A Tale of Two Selfies
شاميLevantine
متوسطIntermediate·
153 wordsكلمة
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Two photos. Seventeen years apart. Same face, different weather.
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Short daily posts in Levantine (Shami) Arabic — moods, vocab, and small life shifts — with a sweet Tunisian archive underneath.
2025
Differences Between Tunisian and Levantine Arabic
شاميLevantineتونسيTunisian
سهلEasy·
210 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
How is Shami different from Tunisian Arabic? A side-by-side comparison of 10 everyday words — ‘a lot’, ’now’, ‘what’, ‘work’, ‘want vs. love’, and more — with a video breakdown.
On The Way To The Interview
شاميLevantine
سهلEasy·
65 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
The pre-interview jitters.
Siyum Seder Moed
شاميLevantine
متوسطIntermediate·
72 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
Last night we celebrated the accomplishment of finishing Seder Moed
ALL CAPS
شاميLevantine
سهلEasy·
104 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
Some confusing graffiti in Tel Aviv.
The Beginnings of My Levantine Playlist
شاميLevantine
متوسطIntermediate
أذنEAR TRAINING·
200 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
Some music I’m enjoying right now, to train my ear for Levantine Arabic.
El Ghriba Photos
شاميLevantine
سهلEasy·
331 wordsكلمة
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2 min readدقيقة قراءة
Pictures from our visit to the El Ghriba synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia.
Changes: Scary But Exciting
شاميLevantine
متوسطIntermediate·
168 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
A lot of things are changing – all at once!
Pivoting from Tunisian Derja to Shami
شاميLevantineتونسيTunisian
سهلEasy·
174 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
I discuss the change in the site – from the Tunisian dialect – to the Levantine one.
The Letters Park
تونسيTunisian
متقدّمAdvanced·
484 wordsكلمة
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3 min readدقيقة قراءة
Back to daily Derja after a long pause, trying to rebuild momentum.