خيط حرير على حيط خالتي ام خليل[Kheit hareer a’alaa heet khalti imm khalil.]A silk thread runs through my Aunt Imm Khalil’s Wall. مشمشنا مش مشمشكم ومشمشكم مش مشمشنا، لما مشمش مشمشكم، ما كان مشمش مشمشنا[Mishmishna mish mishmishkom w mishmishkom mish mishmishna, lamma mashmash mishmishkon, ma kan mashmash mishmishna.]Our apricots are not the same as your […]

hello! it’s 7h44 PM in Beirut, a regular Wednesday…outside the wind is having fun being crazy…although it’s been a sunny day, t shirts and flip flops.. for my dinner i’ll cut some strawberries, pineapple and maybe one banana… and to share it with the crazy wind ill top my fruit salad with a vanilla ice cream… do the same! bon

 The pronounciation of some Arabic letters, like theخ [kh] as خوخ [khawkh], prune,ع [a’a] as in عنوان [a’anwan], address,ح [ha’e] as in حائط [ha’et], wall,ق [qa] as in قانون [qanoun], law, andغ [gh] as in غيمة [ghayma], cloud, may take some time to master as they are produced right at the very back of the throat. In Arabic word order, the verb comes first, so to say “the boy eats the apple” you actually say “eat the boy the apple“:اكل