Archive for May, 2008

Vowels and poetry

Posted by nadine on May 26th, 2008

“Your place in my heart” is a great song from Lebanese diva Magida El Roumi, here set in my Palatino Arabic:

The Arabic world lives in a case of diglossia, that is to say, that the spoken language is so different from the literary one that it is practically a new language. This is especially true […]

Wishing for peace

Posted by nadine on May 26th, 2008

There is light at the end of this long tunnel. Today the Lebanese parliament voted for a new president and it seems that there is this small chance that things will be ok for my home country. For more than 3 years now Lebanon has been beset with all sorts of political troubles. My family, […]