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Human Rights Miscellaneous Realia Items

Posted by Mourad Diouri on March 10, 2008

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:

  1. Organisations logos
  2. Book covers
  3. News Video Report Realia
  4. 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

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Posted in Books/Magazines, Culture & Society, Law, Logos, Media, People, Politics, Posters | 5 Comments »

Booklet Realia : Human Rights for Children - حقوق الإنسان للأطفال

Posted by Mourad Diouri on March 7, 2008

حقوق الإنسان للأطفال

Read the booklet

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Posted in Books/Magazines, Children's books, Law, People | No Comments »

Official Documents Realia : Complaints form in Arabic/English

Posted by Mourad Diouri on March 2, 2008

The following realia are complaints forms in English and Arabic from the Merton Council, London Borough of Merton.

The Arabic form is mostly written in a bilingual format.

Source of Realia:

  • London Borough of Merton

Posted in General, Law, Official Doc. | No Comments »

Diploma Certificate from the Palestinian Law Council (1948)

Posted by Mourad Diouri on February 11, 2008

Note these key Arabic words :

Government : حكومة

Council : مجلس

Subjects : مواضيع

Internal : داخلي

Law (as an academic subject) : الحقوق

Lectures : محاضرات

Exams : امتحانات

Diploma : دبلوم

Unfortunately, the list of subjects that have been studied by the diploma holder is very small to read. I will copy them (with the translation) into this post in the near future.

Source of realia

معهد الحقوق في القدس - Wikipedia Arabic

Posted in Education, Law, Official Doc. | No Comments »

News Article

Posted by Mourad Diouri on January 14, 2008

View the article

v-TIVITY

  • What is the main gist of the article (on the right)?

Hints

  • تمييز   = Discrimination

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ANSWERS

  • Share and discuss your answers by leaving a comment in the comments section below
  • To view/download the model answers, go to the download page

Posted in Articles, Law, Media, Politics | 7 Comments »

Institution Sign (Police Station Signboard)

Posted by Mourad Diouri on January 12, 2008

  • Police : الشُرطة (pron. Ash-Shurta)
  • Policeman : الشرطي
  • Colloquial Arabic (borrowed western word) : البوليس (pron. Al-Bulis)
  • National Security : الأمن الوطني (pron. Al-Amnul Wataniy)

Source of image : viewimages.com.

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Posted in Culture & Society, Law, Signboards | No Comments »

Institution Logo 5 (Law)

Posted by Mourad Diouri on January 11, 2008

v-TIVITY

  • What government sign does this sign represent?

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ANSWERS

  • Share and discuss your answers by leaving a comment in the comments section below
  • To view/download the model answers, go to the download page

Posted in Law, Logos | 11 Comments »

Institution Logo 4

Posted by Mourad Diouri on January 11, 2008

v-TIVITY

  • What organisation does this sign represent?

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ANSWERS

  • Share and discuss your answers by leaving a comment in the comments section below
  • To view/download the model answers, go to the download page
  • View the realia in English/Arabic

Posted in Law, Logos, Media | 7 Comments »

Event banner

Posted by Mourad Diouri on January 11, 2008

تقيم مؤسسة المرأة العراقية فرع نيسان
ورشة عمل
العنف الأسري وأثره على المرأة

v-TIVITY

  • What is the topic of the event mentioned in the banner behind the speakers?
  • What is the name of the organisation hosting this event?

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ANSWERS

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  • To view/download the model answers, go to the download page

Posted in Law, Posters | 6 Comments »

Campaign Poster 4

Posted by Mourad Diouri on January 11, 2008

v-TIVITY

  • What is the motto of this campaign poster?

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ANSWERS

  • Share and discuss your answers by leaving a comment in the comments section below
  • To view/download the model answers, go to the download page

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Posted in Law, Logos, Media, Politics, Posters | 11 Comments »

Book Cover 1

Posted by Mourad Diouri on January 11, 2008

v-TIVITY

  • What is the book’s title?
  • Who is the Author?
  • Who is the Publisher? - Can you translate it’s literal meaning ?

Posted in Books/Magazines, Law, Politics | 11 Comments »

Institution Logo 3

Posted by Mourad Diouri on January 11, 2008

  • National Security : الأمن الوطني
  • Security forces : قوات الاّمن

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Posted in Law, Logos | 1 Comment »

Campaign Poster - Justice will prevail

Posted by Mourad Diouri on January 11, 2008

Posted in Law, Media, Politics, Posters | 1 Comment »

Campaign Logo/Poster

Posted by Mourad Diouri on January 11, 2008

 v-TIVITY

  • What does the word (تعذيب ) mean?

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ANSWERS

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  • To view/download the model answers, go to the download page

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Posted in Law, Logos, Posters | 11 Comments »

Official Document (Law)

Posted by Mourad Diouri on January 11, 2008

View the document

v-TIVITY

  • Who is the letter from?
  • Translate the header of the letter?

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ANSWERS

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  • To view/download the model answers, go to the download page

 

Posted in Law, Official Doc. | 2 Comments »

News Article 2 (Crime)

Posted by Mourad Diouri on January 11, 2008

v-TIVITY

  • Translate the headline of this newspaper article?

Hint 

  • طعن  =  To stab someone

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ANSWERS

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  • To view/download the model answers, go to the download page

 

Posted in Articles, Law, Media | 8 Comments »

News Article 1 (Crime)

Posted by Mourad Diouri on January 11, 2008

v-TIVITY

  • What is the main gist of the article?

____________________________________________

ANSWERS

  • Share and discuss your answers by leaving a comment in the comments section below
  • To view/download the model answers, go to the download page

Posted in Articles, Law, Media | 1 Comment »

Campaign Poster 2

Posted by Mourad Diouri on January 11, 2008

Al-Azhar : University of Al-Azhar in Egypt

v-TIVITY

  • Translate the message of this campaign poster

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ANSWERS

  • Share and discuss your answers by leaving a comment in the comments section below
  • To view/download the model answers, go to the download page

 

Posted in Law, Media | 1 Comment »

News Article - Crime

Posted by Mourad Diouri on January 11, 2008

View the article

Hint 

تزوير   : falsification, forgery

v-TIVITY

  • What is the main gist of the article?

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ANSWERS

  • Share and discuss your answers by leaving a comment in the comments section below
  • To view/download the model answers, go to the download page
  • View an English related article

 

Posted in Articles, Law, Media | 1 Comment »

Institution Sign 1

Posted by Mourad Diouri on January 11, 2008

v-TIVITY

  • What institution does this signboard represent?

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ANSWERS

  • Share and discuss your answers by leaving a comment in the comments section below
  • To view/download the model answers, go to the download page

 

Posted in Law, Signboards | 3 Comments »