It was only when I mentioned the words, "she'll be mourning for fourty days" to a westerner and they didn't know what I wa...

It is said the English word alcohol originally comes from the two Arabic words, ‘Al Cohol’. In addition, the words carafe, cork, and jar als...

Please note this post follows on directly from {wgaw blog archieve: o2/o4, 12/o5} Trompenaar proposes an additional three ideas to those p...

This week we'll be looking at the letter 'raa', an easy letter to pronouce and also to find in writtten text. Raa is another non...

On my desk in front of me I have four copies of the Sami Yusuf CD, 'al-mu allim' which I'd like to share with the readers of thi...

This week we continue the alphabet with a letter which looks very similar to last week's letter, daal; dhaal 'Dhaal' takes the...

Today's posting follows on from the previous postings on Arabic - English and continues the list of words whose roots are said to have b...

Cats, known in Arabic as gatwa [gat-wa] or locally in slang as miaos [mee-owh] are probably the most popular pets within Arab households. ...

Image:  Recent photo of Amr Diab Amr Diab [Rr-merr dee-ab] is my favourite, favourite, FAVE (!) Egyptian singer and I believe, with thos...

Wosta (also spelt, woster/ waster/ waster but all pronounced in the same way, [wass-ter]) is an Arabic word which describes a polite form ...

This post continues on from {wgaw blog archive: 1o/o3 and o2/o4} Hofsteede theorized people from one culture can be compared with people f...

As today is Thursday we'll return to learning the alphabet and will contemplate the eighth letter of the Arabic alphabet, 'daal'...