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

Signboard Realia : Egypt - The land of civilization

A gift of friendship from the American people : Miscellaneous Realia

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.

Marks & Spencer Department Store in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Source of Realia
Image: © Homer Sykes/Corbis
Photographer: Homer Sykes
Date Photographed: July 1, 2007

Arabic Shop Singboards from Edinburgh City

Post outline

• Arabic Shop 1 - Red Sea Food Store
• Arabic Shop 2 - Valley of Jordan
• Shop 3 - Bismillah

Mac Store Signboard (transcribed in Arabic)

This signboard can easily be translated into :

MacStore : محل / متجر ماك

Apple Center : مركز أبل

Source of Realia

www.noelgreen.com

Warning Signs Realia : Danger, Mines, Military Zones & Search Points

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

International American Companies in the Arab World : Signboards Realia

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

Arabic/Islamic Greetings - Eid Mubarak عيد مبارك

Eid mubarak ( عيد مبارك) is a traditional Muslim greeting reserved for use on the festivals of Eid ul-Adha and Eid ul-Fitr.

The phrase translates into English as “blessed festival“, and can be paraphrased as “may you enjoy a blessed festival”.

Muslims wish each other Eid Mubarak after performing the Eid prayer.

This celebration continues till the end of the day. It is notable that saying these exact words is a cultural tradition influenced by deep roots of religion in it; however, it is not part of any religious obligations.

Eid refers to the occasion itself, and Mubarak is roughly ‘may it become good for you’, but the phrase is used in the same context that “Merry Christmas” would be.

Throughout the Muslim world there are numerous other ways of greeting for Eid ul-Adha and Eid ul-Fitr.

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“This (butcher) is trying to kill me!”

Eid al-Adha (Arabic: عيد الأضحى ‘Īd ul-’Aḍḥā) is a religious festival celebrated by Muslims and Druze worldwide as a commemoration of Ibrahim’s (Abraham’s) willingness to sacrifice his son, as commanded by Allah. (Muslim tradition names Ishmael as the son who was to be sacrificed, whereas the Judeo-Christian tradition names Isaac.)

It is one of two Eid festivals celebrated by Muslims, whose basis comes from the Quran.[1] (Muslims in Iran celebrate a third, non-denominational Eid.)

Like Eid el-Fitr, Eid ul-Adha begins with a shortprayer followed by a sermon (khuṭba).

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Eid ul-Fitr ( عيد الفطر ), often abbreviated to Eid, is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Eid is an Arabic word meaning “festivity”, while Fiṭr means “to break the fast” (and can also mean “nature”, from the word “fitrah”) and so symbolizes the breaking of the fasting period.

Eid ul-Fitr starts the day after Ramadan ends, and is verified by the sighting of the new moon. Muslims give money to the poor and wear their best clothes.

Eid ul-Fitr lasts three days and is called “The Lesser Eid” ( العيد الصغير al-‘īdu ṣ-ṣaghīr) compared with the Eid ul-Adha that lasts four days and is called “The Greater Eid” ( العيد الكبير al-‘īdu l-kabīr).

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Calligraphic signs of Eid Greetings

Best greetings and wishes for the blessed (happy) Eid

More greetings signs

Educational Instituition Sign - Tokyo University

قسم اللغة العربية بجامعة طوكيو للدراسات الأجنبية = Department of Arab Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

This is the title of an Arabic Language Centre at a Japanese University - it’s actually the only thing I was able to make sense of since the whole site is in Japanese.

Find out more : Tokyo University

Institution Sign (Moroccan Parliment البرلمان المغربي)

Institution Sign (Police Station Signboard)

• 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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Educational Institution Sign

Institution Sign 1

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• What institution does this signboard represent?

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Information Signboard