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ALCASA 2018 Sahra
On a warm Autumn night the nostalgic beat and rhythm of centuries of Arabic music and culture was heard in the heart of Adelaide. On the 24 March 2018, the Arabic Language and Culture Association of South Australia (ALCASA) hosted their third annual Sahra event سهرة...
Dardasha in March
We had a most enjoyable “dardasha” session on Sunday 18 March, with much laughter and fun. There were five native Arabic speakers and six others with varying degrees of Arabic fluency. We were very lucky to have the company of Lur, a young Iraqi writer, newly...
Arabic Story Time in March
ALCASA Children’s second session this year was held on the 18th of March 2018. This time the class was full with children from different backgrounds and various levels of Arabic language. We have started our session with singing and dancing on one of Fairuz’s songs,...
ALCASA Chilren’s Group, movie making time!
ALCASA Children’s Group held their first session of 2018 on Sunday 18/02. It was a very productive start, with a song to learn, an Arabic story to read and movie making time. Learning the song, the children were very creative with making dance moves to go with it. I...
ALCASA Arabic Dardasha, recipes sharing, all in Arabic!
On Sunday afternoon (18/02/2018), we held our first Arabic dardasha meetup. A keen group of Arabic speakers came together for dardasha – an informal chat in Arabic دَرْدَشَة. We usually meet once a month to have some fun, share our ideas and relate our experiences....
Embracing Diversity: 2017 EOY and Reflection on the ALCASA Language and Culture Program
On Sunday 17/12/2017, we held an exceptional end-of-year celebration and hosted a music workshop with the accomplished Syrian violinist Abdul Nanou. Abdul played some well known popular Arabic songs to the delight of the amazing audience who enjoyed singing along...
ALCASA 2016 Sahra
The year ALCASA 2016 has ended with an amazing Sahra ( “سهرة” an entertaining evening in Arabic). Around 125 people, from Arabic and non-Arabic speaking background, have come to enjoy a true Arabic celebration. If you know anything about Arabic celebrations, you would...