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Arabic 101
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Shami and Levantine Dialect
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Wallah
English:
I swear to God
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The Oud 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.
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posted on: Nov 19, 2014
Olive trees in the eastern Mediterranean are believed to be over two thousand years old and can grow to be forty feet tall and produce olives for hundreds of years.