@ vinod
Your example would be perfect if the sentence constituents you have capitalised were pronounced in exactly the same way. It isn’t... |
Extraordinary poetry |
Sat 16th Jul 11 |
| The first verse is a palindrome, and the Arabic equivalent of “palindrome” is qalb (ﻗﻠﺐ) mustawen (ﻤﺴ... |
Extraordinary poetry |
Fri 15th Jul 11 |
@ fazurin
Phonetic spellings like ﺃﻮﻱ and ﺃﺴﺘﺎﺯ are quite common in contemporary Ar... |
Egyptian: University is far away |
Mon 11th Jul 11 |
@ Ruqayyah
The word ﺴﻴﺎﺮﺓ (siyyaara) is doubly interesting. It has undergone a semantic shift, and it be... |
Where to eat |
Sun 3rd Jul 11 |
@ berry
I do not aspire to be a genius loci. I can speak classical Latin, but I have no snake, no patera and no cornucopia. |
In the love of Egypt |
Sat 2nd Jul 11 |