• Arabic Stories: S2E9: Infijaar el Mina (The Harbor Explosion)

  • Aug 17 2024
  • Length: 10 mins
  • Podcast

Arabic Stories: S2E9: Infijaar el Mina (The Harbor Explosion)

  • Summary

  • Four years ago on the 4th of August, 2020, an explosion erupted at Beirut's harbor. In today's episode I recall that day and my life in Beirut before it. Inexplicable miracles and shocking grief.

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    Ending today's episode with a snippet from Ibrahim Maalouf's song "Hashish".

    Vocab of today's story:

    Ba3atatli- sent me

    Mash.had- scene

    Mu5eef- scary

    Ma sadda2et- didn’t believe

    Attamman- to be rest assured

    Waa7ad waa7ad- one by one

    Saalmeen- safe

    Tle3et- got out

    Mawqe3- location

    Itdammarat- was destroyed

    Itsakkar- was closed

    5utati- my plans

    Wade3- situation

    Iqtisaadi- economic

    Aswa2- worse

    7ajazet- I booked

    Tazkara- a ticket

    Taaree5- the date of

    Tayaraan- airline

    Safra- travel

    It5ayyalu- imagine

    Mu3jizaat- miracles

    Eyfassirha- to explain it

    Ghaalya- precious

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