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Miscellaneous Realia Items from Egypt : Signboards, Posters, Currency Notes etc

MD — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:36:54 +0000

Signboard Realia : Egypt – The land of civilization

1 Pound

50 Piastres (or Qirsh/Quroush in Arabic, pronounced irsh/uroush)

www.joelscoins.com

100 Pounds

Wikipedia.com

25 Piastres

50 Piastres

1 Pound

bellydance.ebayless.com

25 Piastres

banknotes.com

50 Piastres

http://binzaid.com

20 Piastres

img78.imageshack.us

1 Pound

forum.egypt.com

Egypt Air

bp3.blogger.com

مصر للطيران

www.leblover.com

ftpal.net

Map of Egypt

Film ticket

zamakan.gharbeia.org

Signboard : Egypt Flight Attendants Association

Flickr.com

Vodaphone Signboard

Egypt.com

Dkimages.com

Strictly Forbidden to Climb the Pyramids

Corbis.com

http://jeff560.tripod.com

The 20th Centuary Film Guide in Egypt and the Arab World

musicman.com

The Egyptian Radio

www.afropop.org

FedEx Corporation in the Arab World

MD — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:07:54 +0000

FedEx Corporation is a leading logistics services company, based in the United States. FedEx is a syllabic abbreviation of the company’s original name, Federal Express.

The following images taken in Dubai show the FedEx logo (FedEx Express) written in Arabic/English.

Source of Realia

Flickr

Human Rights Miscellaneous Realia Items

MD — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:10:57 +0000

The following is a collection of miscellaneous Realia items (with English translation) which reflect the topic of Human Rights in the Arab world.

These realia items were carefully selected to include a wide range of the most commonly used law and human rights vocabulary.

In the events and demonstrations banners/posters realia, they are particularly used in the context of increasing awareness about the situation of Human Rights concerns in the Arab world.

The realia types available in this post are:

Organisations logos
Book covers
News Video Report Realia
Events and demonstrations banners/posters

Links to relevant vocabulary learning resources are listed at the end of this post.

V-tivity

Translate the text/meaning of the following realia items:

Book/Journal Cover No. 4
- What are the main front cover articles?
Events and demonstrations banners/posters

Organisations Logos

PCHR – Palestinian Centre for Human Rights

Palestinian Human Rights Foundation

Syrian Human Rights Organisation

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights -

The International Declaration of Human Rights – Dignity and Justice for All

Book Covers

Human Rights Competition/Quiz for university and school students

Women’s Rights (International Documents)

Human Rights Constitutionality

Going to extremes in Human Rights - A brief general encyclopedia

The Right to Health is a Human Right

A Directory/Guide for Human Rights Education

Human Rights, Essential Concepts – Why, How and When?

حقوق الإنسان.. بين النظرية والتطبيق في مجال إستراتيجيات حماية الطفل

Human Rights between Theory and Practice in the field of Child Protection Strategies

News Video Report Realia

استمرار التعذيب في سجون مصر

Watch video

Events and Demonstrations Banners/Posters

Translate the following banners/posters?

Poster 1:

Poster 2:

المؤتمر العالمي حول اننتهاكات حقوق الإنسان تحت الغزو والإحتلال العراقي

Poster 3 :

حقوق المرأة – حقائق و أباطيل

Poster 4 :

Poster 5 :

Poster 6 :

Poster 7 :

سلب طفولتهم … جريمة

اليوم العالمي لمكافحة عمالة الأطفال

Poster 8 :

Poster 9 :

التعذيب جريمة نظام – مصريين ضد التعذيب

Poster 10 :

Poster 11 :

بالأرقام : 42% من الشباب هاجروا

Poster 12 :

ثلاثة أشهر بدون رواتب

بدنا (نريد) خبز للأولاد – يكفي ذل و استعباد

Poster 13 :

لن أبقى لاجئ – سأعود|

Poster 14

Newspaper article / Poster 15

click to enlarge

Source of Realia

Achr.nu
a-tarakji.maktoobblog.com
frontlinedefenders.org
Libya-today.com
Idsc.gov.eg
cihrs.org
bettna.com
geelsa7wa.blogspot.com
zamakan.gharbeia.org
www.almaghar.net
20at.com
saleem55.maktoobblog.com
egwriters.com/admin

Vocabulary learning resources (Human Rights)

Campaign Posters Realia : The “I Love Life” Campaign in Lebanon

MD — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:10:58 +0000

Just recently, a political campaign took over most of the Lebanese billboards with the message (I love Life) and other messages in three languages : Arabic, English and French.

The key voabulary you may learn from these realia are:

Life : الحياة
Debts: ديون
Colours: ألوان
to live : عاش / يعيس
Country/nation : وطن

This is the Campaign’s mission:

One simple question: Is our future destined to be victim to cynicism and apathy, or should broad participation at the grassroots determine our fate?

The I Love Life campaign is challenging citizens in communities across the country to answer this question with every day constructive actions and activities.

