Miscellaneous Realia Items from Egypt : Signboards, Posters, Currency Notes etc
Posted by Mourad Diouri on May 8, 2008
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Archive for the 'REALIA TYPE' Category
Book Realia : Finding Your Strength in Difficult Times | فجر طاقتك الكامنة في الأوقات الصعبة - كتاب في التأملات
Posted by Mourad Diouri on April 30, 2008
فجر طاقتك الكامنة في الأوقات الصعبة - كتاب في التأملات
Click on image to download the entire book (translated into Arabic)
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A gift of friendship from the American people : Miscellaneous Realia
Posted by Mourad Diouri on April 29, 2008
The following realia items were goods donated by Spirit of America and by Americans serving in Iraq. They are understood to be gifts of friendship from the American people.
This seems like another attempt to improve perceptions and relations between the Iraqis and Americans.
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Book Realia : Basic & Intermediate Arabic Workbook (John Mace) | Limited Preview
Posted by Mourad Diouri on April 29, 2008
Basic Arabic Workbook: For Revision and Practice by John Mace
Click on image to browse a Limited Preview online version
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Book Realia : Using Arabic: A Guide to Contemporary Usage | Limited Preview
Posted by Mourad Diouri on April 29, 2008
Using Arabic: A Guide to Contemporary Usage by Mahdi Alosh
Click on image to browse a Limited Preview online version
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Book Realia : Moroccan & Egyptian Arabic Phrasebooks | Limited Preview
Posted by Mourad Diouri on April 29, 2008
- Lonely Planet Egyptian Arabic Phrasebook (Paperback) by Siona Jenkins
- Arabic at a Glance: Phrase Book & Dictionary for Travelers
- Arabic Phrase Book by Berlitz Publishing Company
- Moroccan Arabic Phrasebook By Dan Bacon, Bichr Andjar, Abdennabi Benchehda
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Book Realia : Easy Arabic Grammar | Limited Preview
Posted by Mourad Diouri on April 29, 2008
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Book Realia: Business Arabic - Language, Culture and Communication اللغة العربية للشؤون التجارية | Limited Preview
Posted by Mourad Diouri on April 29, 2008
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FedEx Corporation in the Arab World
Posted by Mourad Diouri on April 15, 2008
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.
Posted in Alphabet/Sounds, General, LANGUAGE SKILLS, Logos, Reading Practice | 1 Comment »
Marks & Spencer Department Store in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Posted by Mourad Diouri on April 2, 2008
Source of Realia
Image: © Homer Sykes/Corbis
Photographer: Homer Sykes
Date Photographed: July 1, 2007
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Miscellaneous Realia Items from the International Federation of Red Cross - اللجنة الدولية للصليب الأحمر
Posted by Mourad Diouri on March 28, 2008
Post outline
- Videos Realia
- Letter of thanks from the Sudanese Red Crescent
- Arabic Red Crescent Logos
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Arabic Shop Singboards from Edinburgh City
Posted by Mourad Diouri on March 28, 2008
Post outline
- Arabic Shop 1 - Red Sea Food Store
- Arabic Shop 2 - Valley of Jordan
- Shop 3 - Bismillah
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Video Realia : Laughing Cow TV Commercial Realia - دعاية البقرة الضاحكة
Posted by Mourad Diouri on March 28, 2008
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Virtual Online Quran : QuranFlash
Posted by Mourad Diouri on March 27, 2008
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.
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Arabic Car Number Plates Realia w/ Indian and Arabic Numbers (from Saudi Arabia)
Posted by Mourad Diouri on March 26, 2008
Key Vocabulary
- Private : Khusousi خصوصي
- Taxi (hire) : Ujra أجرة
- Bus :Hafila حافلة
- Ciy : Madinah م ) مدينة)
- Transport : Naql نقل (although it is referred to in the plates as “truck”)
Source of Realiawww.kuwaitup.net
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Mac Store Signboard (transcribed in Arabic)
Posted by Mourad Diouri on March 26, 2008
This signboard can easily be translated into :
MacStore : محل / متجر ماك
Apple Center : مركز أبل
Source of Realia
www.noelgreen.com
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Bilingual Eng-Ar BBC Radio Podcast : Australian auctions entire life on eBay بداية جديدة
Posted by Mourad Diouri on March 18, 2008
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.
اليوم في بي بي سي أكسترا إنجليش نتحدث عن رجل قرر بيع كل حياته علي موقع للمزادات علي شبكة الإنترنت لانه يرغب في الإنفصال من ماضيه تماماً و الشروع في حياة جديدة.
In this podcast,Somaya and Doug are talking about making a fresh start.
An Australian man is putting his whole life up for sale on eBay.Normally on eBay people sell small things such as clothes or books.Ian Usher is selling his three bedroomed-house, his car and his job.His friends are also included in the sale.His marriage has just ended and he wants to escape from painful memories. He wants to make a clean break.So how much can he hope to make from selling his life? Bidding starts at $Aus1, but he hopes his life is worth around $Aus 500,000.When it’s sold, he wants to walk away with the money in one pocket and his passport in the other. He’s going to jump on the first plane to anywhere.
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Map/Poster Realia: Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign Poster Map in Arabic
Posted by Mourad Diouri on March 17, 2008
Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign Poster Map in Arabic
Map, PALDIS for the Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, March 21st, 2004
“A translation of our english campaign map, this new map created by the Palestine Land Development Information Systems (PALDIS) for PENGON/Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign shows the Wall’s latest path of devastation and ghettoization of the West Bank. Finalized in November 2003, with further updates in March 2004, this map reveals that if completed in its entirety, nearly 50% of the West Bank population will be affected by the Wall though the loss of their land, imprisonment into ghettos, isolation into de facto annexed areas by Israel.”
Download this Map in PSD [18 MB] OR Download in PDF [9 MB]
Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign Poster Map - English Version
Source of Realia
- Stopthewall.org
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Arabic Poster Realia: Red Bull Air Race in Abu Dhabi
Posted by Mourad Diouri on March 16, 2008
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Warning Signs Realia : Danger, Mines, Military Zones & Search Points
Posted by Mourad Diouri on March 13, 2008
The following is a collection of over 10 warning signs realia mostly warning against mines, cease fire, military zones and camels!
Sign Realia 1
Sign Realia 2
A similar sign is shown below
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