by Fajr-Literary | Oct 29, 2011 |
As-salamu `alaykum wa rahmatullah I’ve learnt many things when it comes to speaking Arabic in Cairo (indeed, in many Middle-Eastern countries), but nothing stares at me so much in the face as the clear difference between Fus-ha (classical) and ‘Amiyyah (colloquial)...
by Fajr-Literary | Dec 5, 2009 |
As-salamu `alaykum wa rahmatullah Kate Fox (an anthropologist with a great sense of humour) wrote a nice chapter on ‘Queuing’ in her book ‘Watching the English.’ Below is an excerpt… “The English expect each other to observe the...
by Fajr-Literary | Oct 31, 2008 |
As-salamu `alaykum So… you missed the famous book exhibition in Cairo this year (the ma3rad), or you have come to Cairo with a huge list of books and can’t seem to get them all at your local bookshop? Or maybe you’ve decided it’s time that your...
