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"If God has written happiness for you, No one can steal it from your heart. And if He has written for your heart to break, No one can heal it but Him..." "Hearts desire, but the Lord decrees." - ...

Friday, 28 June 2013

Cool Arabic Typographic Decor

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Miscellaneous

An awesome trend we’ve started to see more of these days is lovely decor items with Arabic lettering, typography or calligraphy. (Note that this is different from Arab decor itself, which is bro...

Thursday, 13 June 2013

Salah - A Means of Humility, A Connection

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Learning Arabic

As we discussed in an earlier post , Arabic words often have a family of related and root words that give an amazing breadth and fullness to their meanings. One such word is salah (the word used...

Thursday, 06 June 2013

Between Praise and Gratitude: The Meanings of Hamd & Shukr

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Learning Arabic

Between Praise and Gratitude: The Meanings of Hamd & Shukr Hamd vs. Thana and Madh There are three words that have the general meaning of ‘praise’ in the Arabic language: madh [مدح], thana [ثناء],...

Monday, 27 May 2013

Supplications for the Oppressed

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Arabic Dua's

In honor of the global qiyam (night prayer and supplication) being held tonight in many Muslims communities in the United States and worldwide for the people of Syria, I thought to share some of the f...

Friday, 17 May 2013

Cute Arabic Memes to Share with Your Spouse

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Miscellaneous

Here are a few cute Arabic related memes that you can share with your spouse. They're a surefire way to earn some extra points for your thoughtfulness, as well as for your spouse to encourage y...

Thursday, 09 May 2013

Five Arabic Quotes: On Speaking Ill of Others

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Miscellaneous

لسانك لا تذكر به عورة امرئ * فكلّـك عورات وللناس ألسـن وعينك إن أبدت إليك معايباً * فدعها وقل : يا عين للناس أعينُ "Do not use your tongue to mention the faults of others, for you are full of faults a...

Thursday, 04 April 2013

The Top 4 YouTube Lectures/Videos in Fus'ha (Classical Arabic) for Beginners

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Videos

While there are tons of Arabic videos, lectures, programs and TV shows available online, it’s often hard for students to find things to watch that are in clear and easy to understand classical Arabic,...

Friday, 29 March 2013

Five Arabic Quotes: On Ignorance & Learning

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Learning Arabic

This is the first post in a new series on the Studio Arabiya blog, in which I hope to share with you some interesting and inspiring Arabic quotes on different themes. Reading these types of quotes, ex...

Thursday, 28 February 2013

Lost in Translation

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Learning Arabic

A few weeks ago, I read an article called "15 Wonderful Words with No English Equivalent" that describes cool words and phrases found in other languages that are hard to render into English. &nb...

Thursday, 21 February 2013