| Comment |
Title |
Time |
| "Ana hashraan" can be rendered idiomatically into English as "I'm at bursting point" or "I'm close to bursting". Typical examples of such wo... |
Bursting for the toilet |
Fri 15th May 09 |
| It may be helpful to point out that "maqaal" (pl. maqaalat), which means "essay" or "article", is related to "qaal" (= said). This illustrat... |
Tayeb Salih |
Thu 14th May 09 |
| Just a brief comment on "ma'qool". This is a fairly common word meaning "intelligible", "understandable", "reasonable" or "rational". There'... |
The middleman |
Thu 14th May 09 |
| Words, like people, generally belong to families, and some families are more interesting than others. The "waasta" family, in my opinion, me... |
The middleman |
Thu 14th May 09 |
| The word "waasta" (sometimes transliterated as "wasta") is so interesting that I could write an essay about it. The English version of Wikip... |
The middleman |
Wed 13th May 09 |
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