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Hosni Mubarak
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Hosni Mubarak (محمد حسني مبارك) was the fourth President of Egypt, serving from 1981 until 2011. He became president following the assassination of Anwar Sadat. His authoritarian regime ended during the Arab Spring in 2011, when widespread protests led to his resignation. Mubarak passed away on February 25, 2020.
Egypt’s Economy & the Dawn of a New Middle East | MAB 05/25
Understand the forces shaping a new Middle East. Our analysis breaks down Egypt's economic news and regional power shifts, with key Arabic vocab for learners.
“I’ve been driven half-crazy by the sheer number of untranslatable expressions” | Brian Powell | 9273 Roots #18
As the translation manager for Industry Arabic, Brian Powell has been "driven half-crazy by untranslatable expressions." He discusses the beautiful complexity of his job, why he loves the word برزخ (barzakh) for its Sufi meaning, and the "Elizabethan exuberance" of Egyptian Arabic.
Foreign Words in Arabic: Farsi, Greek, & Turkish (Part 1)
This is Part 1 of a series on the etymology of foreign words in Arabic. It delves into terms originating from Farsi, Ottoman Turkish, and Greek that are commonly used in Arabic dialects. Explore words like بَلْطَجِي (thug), شَنْطة (bag), and دَفْتَر (notebook), and learn about borrowed grammatical constructions like the -جِي suffix.
