Kilma Hilwa: Egyptian Arabic through Popular Songs: Intermediate Level

by Bahaa Ed-Din Ossama

Overview

One of the best ways to learn a language is by studying the media that native speakers themselves listen to and read, and popular songs can also reveal much about the culture and traditions of a country where the language is spoken. Egypt, as one of the great cultural production centers of the Arab world, enjoys a particularly rich musical scene, with songs in many styles in both Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial Arabic.
Here, Cairo-based Arabic teacher Bahaa Ed-Din Ossama presents twenty songs in Egyptian Arabic performed by popular singers from Umm Kulthoum to Mohamed Mounir and builds a variety of language lessons around them, with notes on vocabulary, grammar, and usage, and communicative exercises in listening, writing, and speaking. The songs are graded from easiest to most difficult, and each lesson includes a link to a performance of the song on YouTube, the lyrics of the song, and notes on the songwriter, the composer, and the singer.
Students using this unique book will not only improve their Colloquial Arabic skills but will also gain an insight into the cultural landscape of Egypt. The book can be used in the classroom or for self-study.
Includes songs by: Ali al-Haggar, Amr Diab, Dalida, Farid al-Atrash, Laila Murad, Latifa, Medhat Saleh, Mohamed Abd al-Wahab, Mohamed Fawzi, Mohamed Mounir, Nagat, Riham Abd al-Hakim, Sabah, Samira Said, Shadia, Suad Hosni, and Umm Kulthum.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789774167089
Publisher:	American University in Cairo Press, The
Publication date:	02/05/2016
Edition description:	Bilingual
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	8.90(w) x 5.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Language:	Arabic

About the Author

Bahaa Ed-Din Ossama teaches Arabic to foreign learners in Cairo. He has a BA degree in Greek and Latin from Cairo University, and has translated works by Ovid from the Latin to Arabic.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
1. He told me, by Shadia (1969)
2. By your dearness, by Amr Diab (1998)
3. One thousand and one nights, by Samira Said (1981)
4. You're beautiful, my country, by Dalida (1979)
5. Shica bica, by Suad Hosni (1979)
6. The navy blue school uniform, by Mohamed Munir (1990)
7. The night was over, by Mohamed Fawzi (1958)
8. I hate you, by Sabah (1954)
9. Love is beautiful, by Leila Murad (1949)
10. I love you, I love you, by Shadia (1954)
11. He lives opposite, by Nagat (1961)
12. O you my darling, o philosopher, by Suad Hosni (1979)
13. My hands are in my pockets, by Mohamed Munir (2005)
14. More than my soul I love you, by Latifa (1988)
15. She told me tomorrow, by Farid al-Atrash, (1961)
16. You are my life, by Umm Kulthum (1964)
17. Honey and tears, by Ali al-Haggar (1983)
18. With paper and pen, by Riham Abdel-Hakim (2010)
19. Another planet, by Medhat Saleh (1988)
20. The lover of the soul, Mohamed Abdel-Wahhab (1949)
Biographies of the singers, musicians, and poets
Note on Terminology
References