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Shami and Levantine Dialect
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Kareem (m)
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Arab Trivia
Translating In ancient Baghdad, the greatest translator was Hunayn Ibn-Ishaq, a physician who translated all of Galen’s medical works and most of Aristotle, Plato and Hippocrates.
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posted on: Nov 19, 2014
The Arabic musical instrument known as the oud (lute) is a half-pear shaped instrument with stripes of inlaid wood and 10 to 12 strings.