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عَائِلَتِي
My family
بَيْتُنَا
Our house
يَوْمِي
My day
الْفُطُورُ فِي الْبَيْتِ
Breakfast at home
الْيَوْمُ الْأَوَّلُ فِي مَدْرَسَةٍ جَدِيدَةٍ
The first day at a new school
قِطَّتُنَا
Our cat
الطَّقْسُ الْيَوْمَ
The weather today
فِي الْمَخْبَزِ
At the bakery
صَدِيقَتِي
My friend
فِي الْحَدِيقَةِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ
In the park on Friday
قَمِيصٌ جَدِيدٌ
A new shirt
فِي الْحَافِلَةِ
On the bus
عِنْدَ الطَّبِيبَةِ
At the doctor's
فِي الْمَكْتَبَةِ
At the library
غُرْفَتِي
My room
جُحَا وَحِمَارُهُ
Juḥā and his donkey
الْمِفْتَاحُ الضَّائِعُ
The lost key
يَوْمٌ عَلَى الشَّاطِئِ
A day at the beach
حَدِيقَةُ جَدِّي
Grandfather's garden
مَسَاءٌ فِي رَمَضَانَ
An evening in Ramaḍān
الْمَطَرُ
The rain
رِسَالَةٌ إِلَى جَدَّتِي
A letter to my grandmother
قَرْيَتِي
My village
بَائِعُ الْفَاكِهَةِ
The fruit seller
هَاتِفٌ جَدِيدٌ
A new phone
الْقِطَارُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ
The train to the city
كُرَةُ الْقَدَمِ
Football after school
نَطْبُخُ الْعَشَاءَ مَعًا
Cooking dinner together
عُصْفُورٌ صَغِيرٌ
A small bird at the window
خُطَطُ نِهَايَةِ الْأُسْبُوعِ
Plans for the weekend
بَيْتٌ جَدِيدٌ فِي مَدِينَةٍ جَدِيدَةٍ
Moving house
صَبَاحُ الْعِيدِ
Eid morning
مُقَابَلَةُ عَمَلٍ فِي فُنْدُقٍ
A job interview
رِسَالَةٌ مِنْ عَمَّانَ
An email from Amman
السُّوقُ الْقَدِيمُ
The old souk
زِيَارَةٌ إِلَى الْمُسْتَشْفَى
A visit to the hospital
عُرْسٌ فِي الْقَرْيَةِ
A village wedding
ضَائِعٌ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ
Lost in the city
رِحْلَةٌ إِلَى الْبَتْرَاءِ
A trip to Petra
الْقَهْوَةُ الْعَرَبِيَّةُ
Arabic coffee
الْجَمَلُ
The camel
جُحَا الْقَاضِي
Juḥā the judge
مِنْ مُذَكِّرَاتِ طَالِبَةٍ
A student's diary
الْوَلَدُ الْأَمِينُ
The honest boy
النَّخْلَةُ وَالتَّمْرُ
The palm tree and dates
يَوْمٌ فِي الْقَاهِرَةِ
A day in Cairo
يَوْمُ السُّوقِ
Market day
الثَّعْلَبُ وَالْغُرَابُ
The fox and the crow
حِكَايَاتُ جَدِّي
My grandfather's stories
الطَّعَامُ الصِّحِّيُّ
Healthy food
لَيْلَةٌ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ
A night in the desert
الْمَسْجِدُ الْقَدِيمُ
The old mosque
الصَّيَّادُ وَالسَّمَكَةُ الْكَبِيرَةُ
The fisherman and the big fish
لِمَاذَا أَتَعَلَّمُ الْعَرَبِيَّةَ؟
Why I learn Arabic
الْفُصُولُ الْأَرْبَعَةُ
The four seasons
مُكَالَمَةٌ هَاتِفِيَّةٌ
A phone call
جِيرَانُنَا الْجُدُدُ
Our new neighbors
ابْنُ بَطُّوطَةَ، رَحَّالَةُ طَنْجَةَ
Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, the traveler from Tangier
الْأَسَدُ وَالْفَأْرُ
The lion and the mouse
دِمَشْقُ، مِنْ أَقْدَمِ مُدُنِ الْعَالَمِ
Damascus, one of the oldest cities
الْقَاضِي الْحَكِيمُ
The wise judge
الْخَطَّاطُ الْعَجُوزُ وَتِلْمِيذُهُ
The old calligrapher and his apprentice
الْعَرَبِيَّةُ فِي الْعَالَمِ
Arabic in the world
رِسَالَةٌ مِنَ الْغُرْبَةِ
A letter home from abroad
بَيْتُ الْحِكْمَةِ فِي بَغْدَادَ
The House of Wisdom in Baghdad
حِينَ يَنْزِلُ الْمَطَرُ عَلَى الصَّحْرَاءِ
When it rains in the desert
التَّاجِرُ وَالْبَبَّغَاءُ
The merchant and the parrot
مُعَلِّمَةٌ لَا أَنْسَاهَا
