The Last Day of Hanukkah
شاميLevantine
متوسطIntermediate·
31 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
Closing out Zot Hanukkah with prayers for healing at Rachel’s Tomb.
اللهجة الشامية
شامي
Levantine · Shami reading practice
The everyday Arabic of Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Jordan — and the current heart of Daily Derja.
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Interview Morning, First Hanukkah Candle Tonight
شاميLevantine
متوسطIntermediate·
92 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
Interviewed in Tel Aviv and heading home to light the first Hanukkah candle tonight.
A Different Sound
شاميLevantine
متوسطIntermediate·
152 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
A small thought about change, choice, and the paths we take when we want something different.
Don't Panic
شاميLevantine
متوسطIntermediate·
47 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
Some good advice from Douglas Adams
The Fish-Tank Catastrophe
شاميLevantine
متوسطIntermediate·
112 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
A Shami mini-story about our accidental fish-soup disaster and how the tank finally got replaced.
First Coffee
شاميLevantine
سهلEasy·
12 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
Woke up late and made my first coffee of the day.
Using Saar and Dall in Shami Arabic
شاميLevantine
سهلEasy·
202 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
A focused all-Arabic guide to صار and ضلّ in Levantine Arabic.
A Tale of Two Selfies
شاميLevantine
متوسطIntermediate·
153 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
Two photos. Seventeen years apart. Same face, different weather.
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.