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The Laughing Cow cheese is quite popular in the Middle East because it does not contains any animal rennet and therefore is considered halaal (allowed) by Islamic standards.

In Morocco, where I come from, this particular cheese is part of our day-to-day diet. I vividly remember from my childhood, my favourite breakfast being two triangular pieces of cheese along with fresh crispy Moroccan brown-bread bought from the bakers early in the morning before going to school. Till this day, the cheese still remains a popular product amongst Moroccans and in other Arab countries.

The product is localized by name nearly everywhere it’s sold. Depending on where one is, it is known as:

Al-Baqara Al-Dahika البقرة الضاحكة in Arabic-speaking countries
The Laughing Cow in English-speaking countries
Die lachende Kuh in German-speaking countries

Source of Realia

YouTube
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Interactive Virtual Online Arabic Newspaper: جريدة النهار

MD — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:26:24 +0000

Annahar (جريدة النهار), a leading Arabic-language daily newspaper from Lebanon, offers its readers a free virtual daily newspaper that you can read online using flash technology.So far, I found this the most authentic and life-like Arabic realia available online for Arabic learners and teachers as well as for native Arabs worldwide.This virtual tool will not only help you improve and perfect your reading skills, it will also keep you abreast of the latest current affairs in the Arab world in particular and international affairs in general.The newspaper content provides fresh and up-to-the-minute news and information for its readers.

How does it work?

The paper appears on a virtual desk which has the following e-tools to help you navigate, highlight and zoom in/out to the newspaper content:

e-Pencil – to highlight and annotate sections of the newspaper that interest you

e-Eraser – to remove the markings you have made with the e-pencil

e-Magnifying Glass – to quickly zoom in when the paper is held at a distance

e-Notebook – which lists all the page numbers, this is useful to navigate your way through the paper or by bypass sections you are not interested in. An abstract of the main news articles appear on the first page with a page number at the end of the article for follow up.

Zoom in/Zoom out buttons - once you have zoomed in to the finer text you can automatically use the hand function to navigate your way around the page.

Screenshot of the the virtual desk which has today’s newspaper (20th Feb 08) and other e-tools

Screenshot of the newspaper zoomed in with the hand function/button

The Newspaper Sections

Find out more:

An-Nahar النهار
An-Nahar النهار - Wikipedia

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MD — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:31:26 +0000