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Arabic 101
Arabic Word of the Day
Shami and Levantine Dialect
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Ih-hna
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Arab Trivia
Instruments The Arabic instrument known as the “oud” came from the Arabic word al-oud which became the “lute”--the forerunner to the Western guitar.
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