arabic logos

More Arabic logos

August 19, 2009

Time for another Arabic logo contest. Can you tell what these brand names are based on the Arabic script? One of my favorite things about Arabic script is how you can adapt it to so many fonts, making brand names fairly recognizable. It’s a fun way for us to practice reading Arabic.

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Fun cultural anecdotes (part 4 of ?)

December 19, 2008

Aliza and I found a new local favorite. We actually argued over whose turn it was to take sips! “It’s Mommy’s turn now, give it back.” No, me! Can you guess what this is? [Hint: Think vegetables] The superlatives represented in this photo could break records. This is my favorite person in the world sitting [...]

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Fun cultural anecdotes (part 2 of ?)

October 12, 2008

My language foible of the day: Me: I learned a new word last night at my neighbor’s house. Tutor: Yes? What is it? Me: Shoo hatha! (expecting a laugh) Tutor: (no emotional reaction) Zen. (Arabic = good) Me: Isn’t that funny? My neighbor was playing with Aliza’s shoo hatha and making her laugh. She said [...]

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Spreading Cheer

September 22, 2008

One of our teachers told us during language acquisition training this summer that our job while we were in language school was to “Spread cheer” to all who will listen. He said this because we were going to make a million mistakes learning language, and you have to be able to laugh at yourself when [...]

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6 years!

September 20, 2008

We celebrated our 6-year wedding anniversary this weekend! We spent the weekend in the big city and went to the mall for dinner. I know it sounds weird to go to the mall for dinner, but you won’t find any stand-alone restaurants out here (same goes for grocery stores). We had a thoroughly fun time [...]

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