Category Archives: arabic language

What’s your language of LOVE?

According to Dr. Gary Chapman, author of the 5 Love Languages series, people speak and understand emotional love when it is expressed through one of five languages: words of affirmation, quality time, receiving gifts, acts of service, or physical touch.  … Continue reading

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I SPEAK French, English & Urdu . . .

Earlier this year, right before the start of the scorching Dubai summer, miraculously “The Bakery Company” appeared across the street from my apartment complex in Dubai Marina.  Torn between being delighted to have a specialty store at my doorstep and … Continue reading

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Kenya – Mutara

During visit to Nairobi, Kenya, my best friend and architect Natalie Waters and I had the opportunity to visit the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Centre located in Nairobi National Park. This is the “Nursery” where both orphaned baby elephants and Rhinos … Continue reading

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Kenya – Mombasa & Swahili

Mombasa is Kenya’s vibrant coastal city on the Indian Ocean. Home to the Swahili tribe in Kenya, one can visually see the influences left behind by more than twelve centuries of contact with Arab traders; the mosques, the calling sound … Continue reading

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A Student Essay

One of the most rewarding privileges of being  a teacher is having the opportunity to read student essays.  The laborious task of in class written assignments and homework gives the students an opportunity to contemplate a variety of ideas and … Continue reading

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My Arabic Teacher

Arabic is one of the six official languages of the United Nations.  Arabic is spoken with numerous colloquial variants across 22 countries spanning the middle East from North Africa to South-West Asia.  Over 280M people speak Arabic and it is estimated that another … Continue reading

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