Level advanced (C1-C2)
Student Task:

Political Section is keeping a close watch on the Arabs media

Listen to the accompanying article and summarise in English the main ideas.

Write your summary in the comments section.

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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlXa70bIooA

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http://www.aljazeera.net/File/GetImageCustom/5dadcaba-6a07-460b-858b-361b247dcfb3/747/441

Vocabulary may help.

نُشر  - أصدر [v] Issue, publish أَبْلَغَ ( 4) [v] Informs, • بَلَّغَ ( 2) [v] Convey, notify, inform مَوَّلَ ( 2) ستمول  will fund [v] Finance, capitalize, fund حوله around him   وجود [اسم/مصدر] حضور Attendance, presence عسكرياً [Adv] militarily حَلَّ - محل [v] replace, displace, oust,   قِيَادَة [n] leadership, commander, generalship مَوْجُود [adj] actual, present1,  available, being, existing

بِحَسَبِ [prep] according to تَجَاهَلَ ( 6) [v] ignore, bypass, disregard, eliminate, pass over نَصِيحَة (ج نَصَائِحُ) [n] advice, recommendation, counsel تَحَدَّى (مستقبل يتحدّى, 5, تحدّ) [v] defy, brave, challenge, affront, outface • تَحَدٍّ (أيضاً التَّحَدِّي, ج تحديات) [n] challenge, defying, dare, defiance مَنَحَ ( 1, ـَ ) [v] give, donate,  award مُوَافَقَة [n] agreement, approval مُمَارَسَة (ج. ـات) [n/] exercise, practice بلطجة [n] bullying, thuggishness

أَشَارَ إلى (أَشِرْ) [v] indicate, refer, point out تَوَلٍّ (أيضاً التّولّي) [n] assuming, taking over وِلايَة[اسم/مصدر] وصاية [n] guardianship [اسم/مصدر] حكم [n] reign, rule وِلايَة (ج. ـات) Other meaning: [n] country, province, state صِهْر (ج أَصْهَار) [اسم] العائلة  [n] brother-in-law, son-in-law قَامَ بـ ( 1, ـُ ) [v] handle, execute, manage, carry out, fulfill, deal with هَنْدَسَة [n] engineering, designing and planning carefully قِلاب[اسم/مصدر] ثورة [n/src] revolution, coup, coup d’état وَضَعَ ( 1, ـَ , ضَعْ) [فعل] حَطَّ [v] sposition, put, install, place, lay خَصَّ بـ  ( 1, ـُ ) [v] favor with,) belong to us  خصنا)    قِمَّة (ج قِمَم) [n]  top, crown Source Listening https://www.aljazeera.net/news/international/2018/1/5/كتاب-نار-وغضب-داخل-البيت-الأبيض-ينشر-اليوم المصدر  http://www.aljazeera.net/File/GetImageCustom/5dadcaba-6a07-460b-858b-361b247dcfb3/747/441