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  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Fakhreldeen Restaurant address? in the Middle East Branch

    40 Taha Hussein Street | Jabal Amman, 2nd Circle, Amman 11184, Jordan telephone from outside of jordan 962 6 4652399 Hussein
    4 days ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Does anybody speak Arabic? in the Speaking in Tongues Branch

    I believe that what afz is saying is that the illiterate Egyptian uses Arabic in the mosque and understands it to some acceptable level...
    about 1 month ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Does anybody speak Arabic? in the Speaking in Tongues Branch

    interesting and thought provoking article. I may have some points to raise based on personal experience and some thoughts that came to my...
    about 1 month ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Sticky post suggested: Syria travel warning in the Middle East Branch

    for the record Mesha did not always advise against visiting Syria, even through the beginning of the current events. It is only when the...
    about 1 month ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called ya maknun in the Speaking in Tongues Branch

    Hi Vinny...
    about 1 month ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called ya maknun in the Speaking in Tongues Branch

    This is an interesting question. It is vey unlikely that what was said was ya maknoon because that term, although it has a meaning in...
    about 1 month ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called komplaint in the Speaking in Tongues Branch

    to poster number 20, An Aab person's use of the question "What is your good name?" is not necessarily a product of Indian influence. It...
    2 months ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called ANY ARABIC SPEAKERS? in the Speaking in Tongues Branch

    officialy in modern standard Arabic it would be two vowels but many will use Safe depending on the accent
    3 months ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Better option to travel in December - Jordan or Lebanon? in the Middle East Branch

    you really cannot compare the countries but certain locations between them. This is because the weather in both countries will depend on...
    3 months ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Internet access Jordan in the Middle East Branch

    Orange is good Hussein
    4 months ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called خليل in the Speaking in Tongues Branch

    khalil means very close friend and not big. The west bank city of Hebron is called in Arabic Al khalil because that was a designation...
    4 months ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Living in a pigsty in the Speaking in Tongues Branch

    The issue of the pigskin is more related to where the person comes from and the school of thought they follow. The Indo Pakistani tend to...
    6 months ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Living in a pigsty in the Speaking in Tongues Branch

    Just a correction, Muslims have no problem with mentioning the word Khanzeer= pig and many Muslims have no problem wearing pig skins or...
    6 months ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Gaddafi/Gadhafi in the Speaking in Tongues Branch

    I do not believe that Arabs are that interested in Romanising the language or having an officially sanctioned Romanised Arabic. In fact...
    6 months ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Rainbow Street - and other places of interest in the Middle East Branch

    very short distance and really not that long of a walk from the third circle itself. hussein
    6 months ago

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