Aladdin

New Vocabulary

Gai = جاي = Coming
Bilad = بلاد = Land or Country
Dahab = دهب = Gold
Sehr = سحر = Magic
Rih = ريح = Wind
Share' = شرق = East
Gharb = غرب = West
Shams = شمس = Sun
Busat = بساط = Carpet
Malyan = مليان = Full
Kohl = كُحل = It's actually men's eyeliner..but they used it as Dark.
Here're some links about Kohl:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohl_(cosmetics)

Food around the world - Spain

GAZPACHO

Summer Soup you drink it cold .

add by : Lina from Colombia

Ingredients

• 10 oz of bread

• 21 oz. of tomato

• 2 cloves of garlic

• 2 onions

• 2 red and green peppers

• 1 cucumber

• 7 tablespoons of olive oil

• 2 tablespoons of vinegar

• 1 1/2 tablespoon of water

Preparation

In a big mortar mash the cumin, the garlic and the soaked bread, in a plastic bowl mix the chopped onion, the chopped tomato, the oil, the vinegar, the salt and the contents of the mortar, mash it with the mixer and add very cold water to mix everything. Add salt and strain it. Keep it in the fridge until served.

Serve with the tomato, the cucumber, the pepper and the toasted bread cut to dices.

Reading - Lesson (1)

Introduction:

If you want to be able to read and write Arabic as well as to speak it and understand it when it is spoken, then you must master the Arabic alphabet. Now after you will learn this alphabet with our way you will find it not difficult at all.

* But first you have to know that.

1- Arabic is written and read from right to left. so if you want to read a book in Arabic you will begin at what English readers consider the end of the book.

* Arabic has 28 letters and three vowel signs.

* Printed and handwritten Arabic has the same from "most of the letters are joined together".

* There is no capital letters in Arabic.

aa = أ

baa = ب

taa = ت

Now read

أ ب ت ت ب أ

أ أ ب ب أ ت

ت ت ت ب أ أ

ت أ ب أ ب ب

ب ت أ ت ت أ

أ ب أ ب أ ت

Writing - Lesson (1)

A)

ب
ba

ت

ta

ث

tha

This shape is used for three different arabic letters .
The letter '' ba '' . the shape with one dot underneath , pronounced as '' b'' in boat ب

The letter ''ta'' ,the shape with two dots above , pronounced '' t'' as in '' to '' ت

The letter '' tha '' , the shape with three dots above , pronounced as ''th'' in ''three'' ث

Joining up

Initial بــ

medial ــبـ

final ــب

Write

باب- تاج – بث - ان – بات - بابا
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B)
ن '' noon ''
This letter shape is used only for one arabic letter .pronounced
As ''n'' in '' not '' ن

Joining up
Noon has exactly the same shape as ''ba'' when in the initial or
Medial position .except it has one dot above .

Initial نــ
medial ــنـ
final ــن

Write

نبى - بن – بنت – بنى – تبن – نبات – بنات
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