Arabic vocabulary: Politics & government – 21 words with pictures, audio & printable flashcards

هُوَ آخِرُ مَلِكٍ فِي غَرْنَاطَةَ.

He is the last king in Granada.

صراحة يا لبنى... القانون هناك ما بيعترف بهاي الأسناد البيوت اللي تركوها العيلة إما هدموها، إما سكن فيها غرباء من زمان، إما صارت أملاك دولة

Honestly, Lubna... the law there doesn't recognize these deeds The houses the family left were either demolished, or strangers lived in them long ago, or they became state property

تُفَكِّرُ: "إِذَا عَرَفَتِ الْحُكُومَةُ، سَتُغْلِقُ الْفُنْدُقَ!"

She thinks: "If the government finds out, they will close the hotel!"

وإذا ما في حل، رح أتصل بوزارة السياحة وأشتكي رسمي.

And if there is no solution, I will call the Ministry of Tourism and complain officially.

يَقُولُ الْوَزِيرُ: أَعْطِنِي الرِّسَالَةَ.

The minister says: Give me the letter.

فِي لَيْلَةٍ بَارِدَةٍ مِنْ لَيَالِي الشِّتَاءِ القَارِسَةِ، فِي عَامِ أَلْفٍ وَأَرْبَعِمِائَةٍ لِلْمِيلَادِ، كَانَتْ مَدِينَةُ حَلَبَ الشَّهْبَاءُ تَرْتَجِفُ لَا مِنَ البَرْدِ وَحْدَهُ، بَلْ مِنْ خَبَرٍ مَشْؤُومٍ يَسْرِي فِي أَزِقَّتِهَا الضَّيِّقَةِ كَالْهَمْسِ الثَّقِيلِ: جُيُوشُ الأَمِيرِ تَيْمُورَ لَنْك تَقْتَرِبُ مِنَ الأَسْوَارِ، وَالرُّعْبُ يَمْلَأُ قُلُوبَ السَّاكِنِينَ.

On a cold night of the biting winter nights, in the year 1400 AD, the city of Aleppo the Ash-colored was trembling not from the cold alone, but from ominous news spreading through its narrow alleys like a heavy whisper: the armies of Prince Tamerlane are approaching the walls, and terror fills the hearts of the residents.

هربت لأنضم لجيش الثورة، وانحبست عالفور.

I fled to join the army of the revolt, and I was imprisoned immediately.

كَانَ الْخَطَرُ حَقِيقِيًّا؛ فَقَدْ تَعْرِفُ السُّلُطَاتُ الْفَرَنْسِيَّةُ أَسْمَاءَ الْمُوَقِّعِينَ.

The danger was real; the French authorities might learn the names of the signers.

العنوان مكتوب بالعربي والإنجليزي، وفيه ختم من دائرة الطابو الفلسطينية

The address is written in Arabic and English, and it has a stamp from the Palestinian Land Registry

لَكِنَّ الْخَلِيفَةَ يَرَى الْحُزْنَ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرِّسَالَةِ.

But the Caliph sees the sadness in the eyes of the messenger.

عِنْدَ مُنْتَصَفِ اللَّيْلِ، سُمِعَ طَرْقٌ خَفِيفٌ وَمُتَقَطِّعٌ عَلَى بَابِ الدِّيوَانِ.

At midnight, a faint and intermittent knocking was heard At the door of the diwan.

بِفَرَحٍ الحِصَارُ يَنْتَهِي أَخِيرًا المَدِينَةُ تَحْتَفِلُ بِالسَّلَامِ الجَدِيدِ الجَرَسُ يَبْقَى رَمْزًا لِلْحُرِّيَّةِ

with joy The siege ends finally The city celebrates with the new peace The bell remains a symbol of freedom

النظام محتاج تأكيد من السفارة الملديزية إنه فعلًا رقم الجواز صحيح

The system needs confirmation from the Maldivian embassy that the passport number is indeed correct

كَانَتِ الْوَثِيقَةُ تَطْلُبُ اِسْتِقْلَالَ الْمَغْرِبِ، وَإِنْهَاءَ الْحِمَايَةِ الْفَرَنْسِيَّةِ.

