An interactive virtual Arabic Quran for Arabic learners and native-speakers.

Quranflash provides the Holy Quran for reading in a very unique and easy way, with an interface giving the impression that you really are holding the Quran.

Among the main features of this tool are the following:

• Increasing the page sizes to make reading easier
• Rescanning pages of the Quran more precisely to include side information such as page and chapter numbering, as well as chapter names
• Ability to magnify an area of the page using the magnifying glass
• Ability to bookmark up to 8 pages from each book
• Option to select between different books (such as Quran with tajweed, interpretations, etc)
• Ability to control the pages’ quality and hence downloading speed
• Ability to change the background image to suit the reader
• Ability to jump to the supplication page of the Quran
• Ability to close each book
• Ability to navigate the Quran using the directional buttons of the keyboard

Designed by Flash-e-book.com

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BBC Arabic (Learning English) has a dedicated bilingual radio programme aimed at teaching English to native Arab speakers.

As an Arabic learner yourself, you may benefit hugely from listening to this interactive programme where the host (an Arabic speaker) interviews a guest (an English speaker) in English about a particular news item. The interview is then interpreted in Arabic immediately by the host.

Read the following article before listening to the podcast:

رواتب ربات البيوت – BBC Arabic – Learning English

Today Louay and Cath talk about housewives. According to a new survey in the UK, housewives would be paid more than the average worker, if they received the going rate for their household chores.
The average annual salary in the UK is £23,700.
An average mum apparently works for nearly nine hours a day, every day, which would mean that housewives could earn almost £30,000 a year.
4,000 housewives were involved in the survey and most of them agreed that successfully running the family home was a full-time job.
The way they worked this out was by comparing the various chores with actual jobs. So for child care they would look at what a nanny would earn; cleaning and tidying would be compared to what a cleaner would get. Other jobs in the calculation included being an accountant and a taxi driver.

Do you think housewives should be paid?

هل تعتقد انه يجب دفع رواتب لربات البيوت مقابل مجهوداتهم لقضاء في الاعمال المنزلية؟

Listen to the programme :

Key Vocabulary:

• housewives : ربات البيوت
• the going rate : المعدل السائر – المعدل السائد
•  household chores : الواجبات المنزلية
•  salary : راتب
•  full-time job : وظيفة بدوام كامل
•  child care: رعاية الطفل – العناية بالطفل
•  nanny :مربية اطفال
•  cleaning and tidying :التنظيف و الترتيب
•  accountant : محاسب
• taxi driver :سائق تاكسي – سائق سيارة أجرة

Further reading

Housewife ‘would be paid £30,000′ – BBC News

Source of Realia:

BBC Arabic – Learn English – تعليم الإنجليزية

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

The Newspaper Sections

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An-Nahar النهار
An-Nahar النهار - Wikipedia

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

All videos are subtitled in three different texts:

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

Enjoy!

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ArEg – Multimedia Music Video clips

These country profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of all Arabic countries and territories, and background on key institutions.

They also include audio/video clips from BBC archives.

Each profile has the following:

General introduction

National flag

Political map

National anthem (audio/vidoe)

Political Leadership   القيادة السياسية

Facts & Figures   حقائق

Media  الصحف ووكالات الأنباء /   الإعلام

News Pages/files

Find out more

Arabic Countires Profile Guide (the guide is at the bottom of the page)

BBC Country Profiles (English)

Diaries available:

1. Nadia Abou-Al-Raghib : My (life) experience between Jordan and Britain نادية أبو الراغب: تجربتي بين الأردن وبريطانيا
2. Zakariah Isam between his brithplace and his ancestors’ land زكريا عصام بين مسقط الرأس وأرض الأجداد
   
3. Yasin Abdullah while he is away from his homeland ياسين عبد الله في غربته
4. Ahmad Al-Ghamdi – Achieving aspirations أحمد الغامدي: تحقيق الطموح
5. Helen Torrington: My experience with the Arabic lifestyle هيلين تورنجتون: تجربتي مع نمط الحياة العربية

Find out more :

BBC Arabic

Who Wants To Win A Million? (2 Million Special)          
Hosted by George Kurdahi
The Arabic language version of the international phenomena “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” has taken Arabic viewers by storm, with ratings dwarfing even the most beloved comedy shows and soap operas.  The show continues its ratings streak by offering two million dollars.

Video clip 1

The clip is for one question written as an MCQ (Multiple Choice Question) -

Can you translate the question with the possible answers?

Video clip 2

أول رابح للمليونين 2,000,000 في برنامج من سيربح المليون

The first winner of a 2 millions in ” Who wants to be a Millionaire?”

Find out more

برنامج مـن سيـــربح المليــون؟ – Wikipedia

You can play the game online at لعبة من سيربح المليون بالفلاش

Translate the following in the comments section

To vote, go to BBC Arabic Xtra ( the poll is at the bottom of the page)

Explore the European Map in Arabic interactivly

What you can see in the map:

1. Names of European countries in Arabic
2. Facts & Figures about Europe
3. For each country:
   • Population -السكان
   • Geography – الجغرافيا
   • Political System – النظام السياسي
   • Economy – الإقتصاد

Explore the map اكتشف أوروبا من خلال الضغط على الخارطة

Source of realia : Deutsche Welle دويتشه فيله