Signboard Realia : Egypt – The land of civilization

1 Pound

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

www.joelscoins.com

25 Piastres

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

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

The following is a collection of over 10 warning signs realia mostly warning against mines, cease fire, military zones and camels!

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Sign Realia 2

A similar sign is shown below

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Danger of Mines : Do not go far away from the main roads

Sign Realia 4

Mines and suspicious items are a danger that threatens all of us : Do not try to get close to them

Sign Realia 5

“Warning – this machine is for use against occupation forces only”

Acknowledgment : Thanks Ed for your suggestion to post this sign in V-Arabic.

Sign Realia 6

Sign Realia 7

يلمس means “to touch, put a finger on, etc” not “to damage.” to damage implies that people who mess with fence will get shot at, when it actually tells arabs to not even come within arms length of the fence.
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Easy said (and written) than done !

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Official Search Point

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Danger Sign

Flickr.com, by Doolee

Source of Realia

• Wired News
• electronicintifada.net
• Israel.indymedia.org
• photobucket.com
• jameslnelson.com
• bp1.blogger.com
• iraqwatch.org

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

Happy Eid

More signs of Eid Mubarak (blessed festival)

Happy new year

May you enjoy a blessed festival (Eid-Kum means your (plural) Eid)

Find out more
Eid Mubarak (Wikipedia)

Eid_ul-Adha (Wikipedia)

Eid_ul-Fitr (Wikipedia)

Free Arabic greeting Cards (by occasion)

Source of realia:

Sakkal

Awangpurba.blogspot.com

Majalisna

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

• 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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