The document called for Morocco’s independence, and the end of French rule.

بَعْدَ تَقْدِيمِ الْوَثِيقَةِ، عَاقَبَتِ السُّلُطَاتُ الْفَرَنْسِيَّةُ بَعْضَ الْوَطَنِيِّينَ.

After the document was submitted, the French authorities punished some of the nationalists.

سَافَرَتِ الْقَافِلَةُ أَيَّامًا طَوِيلَةً عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ الْقَدِيمِ الَّذِي سَلَكَهُ التُّجَّارُ مُنْذُ زَمَنِ الْمَلِكَاتِ وَالْفَاتِحِينَ، طَرِيقٍ تُرْشِدُهُ عَلَامَاتٌ صَغِيرَةٌ فَوْقَ الصُّخُورِ وَآبَارٌ يَعْرِفُ مَوَاقِعَهَا الرِّجَالُ الْكِبَارُ فَقَطْ.

The caravan traveled for many long days on the ancient road that merchants have taken since the time of queens and conquerors, a road guided by small signs on the rocks and wells whose locations only the elders know.

قَالَ بِصَوْتٍ لَمْ يَعْتَدْ أَنْ يَسْتَخْدِمَهُ أَمَامَ الكِبَارِ: سَيِّدِي القَاضِي، إِنْ كَانَ ثَمَّةَ احْتِمَالٌ وَلَوْ ضَئِيلٌ بِأَنَّ هَذِهِ الرِّسَالَةَ صَادِقَةٌ، أَفَلَا يَسْتَحِقُّ أَبْنَاءُ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ أَنْ نُجَرِّبَ طَرِيقَ التَّفَاوُضِ قَبْلَ أَنْ نَخْتَارَ طَرِيقَ الدَّمِ؟ بَعْدَ نِقَاشٍ طَوِيلٍ وَمُرِيرٍ اسْتَمَرَّ حَتَّى الفَجْرِ، قَرَّرَ القَاضِي إِرْسَالَ وَفْدٍ سِرِّيٍّ لِلتَّفَاوُضِ مَعَ قَادَةِ تَيْمُورَ، مُسْتَنِدًا إِلَى مَا جَاءَ فِي الرِّسَالَةِ.

He said in a voice he was not used to using in front of the elders: Sir Judge, if there is a possibility, even if slight, that this letter is truthful, do the children of this city not deserve that we try the path of negotiation before we choose the path of blood? After a long and bitter discussion that lasted until dawn, the judge decided to send a secret delegation to negotiate with Tamerlane's leaders, relying on what was stated in the letter.

كَانَ الشَّيْخُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ، مُعَلِّمُ يُوسُفَ القَدِيمُ وَأَحَدُ أَعْيَانِ المَدِينَةِ، أَوَّلَ مَنْ كَسَرَ الصَّمْتَ بِغَضَبٍ: لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ نُسَلِّمَ مَدِينَتَنَا مِنْ غَيْرِ قِتَالٍ!

Sheikh Ibrahim, Yusuf's old teacher and one of the city's notables, was the first to break the silence angrily: We cannot surrender our city without a fight!

سَأَلَتْ نَفْسَهَا: «مَاذَا سَيَحْدُثُ إِذَا صَمَتُّ؟» تَذَكَّرَتِ الْفَتَيَاتِ اللَّاتِي لَمْ يَذْهَبْنَ إِلَى الْمَدْرَسَةِ، وَتَذَكَّرَتْ حُلْمَهَا بِمَغْرِبٍ حُرٍّ، يَكُونُ لِلنِّسَاءِ فِيهِ دَوْرٌ وَصَوْتٌ.

She asked herself, “What will happen if I remain silent?” She remembered the girls who had not gone to school, and she remembered her dream of a free Morocco, where women would have a role and a voice.

لا يا أم فراس. ما حدا لازم يضحي بحقه هون.

No, Um Firas. No one should sacrifice their right here.

وأنت عايش هنا تصلّح قوانين وكأنك ما كسرت شي بحياتك.

And you are living here fixing Qanuns as if you haven't broken anything in your life.