• Arabic Stories: S1E10: Ta7t el qmaasha el beida (Underneath the white cloth)

  • May 21 2024
  • Length: 9 mins
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Arabic Stories: S1E10: Ta7t el qmaasha el beida (Underneath the white cloth)

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  • Our story today is about a memory I have of my cousin Bisan in Palestine who at the time was in her third year studying Medicine.

    Told in the past tense.

    Ending the story with a snippet from another Palestinian folk song "Ya zaare3een el semsem"- Oh you sesame growers, performed by the Palestinian group of folklore arts, el funoon el sha3biyya.

    Here is your vocab for the story:

    The daughter of my mother’s sister (cousin)- Bint 5aalti

    To study- idros

    Medicine- tebb

    University- Jaam3a

    It lasted- daamat

    Graduated- it5arrajat

    Success- Najaa7

    Summer (adj)- Sayfiyya

    Aunts- 5aalaat

    House (in Palestinian)- Daar

    Laughter- De7ek

    Soul- roo7

    To cook- itbo5

    To prepare- 7addir

    Feast- waleema

    Unforgettable- ma btintasa

    Face- wejeh

    Ghost- shaba7

    Hall- qaa3a

    He lifted- rafa3

    Cadaver- jutha

    Was shocked- insadamat

    To leave- itrok

    To continue- kammil

    Clinic- 3iyaada

    Soft- naa3ma

    Size- 7ajem

    Stronger- aqwa

    Will- iraada


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