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dont forget to color your eggs… its easter! so happy easter from beyrouth! 🙂

Arabic has contributed numerous words to the English language like  قطن [koton], cotton,   سكر [succar], sugar,  غزال [ghazal], gazelle,   قيثارة [qithara], guitar,  الكحول [alcoo’hool], alcohol,   صحراء [sahra’a], sahara,  قيراط [qeerat], carat, and   ليمون [laymoon], lemon. The Arabic language uses the same punctuation marks as English, as well as the same Western rules of punctuation, but watch out as some of the symbols are inverted, such as the comma (،), or reversed, for instance, the question mark (؟). This has no impact

Introduction Arabic, a language with a rich cultural history dating back to its Semitic roots in the 1st century CE, is one of the six official languages of the United Nations. With nearly 420 million speakers globally, Arabic extends far beyond the Arab Peninsula and North Africa, permeating various aspects of society, including education, technology,

kifkoun? (how are you?) need ideas on what to do in beyrouth on a Saturday night? i will give you some! it’s still cold so you can always enjoy the weather with some cheese and wine soiree at a friend place..it’s a inexpensive way to have fun.. in beyrouth for a short term and don’t want to be stuck in home

Today the weather channel said that tomorrow there’s a storm coming, a new one! It was a nonstop rainy winter! Weird! Usually, the sun visits Lebanon more often than this year… Storm, clouds, rain, and home…  I’ll boil some green tea, put on my jacket, go to the garden and pick a few mint leaves, add them to my