We believe that Lebanon stood up to all angst because it has always embraced the Culture of Life. Deprecation is an offense to the civic heritage upon which Lebanon’s democratic republic is based. Indifference cannot solve our common problems; it only demonstrates our disability to function in the public arena, where political speech surpasses the limits of democratic opposition.

The Culture of Life is shorthand for a concept that human life, through all its stages, has to be respected above all.

We understand the Culture of Life, as opposed to the Culture of Death, as a deep, well-developed sense capable of discerning true values and interpreting authentic needs in our communities and society.

We want to take a stand of empowerment and embrace the change towards a new life, towards a fresh perspective that would entail new social and economic norms.

For more information about the campaign visit www.lebanon-ilovelife.com

More realia images :

I love life with all its colours

Let us live without debts

“I’m Staying Here” (left), in response to a report of Lebanese youth rushing to emigrate – “I have a class” (right)

“I’m Going Out Tonight partying” (right) v.s “I am going to work” (left)

“We are all (in support) for our country/nation”

Download the Arabic wallpaper (PDF)

These two signs are not part of the (I Love Life) Campaign.

Source : iheartcapitalism.wordpress.com

Source of Realia:

International American Companies in the Arab World : Signboards Realia

MD — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:03:51 +0000

The following Signboards Realia illustrates the widespread dominance of American International companies in the Arab world.

“McDonaldization” of the Arab World

The best times and the most delicious food

More American companies

McDonalad’s Signboard in Casablanca (igougo.com)

McDonalds Shop in Cairo, Egypt

McFalafel!

McArabia (dressed in Arabic flatbread)

Welcome to McDonalds!

McDonalds – McDrive!

Notice how the v letter is written in Arabic ( Faa’ with three dots)

Coca Cola – كوكاكولا

Coca-Cola as a political and corporate symbol in the Arab World

“The Coca-Cola drink has a high degree of identification with the United States itself, being considered by some an “American Brand” or to a small extent as an item representing America.

The identification with the spread of American culture has led to the pun “Coca-Colanization”.

There are some consumer boycotts of Coca-Cola in Arab countries due to Coke’s early investment in Israel during the Arab League boycott of Israel (this contrasts sharply to Pepsi which stayed out of Israel).”

Mecca Cola and Pepsi has been successful in the Middle East as an alternative.

Coca-Cola : a registered Trade-mark

Always refreshing

I took this photo in Marrakesh مراكش when I was in Morocco last year (2007).

The name of the Cafe is “Café France”

Classical Arabic 1940’s Coca-Cola commercial

Recent Arabic Coca-Cola Commercials – اعلانات كوكاكولا

Mecca Cola

The flagship product of the Mecca Cola World Company, it is marketed as an alternative to U.S. brands such as Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola to pro-Muslim consumers. The product’s name contains the traditional Latin-alphabet transliteration of مكة المكرمة (“Mecca”), the holiest city of Islam located in Saudi Arabia.

Pepsi – بيبسي

Arabic commercial of Pepsi

Pizza Hut – بيتزا هات

Burger King – برجر كنج

KFC – Kentucky Fried Chicken

Classical KFC Arabic Commercial

دعاية كنتاكي: هل تريد أن تكنتك؟ – Would you like to “Kintak”!

Nations with at least one KFC restaurant are colored in blue (Wikipedia)

Find oute more

BBC Arabic Podcast_American Investments in the Arab World - Virtual Arabic Realia

Arabic Wikipedia Logo – ويكيبيديا، الموسوعة الحرة

MD — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:27:28 +0000

Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

Defenition of Wikipedia:

ويكيبيديا مشروع متعدد اللغات في أكثر من 250 لغة لإعداد موسوعة دقيقة ومتكاملة ومتنوعة ومفتوحة ومحايدة ومجانية للجميع، يستطيع الجميع المساهمة في تحريرها. بدأت النسخة العربية في يوليو 2003 ويوجد الآن 51,413 مقالة فيها. إذا كانت هذه زيارتك الأولى للموقع، بادر بقراءة صفحة الترحيب بالقادمين الجدد، والاطلاع على صفحة الأسئلة المتكررة. يمكنك أن تجد ما تريده بتصفح صفحات المساعدة. الرجاء التوجه إلى ميدان ويكيبيديا للمناقشة العامة. لاقتراح موضوع مقالة أو المساعدة على إنشاء مقالات مقترحة انظر صفحة مقالات مقترحة

Find out more

Wikipedia Arabic

Institution Logo 5 (Law)

MD — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:23:08 +0000

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What government sign does this sign represent?

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Institution Logo 4

MD — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:16:26 +0000

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What organisation does this sign represent?

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Campaign Poster 4

MD — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:59:13 +0000

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What is the motto of this campaign poster?

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Institution Logo 3

MD — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:50:47 +0000

National Security : الأمن الوطني
Security forces : قوات الاّمن