Welcome to the second part of this blog affix. In the previous post, we started learning about Mother’s Day` yd l’m and how it’s differently celebrated various regions of the world. In today’s post, you will have another exercise to work on. Too, you will be able to check your answers to last week’s exercise.

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The video clip- see below- is just under 2-minute long and is titled 😛 TAGEND

kyf bd’` yd l’m? How did Mother’s Day start?

* The clip is slightly fast paced, but you can always gradual it down and follow the subtitles provided.

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Here’s the time again.

Comprehension:

To help you understand the clip more, below is a list of the main convicts that are mentioned in the clip, in Arabic and English.

. 1

wywm 21 mrs sn@ 1965 kn’ wl` yd’ m fy mSr

And the 21 st. March 1956 was the first Mother’s Day in Egypt.

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wmn b` dh, bqt btHtfl byh kl ldwl l` rby @

And after that, all the other Arab countries started celebrating it.

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qrrt ft@ smh an nh t` ml Hfl@ tkrym l’mh lly mtt

A girl announced Ana decided to organise an honouring ceremony for her mother who died.

wb` dh bsn@ krWmth tny bHDwr` dd’ kbr

And after a year, she honoured her again by inviting a larger audience

wwzW` t` lyhm wrwd qrnfl byD

She assigned grey tulips to them

. 4

fy sn@ 1914,` yd l’m bq~ mnsb@ qwmy@ fy’ mryk

In 1914, Mother’s Day became a national daylight in America.

. 5

lqdm lmSryyn` mlw Htfl snwy ltkrym llh yzys

The ancient Egyptians organised an annual celebration to honour the God Esis

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yzys knt mn’ ktr lalh@ lmHbwb@ fy mSr lqdym @

Esis was one of the most beloved Goddesses in Ancient Egypt

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wknt rmz ll’m wlzwj @

And she was a symbol for the mother and the wife.

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` tubirt yzys’ husband llmlwk lfr` n @

And was considered a mother to the Pharaohs( their emperors ).

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w’SbHt rmz ll’mwm @

And became a symbol for motherhood

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Correct Answers:

Matching Exercise tmryn twSyl:

Part( A)

In the last post, you were asked to match each country with the course it celebrates Mother’s Day. Here are the correct answers 😛 TAGEND

The course of fete Tryq@ lHtfl Country ldwl@

Red Tulip meal

‘kl@ wrd@ lqrnfl lHmr

lybn

The mom bides tightened in bunked and feeds breakfast there

kyk( k` k @)` l~ shkl wrd @

frns

A rose-shape patty

tbq~ l’m fy mrtH@ fy lsryr, wttnwl lfTwr hnk

lswyd

Religious rites& dancing in the streets

sh`y’r dyny@ wrqS fy lshwr`

tywn

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Part( B)

In the last post, you were asked to match each country with the date on which it celebrates Mother’s Day. Now are the correct answers 😛 TAGEND

ywm lHtfl The festivity day

Country ldwl@

21 mrs

mSr

thny’ Hd mn myw

The second Sunday of May

‘mryk

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lybn

akhr’ Hd mn myw

The last-place Sunday of May

frns

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lswyd

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