<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Arabic-L: Thu 24 Feb 2011<br>Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <<a href="mailto:dil@byu.edu">dil@byu.edu</a>><br>[To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l@byu.edu]<br>[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to<br><a href="mailto:listserv@byu.edu">listserv@byu.edu</a> with first line reading:<br> unsubscribe arabic-l ]<br><br>-------------------------Directory------------------------------------<br><br>1) Subject: Arabi Liblib<br><br>-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------<br>1)<br>Date: 24 Feb 2011<br>From: <a href="mailto:thejamalali@GMAIL.COM">thejamalali@GMAIL.COM</a><br>Subject: Arabi Liblib<br><br><div>We would like to announce the availability of a new reference work on Arabic</div><div>expressions and idioms intended for the advanced student of Egyptian</div><div>Colloquial Arabic. *Arabi Liblib*, by Kamal Al Ekhnawy and Jamal Ali will be</div><div>issued in three volumes.</div><div>Volume one, currently available, is about terms and expressions used to</div><div>describe people and their characteristics and personalities.</div><div>Volume two is on proverbs that are used in common speech and will be</div><div>available later this year.</div><div>Volume three is about idiomatic expressions and is scheduled to be out at</div><div>the end of this year.</div><div><br></div><div>In each volume, expressions are listed alphabetically, and are followed by</div><div>an explanation of their meanings and usage, followed by a translation of the</div><div>expression to English, or the closest English equivalent if one is</div><div>available. The explanations are written in Egyptian Colloquial Arabic, which</div><div>provides further opportunities for reinforcement for the reader.</div><div>There are even exercises at the end to practice using and recognizing the</div><div>expressions.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://arabiliblib.wordpress.com/">http://arabiliblib.wordpress.com/</a></div><div><br></div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>End of Arabic-L: 24 Feb 2011</body></html>