Levantine Arabic, also called Shami (autonym: ‏ شامي ‎ šāmi or اللهجة الشامية il-lahje š-šāmiyye), is a group of mutually intelligible vernacular Arabic varieties spoken in the Levant, in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, and Turkey (historically in Adana, Mersin and Hatay only). With over 44 million speakers, Levantine is, alongside Egyptian, one of the two ...

Arabic coffee (قهوة عربية)—made from finely ground coffee beans with cardamom; Awameh (عوامة)—a fried-dough Levantine pastry similar to doughnut holes, made of deep-fried dough soaked in sugar syrup or honey and cinnamon, sometimes sprinkled with sesame seeds; Baba ghanoush (بابا غنوج)—a dip made from baked, mashed eggplant mixed with lemon, garlic, olive …

Tunisian Arabic, or simply Tunisian, is a set of dialects of Maghrebi Arabic spoken in Tunisia. It is known among its over 11 million speakers as: تونسي, romanized: Tounsi (), "Tunisian" or Derja "everyday language" to distinguish it from Modern Standard Arabic, the official language of Tunisia.Tunisian Arabic is mostly similar to eastern Algerian Arabic and western Libyan Arabic.

Meze or mezza (/ ˈ m ɛ z eɪ /, / ˈ m ɛ z ɛ /) is a selection of small dishes served as appetizers in the Levant, Turkey, Greece, the Balkans, the Caucasus, and Iran. It is similar to Spanish tapas and Italian antipasti. A mezze may be served as a part of a multi-course meal or form a meal in itself. Mezze are often served with alcoholic beverages such as arak

Arabic grammar or Arabic language sciences (Arabic: النحو العربي an-naḥw al-‘arabī or Arabic: عُلُوم اللغَة العَرَبِيَّة ulūm al-lughah al-‘arabīyah) is the grammar of the Arabic language.Arabic is a Semitic language and its grammar has many similarities with the grammar of other Semitic languages. Classical Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic have ...

Here the Arabic letters are listed in the traditional Levantine order but are written in their current forms, for simplicity. The letters which are the same shape have coloured backgrounds. The second value of the letters that represent more than one phoneme is after a comma. In these tables, ǧ is j as in English "June".

• Levantine Arabic, introduction to pronunciation, by James Snow (1971) (+ audio) • From Eastern to Western Arabic by Margaret Omar (1974) • Levantine and Egyptian Arabic, comparative study, by Margaret Omar (1976) • Almadrasa: Arabic course (in Spanish) • Arabic grammar • A reference grammar of modern standard Arabic by Karin ...

Levantine Arabic, a variety of Arabic; Levantine cuisine, the cuisine of the Levant; Levantine Cultural Center, subsequently The Markaz, a cultural center in Los Angeles, California; Batavia (cloth), also called "Levantine", a type of cloth originally produced in the Levant.

Tabbouleh (Arabic: تبولة, romanized: tabbūla; also tabouleh, tabbouli, tabouli, or taboulah) is a Levantine salad made mostly of finely chopped parsley, with tomatoes, mint, onion, bulgur (soaked, not cooked), and seasoned with olive oil, lemon juice, salt and sweet pepper. Some variations add lettuce, or use semolina instead of bulgur.. Tabbouleh is traditionally served as …

Hejazi Arabic or Hijazi Arabic (HA) (Arabic: حجازي, romanized: ḥijāzī), also known as West Arabian Arabic, is a variety of Arabic spoken in the Hejaz region in Saudi Arabia.Strictly speaking, there are two main groups of dialects spoken in the Hejaz region, one by the urban population, originally spoken mainly in the cities of Jeddah, Mecca, Medina and partially in Ta'if …