English-speaking countries/lands call the French National Day "Bastille Day", which is celebrated on July 14 of each year. In France, it is formally called la Fête nationale (The National Celebration) and commonly and legally "le 14 juillet" (the fourteenth of July). The French National Day marks France’s...
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Today Google remembers the late Assia Djebar (30 June 1936 – 6 February 2015) with a doodle. Born Fatima-Zohra Imalayen, the berber-speaking Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker, whose father is a French teacher, chose Assia Djebar as her pen name for fear of her father's disapproval. In 1957, she published her...
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Award winning Arab architect Zaha Hadid, who died last year of a heart attack at the age of 65, is being honored in today's Google doodle. May 31 marks the anniversary of the day she won the Pritzker Architecture Award, becoming the first woman to do so....
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Talk about being passionate about your job! Sign language interpreter Holly Maniatty completely outstaged Snoop Dogg at his own concert in New Orleans with her impeccable skills and groovy performance. The 1 minute clip of Snoop Dogg performing "P.I.M.P." was shared on Facebook by The Good Life...
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The only time when "A Bunny holding Eggs" doesn't look like a mistranslation to us. Happy Easter!...
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This month was a pretty rough one to say the least. My dad was hospitalized a couple of weeks ago, and my baby Andy was hospitalized last week (on Mother's Day). However, every cloud has a silver lining, and I believe tough situations bring families...
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March 8 is International Women's Day. It is a day to celebrate women empowerment. I have many wishes for Lebanese women that I shared last year. Get a dose of inspiration from the below list of women empowerment songs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBmMU_iwe6U Beyoncé - Run the World (Girls) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgmx7z49OEk Jennifer Lopez - Ain't...
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Today is National Grammar Day, which is celebrated on the 4th of March of every year in the United States. I've previously written about it here . It is noteworthy that according to Global Language Monitor, the estimated number of words in the English language is 1,025,109. While there...
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International Mother Language Day (IMLD) is celebrated worldwide on the 21st of February of every year. It aims at promoting awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. It was first announced by UNESCO on November 17, 1999, and was formally recognized by the United Nations...
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Hussein Amin Bicar (born on January 2nd, 1913 in Alexandria and deceased on November 16, 2002) was one of Egypt’s most outstanding artists of the 20th century. He graduated from the Cairo Higher School of Fine Arts in 1934, and then went on to spend over 60...
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This truly is the best time of the year. How can it not be with all the love, joy, warmth and positive vibes around? Remember, Christmas is about giving a smile to those who are less fortunate. A simple act of kindness can make anyone's day,...
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I was in tears after I watched this. I say all other companies thinking of running Christmas ads for this season should simply stop trying! It's got the perfect amount of humor, warmth, Christmas vibes, tradition and Aww effect. The cherry on top? It's the super...
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Today is World Arabic Language Day. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) established this event in 2010 "to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity as well as to promote equal use of all six of its official working languages throughout the organization". On December...
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Karimeh Abbud was a Palestinian professional photographer and artist who was born in 1893. She lived and worked in Lebanon and Palestine in the first half of the 20th century. She developed a passion for photography in the year 1913 in Bethlehem where she was living...
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