Al-Jazeera English and Press Interpreter
Today, I added links to the Al-Jazeera English – Front Page and Press Interpreter | The foreign language news in English to the Linguistic Solutions – Global Culture page, under “Read a Foreign...
View ArticleSyrian Arabic Language Course
Today, I added a link to a free online Syrian Arabic Course to the Linguistic Solutions – Links page, under “Arabic.” Syrian Colloquial Arabic, a Functional Course is a 400-page illustrated and fully...
View ArticleGlobal Handshake
Sooner or later, it happens to everyone running a business. You notice that more and more of your meetings are with people with unpronounceable last names or in cities far removed from North America or...
View ArticleGlobal Naming “Gotchas†Trip Up Microsoft and General Motors
…Later this year PC users in Latvia can look forward to a chicken on every disk when Microsoft releases Vista, which in Latvian means “frumpy woman†or “chicken.†Meanwhile, closer to home,...
View ArticleArabic Lessons
Learning Arabic has been like that: moments of elation alternating with grim, soul-churning despair. The language is not so much hard as it is vast, with dozens of ways to form the plural and words...
View ArticleUnderstanding Arabs: A Westerner’s Guide
Most people, especially in the West, have a pre-conceived idea of what constitutes an Arab. These ideas usually fall into the 1970s western image of the urban Arab as excessively wealthy, or the more...
View ArticleLearn Surah Al-Fatihah, Al Fatiha
Learn to recite Surah Al-Fatihah off by heart and learn the meaning. Surah Al-Fatihah, “The Opening”, is the first chapter of the Holy Qur’an. It’s seven verses are a prayer for God’s guidance and...
View ArticleIraqi Pressure Vault
From a geographic standpoint, Iraq is caught between a rock and a hard place. Its neighbors offer either pressure or non-support. Syria creates pressure by encouraging insurgent elements to freely...
View ArticleLibraryThing Author: Christopher P. Hurtado / churtado
Christopher P. Hurtado is a LibraryThing Author, an author who lists their personal library on LibraryThing. See churtado’s profile page. Read more
View ArticleAl Jazeera English Goes Live
Al Jazeera English, the new international news channel from the Qatar-based television network, has begun broadcasting from its main studios in Doha. The opening broadcast, which was expected to be...
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