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Media Arabic: A Coursebook for Reading Arabic News, Ch. 2
Chapter 2 vocab from media Arabic coursebook by Elgibali and Korica
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Language - Arabic
Undergraduate 4
11/06/2012

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Term

strike

 

hunger strike

Definition

اِضراب \ -ات

 

اضراب عن الطعام

Term
to demonstrate
Definition
تظاهر
Term
demonstrator
Definition
متظاهر \ -ون
Term
march, rally, public demonstration
Definition
مَسيرة \ -ات
Term
to demand
Definition
طالب ب
Term
to protest against
Definition
احتجّ على
Term
sign, banner, billboard
Definition
لافِتة \ -ات
Term
chants / shout, cry / applause, cheer
Definition
هُتاف \ -ات
Term
to back, support
Definition
أيّد
Term
to oppose, resist, defy
Definition
ناهض
Term
crowded
Definition
حاشد
Term
 to forge, counterfeit; fake, falsify
Definition

زوّر \ تزوير

 

 

من جذر زار 

(to visit)

Term
to witness
Definition
شَهِدَ \ يَشهَد \ شهادة
Term
immediately after
Definition

عَقِبَ

 

(from the root for "heel")

Term
high commissariat; some kind of ministry or legation
Definition
مُفَوَّضية
Term
negotiation, parley, talk, conference
Definition
مُفاوَضة
Term
to criticize, find fault in, disapprove
Definition
انتقد
Term

Demonstrations protesting in Iraq

Iraqi cities witnessed a wave of crowded demonstrations protesting the results of the parliamentary election.  Tens of thousands of people came out in the demonstration right after the Friday prayer.  They demanded a change in the high commission and a redoing of the elections.  The demonstrators who gathered in the Yarmouk neighborhood in west Baghdad raised banners criticizing the falsification of the last parliamentary elections.

Definition

مظاهرات احتجاجية في العراق

شهدت مدن عراقية موجة من المظاهرات الحاشدة احتجاجا على نتائج الانتخابات البرلمانية.  فقد خرج عشرات الآلاف من المواطنين في مظاهرة عقب صلاة الجمعة مطالبين بتغيير المفوضية العليا وإعادة الانتخابات.  ورفع المتظاهرون الذين تجمعوا في منطقة اليرموك غربي العاصمة بغداد لافتات ينتقدون فيها عملية تزوير الانتخابات البرلمنية الأخيرة

Term
to resist, oppose
Definition
ناوَأَ
Term
to support, back, aid
Definition
 سانَدَ
Term
resignation
Definition
استقالة
Term
flag
Definition
عَلَم \ أَعلام
Term
to cancel / to declare null
Definition
ألغى
Term
dissatisfaction, indignation, being offended or angry
Definition

استياء

 

من جذر سوء 

(evil)

Term
to urge
Definition
حَثَّ \ يَحُثّ \ الحَثّ
Term
to object to
Definition
اعترض على
Term
to criticize
Definition
ندّد ب
Term
slogan
Definition
شِعار \ -ات
Term
 hostile
Definition

مُعادٍ

 

من جذرعَدُو

 

(enemy)

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