What do the people of the city of Safaqis use to celebrate marriages?
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As part of the tradition in this city, what do the bride and groom do at the celebration?
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What do relatives do in other cities to the bride at her wedding party?
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What did the father leave to his sons?
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What did the younger brother do with what his father had given him?
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What did the older boy show his brother?
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Where did the two brothers go at the end?
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Young Arab translators
Read the following information about young Arab translators and their work.
Answer the following questions in English. You do not need to write in full sentences.
What type of story did Mahmoud Hosni translate?
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What was the theme of the stories that Yara El-Masri translated?
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Muawyah Abdel El-Majeed translated a story by an Italian writer. What was it about?
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What was the job of the main character in the story that Zouwaina translated?
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What does Hisham try to do when translating a story?
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On the day the gate opened, the servants became…
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The neighbours became curious because…
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Qamar was helped by…
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Qamar became angry because…
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Everest girl
Read the following text about a girl’s achievement.
Complete the following sentences with the correct information.
Raha was the........ .. Arab woman to climb Everest.
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Raha made great........ .. to achieve her goal.
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Answer the following questions in English.
What was the main challenge for Raha before climbing the mountain?
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What was more interesting to Raha than being the first to climb the mountain?
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Pages from history
Read this report about an Arab architect and some old buildings.
What does this report say?
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Answer the following questions in English.
What part of the building proved impossible to restore?
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What was the most unusual feature of the building?
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Translation
Translate this passage into English.
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The paper as printed
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