A teacher I remember
لِمَاذَا نَحْتَاجُ إِلَى النَّوْمِ؟
Why we need sleep
الْإِخْوَةُ الثَّلَاثَةُ وَالْمِيرَاثُ
The three brothers and the inheritance
ابْنُ سِينَا، الطَّبِيبُ الْفَيْلَسُوفُ
Ibn Sīnā, physician and philosopher
حَدَائِقُ الْأَنْدَلُسِ
The gardens of al-Andalus
السُّلَحْفَاةُ وَالْبَطَّتَانِ
The tortoise and the two ducks
الْحَيَاةُ مَعَ الْإِنْتَرْنِتِ
Life with the internet
طَرِيقُ الْحَرِيرِ
The Silk Road
كَرَمُ حَاتِمٍ الطَّائِيِّ
The generosity of Ḥātim al-Ṭāʾī
الْمَاءُ حَيَاةٌ
Water is life
الْقَارِبُ الَّذِي ابْتَعَدَ
The boat that drifted away
افْتِتَاحُ مَعْرِضِ الْقَاهِرَةِ لِلْكِتَابِ
The Cairo book fair opens
فَاطِمَةُ الْفِهْرِيَّةُ وَجَامِعُ الْقَرَوِيِّينَ
Fāṭima al-Fihrī and al-Qarawiyyīn
الرَّاعِي الْكَذَّابُ
The shepherd boy who cried “wolf”
عَمَلِي الْأَوَّلُ
My first job
شَجَرَةُ الزَّيْتُونِ
The olive tree
الْعُلْجُومُ وَالسَّرَطَانُ
The Heron and the Crab
الْأَسَدُ وَالْأَرْنَبُ
The Lion and the Hare
الْقِرْدُ وَالْغَيْلَمُ
The Monkey and the Turtle
النَّاسِكُ وَابْنُ عِرْسٍ
The Hermit and the Weasel
الْجُرَذُ وَالسِّنَّوْرُ
The Rat and the Cat
الْحَمَامَةُ وَالثَّعْلَبُ وَمَالِكٌ الْحَزِينُ
The Dove, the Fox and the Heron
الصَّيَّادُ وَالْكَنْزُ
The Fisherman and the Treasure
الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي كَانَ حِمَارًا
The Man Who Was a Donkey
الشَّرَارَةُ وَجُبَّةُ النَّحْوِيِّ
The Spark on the Grammarian's Cloak
الْعُودُ وَالْإِبْرَةُ
The Stick and the Needle
لَوْ خَرَجْتَ مِنْ جِلْدِكَ
Even If You Stepped Out of Your Skin
السَّلَامُ وَالطَّعَامُ
Greetings and Food
غَوَّاصُو الْجَوْهَرِ
The Pearl Divers of the Gulf
جَبَلٌ فِي الْبَحْرِ
A Mountain in the Sea
رَسَّامُو الصِّينِ
The Portrait Painters of China
حَيُّ بْنُ يَقْظَانَ وَالظَّبْيَةُ
The Boy Raised by a Gazelle
الْمَقَامَةُ الْبَغْدَادِيَّةُ
The Free Lunch in Baghdad
مَعْنُ بْنُ زَائِدَةَ وَبَيْتُ الشِّعْرِ عَلَى الْخَشَبَةِ
Maʿn ibn Zāʾida and the Verse on the Plank
الْحَجَّاجُ وَشَيْخُ بَنِي عِجْلٍ
Al-Ḥajjāj and the Old Man of Banū ʿIjl
قَطَنُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ يُسَلِّمُ نَفْسَهُ لِلْخَلِيفَةِ
Qaṭan ibn Muʿāwiya Gives Himself Up
الْخُوَارِزْمِيُّ وَمِيلَادُ عِلْمِ الْجَبْرِ
Al-Khwārizmī and the birth of algebra
الْمَلِكُ وَصَقْرُهُ
The king and his falcon
بَيْنَ الْمَدِينَةِ وَالْقَرْيَةِ
City life and village life
كَيْفَ وَصَلَتِ الطِّبَاعَةُ إِلَى الْعَالَمِ الْعَرَبِيِّ
How printing came to the Arab world
تَغَيُّرُ الْمُنَاخِ وَالْمِنْطَقَةُ الْعَرَبِيَّةُ
Climate change and the Arab region
عَشَاءٌ عِنْدَ بَخِيلٍ
A miser's dinner
الْمُزَيِّنُ الثَّرْثَارُ
The talkative barber
ابْنُ الْهَيْثَمِ وَعِلْمُ الضَّوْءِ
Ibn al-Haytham and the science of light
أُمُّ كُلْثُومٍ
Umm Kulthūm
حَرَكَةُ التَّرْجَمَةِ فِي الْعَصْرِ الْعَبَّاسِيِّ
The translation movement under the Abbasids
هَلْ مَا زِلْنَا نَقْرَأُ؟
Do we still read?
الْحَمَامَةُ الْمُطَوَّقَةُ
The ring-dove and her friends
الْبِئْرُ
The well
فِي الصَّدَاقَةِ
On friendship
كليلة ودمنة
Kalila wa Dimna
السِّيَاحَةُ وَالتُّرَاثُ
Tourism and heritage
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