V-Arabic » Arts & Literature

Video Realia : International Fairy Tales – حكايات عالمية

MD — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:31:27 +0000

Fairy Tale 1 : Beauty and the Beast – الجميله والوحش

Fairy Tale 2 : The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids – الأرنب و الثعلب

Fairy Tale 1 : Beauty and the Beast – الجميله والوحش

Beauty and the Beast (French: La Belle et la Bête) is a traditional fairy tale. (Wikipedia)
Read more

Fairy Tale 2 : The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids – الأرنب و الثعلب

(Original: Der Wolf und die sieben Geißlein) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 5

A mother goat warns her kids to be wary of the wolf and goes off. The wolf comes and claims to be their mother. They tell him his voice is harsh, while hers is soft. He goes and eats a chunk of chalk to make it soft. They tell him his paws are black, while hers are white. He goes to the miller and gets flour on his paws. They let him in, and he, tearing apart the house to find them, eats them all except the youngest, who hid in the clock.

The mother returns to the damage and the youngest emerges. She steps outside, and they find the wolf sleeping, and something struggling in his stomach. They cut him open, and the other six emerge alive. She puts in stones instead. When he wakes, he goes to a well to drink, and the stones drag him in, so he drowns.

More fairy tales stories will be available soon

Source of Realia

YouTube

Arabic Poster Realia: Red Bull Air Race in Abu Dhabi

MD — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:42:31 +0000

Key Vocabulary to learn

Competition : سباق
Air : جوي
Beachside : كورنيش
Evening time : مساء

Source of Realia

Air-races.com

Video Realia: TV Interview with Michael Jackson (Arabic subtitles)

MD — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:01:29 +0000

This is an interview conducted in 1995 by the Arabic TV channel MBC with Michael Jackson in English supported by Arabic subtitles for Arabic viewers.

Source of Realia

MBC.net

Youtube.com

Music Video Realia : “A Whole New World” in Egyptian Arabic from the movie Alaadin – علاء الدين

MD — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:44:52 +0000

“A Whole New World” was the featured pop single from the soundtrack to the 1992 Disney movie Aladdin.

The song is a ballad between the primary characters Aladdin and Jasmine about the new world they’re going to discover together.

English Lyrics

Brad Kane – A Whole New World Lyrics

I can show you the world
Shining, shimmering, splendid
Tell me, princess, now
When did you last let your heart decide?

I can open your eyes
Take you wonder by wonder
Over, sideways and under
On a magic carpet ride

A whole new world
A new fantastic point of view
No one to tell us no
Or where to go
Or say we’re only dreaming

A whole new world
A dazzling place I never knew
But when I’m way up here
It’s crystal clear
That now I’m in a whole new world with you

Unbelievable sights
Indescribable feelings
Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling
Through an endless diamond sky

A whole new world
(Don’t you dare close your eyes)
A hundred thousand things to see
(Hold your breath – it gets better)
I’m like a shooting star
I’ve come so far
I can’t back to where I used to be

A whole new world
(Every turn a surprise)
With horizons to pursue
(Every moment in red-letter)
I’ll chase them anywhere
There’s time to spare
Let me share this whole new world with you

A whole new world
That’s where we’ll be
A thrilling chase
A wonderous place
For you and me

Acknowledgment

Thank you Laura and Lucy (CASAW, Uni. of Edinburgh) for your suggestion to put this video on v-Arabic.

Source of Realia

YouTube.com

Classical Arabic Musical Video Realia: “We shall return – سنرجع يوماً ” by Fairuz فيروز

MD — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:22:13 +0000

For those of you who prefer to learn Arabic (MSA) through music and song lyrics, here is a classical song by Fairuz along with with English and Arabic lyrics

Fairuz (فيروز‎, ) is a distinguished Lebanese singer and legend.

Born Nouhad Haddad (نهاد حداد‎) in ‘Jabal al Arz’ (‘Cedar Mountain’), Lebanon, on 21 November 1935, Fairuz is known as:

“Our (Lebanese) Ambassador to the Stars”,

“The Arabs’ Ambassador”,

“Neighbour to the Moon”,

“The Poet of the Voice”.

Read the lyrics first and try to understand them before you watch the music video

Pick some words or phrases from the song that you would like to learn.

Arabic Lyrics

سنرجع – الأخوين رحباني

سنرجع يوماً الى حينا و نغرق في دافئات المنى

سنرجع مهما يمر الزمان و تنأى المسافات ما بيننا

فيا قلب مهلآ و لا ترتم على درب عودتنا موهنا

يعز علينا غداً أن تعود رفوف الطيور و نحن هنا

هنالك عند التلال تلال تنام و تصحو على عهدنا

و ناس هم الحب أيامهم هدوء انتظار شجي الغنا

ربوع مدى العين صفصافها على كل ماء وهى فانحنى

تعب الظهيرات في ظلها عبير الهدوء و صفو الهنا

سنرجع خبرني العندليب غداة التقينا على منحنى

بأن البلابل لما تزل هناك تعيش بأشعارنا

و مازال بين تلال الحنين و ناس الحنين مكان لنا

فيا قلب كم شردتنا رياح تعال سنرجع هيا بنا

-

English Lyrics

We shall return to our village one day
and drown in the warmth of hope
we shall return
though time passes by
and distances grow between us.
O heart don’t drop wearied
on the path of our return
how it wounds our pride
that birds tomorrow will return
while we are still here.There are hills
sleeping and waking on our pledge
and people who love
their days comprised of waiting
and nostalgic songs
places where willows fill the eye
Bending over the water
while afternoons in their shade
drink in the perfume of peace.We shall return
the nightingale told me
when we met on a hill
that nightingales still
live there on our dreams
and that among the yearning hills
and people there is a place for us
0 heart then
how long has the wind scattered us.
Come, we shall return
let us return.

Source of realia:

English Lyrics translated by : Mashriq.com

Arabic lyrics : Sama3y.net/forum

Video: Youtube.com

Image: Wikipedia

Find out more:

Arts & Literature Magazines Realia ٌ

MD — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:21:42 +0000

The following realia is a collection of Arts & Literature magazines front covers

V-tivity: Can you recognise the following items:

The magazine’s name and motto
Front cover articles
Name of Publishing house

Key Vocabulary

Creativity : إبداع

Expression (artistic or linguistic) : تعبير / تعابير

to absorb, understand (learning) : استوعب / يستوعب

Methodology : منهجية

Analysis : تحليل

Characteristic, attribute: ميزة

Generation : عصر

Magazine 1:

More magazines

Magazine 2 :

Magazine 3:

Magazine 4:

Magazine 5:

Magazine 6:

Magazine 7:

Source of realia:

deviantart.com

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

The Sound of Music – Learn Arabic with Music Video Clips – الموسيقى العربية

MD — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:48:57 +0000

Immerse yourself in Arabic/Egyptian language and culture by watching subtitled videos!

All videos are subtitled in three different texts:

the Arabic subtitle,
the literal translation,
the real translation.

This section can be a great resource to learn new words/idioms and develop your listening comprehension.

Enjoy!

Find out more

ArEg – Multimedia Music Video clips