SOURCE: AL-FANAR MEDIA BY: LYNX QUALEY With camps canceled and other activities for children limited this summer, many work-at-home parents are eagerly seeking ways to occupy the kids and maybe inject a little learning into the long hot days. There are thousands of English-language options in reading, science, math, and history available for young people. … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: SAMIA BADIH The films have screened at top festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Venice and Toronto The selection features shorts such as ‘Ayny’, left, ‘A Drowning Man’, centre, and ‘Give Up the Ghost’. NYU Abu Dhabi, Diff, Zain Duraie A selection of award-winning Arabic short films have been released on OSN … Continued
SOURCE: PURSUIT BY: TAREK MAKHLOUF A chance find in a Damascus bookshop is a reminder that to study Arabic is to be drawn into a wider and vibrant multicultural world Sometime in early 2010 I was visiting my favourite bookshops in the al-Halbouni suburb of Damascus. This was before the civil war. Al-Halbouni is an … Continued
By Emily Tain/Arab America Contributing Writer Textbooks can be critical when it comes to learning a language, especially at the university level. Conversation in class helps refine skills and pronunciation, but readings, vocabulary lists, and practice activities are a necessary complement for in-person instruction. When it comes to learning Arabic, there is no textbook in … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: EMMA DAY The Jordanian royal revealed one of her family’s favourite meals as she met a number of Jordanian home cooks that sell their food online Queen Rania of Jordan met with the team of food app Bilforon this week. Instagram / Queen Rania After Friday prayers, there’s one particular dish … Continued
SOURCE: DISRUPT BY: TOM JACKSON Egypt-based Arabic learning platform Zedny has launched after raising pre-seed investment of US$1.2 million, making over 200 online courses and 400 animated video summaries of global business bestsellers available to users. Zedny, which rolls out with over 5,000 hours of learning available to users, is available across the Middle East. … Continued
SOURCE: BABY GAGA BY: KAREN SAMUELS You need to pick a baby name that will stand the test of time, a name that will be meaningful yet trendy. One of the hardest parenting decisions is giving your child the perfect name. What if you name your child, but they end up being bullied for it? What … Continued
SOURCE: NBC NEWS BY: RAF SANCHEZ AND CHIMA ELBIALY Even before the coronavirus hit the Arab world, rampant misinformation had begun to spread online. Faisal Al Mutar was awarded the President’s Volunteer Service Award in 2015 for his work with Ideas Beyond Borders.Courtesy of Faisal Al Mutar Faisal Al Mutar was at his home in … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: ANNA ZACHARIAS A NYUAD database of Arabic words has paved the way for predictive text, speech recognition and speech synthesis in Gulf Arabic Nizar Habash, the programme head of computer science at NYUAD, heads a lab that makes everyday Arabic understandable to machines. Pawan Singh / The National How do you … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: KELSEY WARNER A new Google grant and research at the University of Sharjah show the language is gaining traction Sheraa is Sharjah’s initiative to build a start-up ecosystem in the emirate. It has run extensive programming to educate its community about machine learning and is partnered with the University of Sharjah … Continued
SOURCE: BROADCAST PRO In addition to B.I.G, GH Entertainment’s other artists participated in the project and sang in six different languages. Korean musical group Boys in Groove (B.I.G) has released a coronavirus-inspired song in the Arabic language. The song, entitled Corona Song is a 35-second excerpt that aims to empower and encourage those struggling with the ongoing … Continued
SOURCE: NYU NYU’s open access collection can help ease the transition to remote learning for Arabic readers Fayḍ al-Bārī ʻalá Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī by Muḥammad Anwarshāh ibn Muʻaẓẓamshāh al-Kashmīrī (d. 1933) is a detailed commentary on the canonical Sunni collection. As remote learning and self-quarantine have become the order of the day, the number of monthly … Continued
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