Comments on: Feedback & Suggestions

By: mutaryim

mutaryim — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:20:05 +0000

Hi, thanks a lot for such a marvellous blog!!!

Is there any chance to have access to this other blog: http://marabic.wordpress.com/ ?

my email is mutaryimATgmailDOTcom

By: Nik Ives

Nik Ives — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:18:59 +0000

Mourad,

Regarding your post of Feb. 18, 2008 titled “International American Companies in the Arab World : Signboards Realia” (or “The McDonaldization of the Arab world”), I’m wondering where I can get hi-res images, and the rights to use them, of your posted images of McDonald’s and Coca Cola signs in Arabic. We’re creating a “book video” for a Moroccan/American writer named Laila Lalami, who’s 2nd book “Secret Son” will be released this Spring. The the story is set in contemporary Casablanca against a backdrop of Western influences that have affected Moroccan culture. Some of the photos of McDonald’s and coke signs would be ideal to illustrate this point. Can you help us track down a couple of these photos? Thanks for your help.

Nik Ives
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By: shasliva

shasliva — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:19:30 +0000

Great Blog! Really enjoyed some of the comments, just dropped by to say hello, look forward to joining in the discussion later.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:53:20 +0000

I found translating the sense of some of the caricatures quite hard, along with the some of the economics articles. Translating the actual words is not a problem its just making sense of them that is a bit tricky.

The podcast was very useful to guage reaidng speeds and intonation. It was at times a little bit fast but I guess that’s something to work on myself to get my comprehension a bit faster.

By: Ben T

Ben T — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:39:45 +0000

Both a good thing and a bad thing is the mix of levels of Arabic in the Realia posted here. Some are extremely simple and suited to a low level of learning and some, especially BBC Extra Podcasts and some videos, are very long, quite fast and rather complicated – much more suited to a higher level of learning.

Overall the selection is useful but selective use should be recommended, as well as follow-up in the students’ spare time.

By: Ferdaous

Ferdaous — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:00:16 +0000

I love this website! Such an innovative way to help others learn and practice Arabic. I like the use of real posters, articles, adverts, signs from the countries I enjoy travelling to. The mixed use of audio, visual, video makes the learning interesting – I will definately recommend this site to friends and colleagues. Thank you Mourad, for all the time and effort you spent creating this!

By: EdwardP

EdwardP — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:52:08 +0000

Good generally. Got to watch the image quality on a couple of things – real headache staring at it for too long trying to make out a grainy letter. Great selection of stuff, though…