Geography
Name 4 cities/villages of Palestine
extra cities = 100 points bonus
Haifa, Yaffa, Quds, Jaleel, Ramallah, Nablus, Jenin, Acre, Hebron
Which Palestinian singer won Arab Idol in 2013?
Mohamed Assaf
Who wrote the famous novel, al-karnak? Where is the actual Karnak located in the Arab world?
Naghuib Mahfouz. Luxor, Egypt
Name three things invented by Arabs
coffee, soap, algebra, universities, camera, toothbrush, etc etc etc
How do you say how are you in 3 different Arabic Dialects?
Keefik, Ezayik, Shako Mako
What is the largest Arab country by land area?
Algeria
Finish the lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv3GwDnpN08
How many nobel laureates are Egyptian?
6
What two countries were part of one republic from 1958-1961?
Egypt and Syria
What is the dual (المثنى) form of طالب (student)?
طالبان
Which city in Lebanon has intact Roman ruins?
Baalbeck
What movie is this scene from? What are the names of the actors?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQz38d39t3o
Ghabi Minnuh Fih
Hani Ramzi and Talaat Zakaria
What is the difference between Lebanese Fatteh and Egyptian Fatteh? List them in ingredients and how to make
Lebanese: uses yougurt, garlic, hummus, pita, snobar, tahini.
Egypt: bread, rice, garlic-vinegar sauce, meat
What was the name of the Islamic scholar who wrote Muqaddimah and is considered the father of sociology?
Ibn Khaldun
what is the root (جذر) of this word: البيع
bonus points: what does it mean?
ب - ا - ع
(sell/sold)
What are the only two Arab League Countries that are Islands?
Comoros and Bahrain
Name three famous algerian singers
Cheb Khaled, Saint Levant, Cheb Mami
Name three movies directed by Youssef Chahine
Bab al-Hadid, Al Ard, Salah al-din
What was the name of the agreement that split the Arab world into British and French colonies in 1916?
Skyes-Picot
What case (إعراب) ending would you use for the subject in a nominal sentence?
المرفوع
What are the seven emirates of UAE?
Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain
Show us how to dabke:
50 points for doing a random step
100 points for some beat
300 points for a kick
400 points for actually teaching us
500 points for jumping off the wall like Lebanese
What are two of three parts of a classical Arabic qasida?
Nasib, Rihla, fakhr / madh
When was hieroglyphs deciphered and who was the french scientist that did it?
1822, Champollion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSOkNrjtXcY
translate to english/arabic
فين حطتي هذاك الكتب القديمة ديالك ؟
?Where did you put those old books of yours