Music, Movies, Television, and Videos: http://3arabtv.com
Mutli-dialect Singing Competition
Upon accessing http://3arabtv.com, or by selecting “TV and Radio” at the top of that web page, you will see a televisin show called Star Academy, a show similar to American Idol, but based in Lebanon and featuring talent from all over the Middle East. You can rewind and fast forward by moving the small rectangle under the image that progresses to the right that shows the progression of the show. You can also pause this show and resume playing it. You should be exposed to different dialects based on the contestants’ countries of origin. The show regularly features famous and popular Arab singers who you can look up on YouTube at www.youtube.com and other websites to hear more of their music. You can phonetically sound out how you think their name would be spelled in English when doing a search on YouTube and that can often bring up these artists’ music videos.
Other television shows at http://3arabtv.com can be seen by clicking on the thumbnail images at the upper right side of the screen. Not all of these thumbnails work. Many of these programs are Lebanese.
Lebanese Sitcom
On the right side of the screen, after clicking on “TV & Radio” in the upper left hand corner of the main web page, you should see a thumbnail image of two men walking or standing. If you click on it, you will see the sitcom “Abou Riad,” which is in Lebanese dialect. You can also find segments from this sitcom in YouTube by searching for “Abu Riad” and Abou Riad.”
Informative Talk Show
In the second row of thumbnails, under the word “Programs,”
the second thumbnail from the left, which features the face of a man wearing
glasses, is an informative talk show called سيرة
انفتهت, which is transcribed as
“Sire Wenfatahit.”
In the second row on
the far right, under “Radio-2” and “Star Academy 5” is a black thumbnail with
red letters that read تار
اتاتا. Click on it to see Taratata/Dubai
TV.
Turkish Television Series Dubbed
Over in Syrian Dialect
At the top of the main
screen, you should see the word “SERIES” in between the words “CLIPS” and
“MOVIES.” By clicking on “SERIES,” you
will come to a page that gives you the option of viewing a Turkish television
series “Gumus Noor.” You can select various episodes by clicking
on the links underneath the screen displaying the show. So far, as of May 23, 2008, there are 53
episodes available for selection.
Music Videos
At the top of the
screen at http://3ararbtv.com, you should
see the word “CLIPS” in between the words “TEEVAA” and “MOVIES.” Once you have clicked on “CLIPS,” you should
see Music Video Clips” on the right side of the screen. Underneath this is a list of Arab singers in
alphabetical order. You can click on a
name to open up a new web page. Once on
an artist’s page, you can click on the thumbnail images on the left side of the
screen to open up a music video. You can
also click on the first line of each written entry to the right of the
thumbnail to open up a video. Don’t
forget you can use the list of artists’ names as a source of names for YouTube searches at www.youtube.com.
Movies
Click on “MOVIES” at
the top of the main page at http://3arabtv.com. Then click on “Movies-1,” “Movies-2,” or
“Movies-3” on the right side of the page.
This will bring up thumbnails on the same side of the page. You can click on them to watch movies. Not all of the thumbnails work. Have fun perusing the movies to find ones of
interest to you. You can watch them over
and over for practice if you like. You
can also pause, rewind, fast forward, and adjust the volume, using the buttons
located on the bottom of the screen displaying the film.
Egyptian Political Drama
The film showing on
the left side of the page is إمراة
هزت عرش مصر, a historical drama that begins during the
period of Egyptian King Farouk in the 20th century. It is beneficial for Egyptian dialect dealing
with political vocabulary. You can also
see this film by clicking on “Movies-3” and then clicking on the last thumbnail
shown – the one in the last row and at the far right.
An Unflinching Look at the
Complexities of Egyptian Society
A controversial and
relatively recent Egyptian film, “Amarat Yacoubian,” which is based on a novel, can be found under
“Movies-3” in the second row of thumbnails.
This film features the famous Egyptian actor Adel Imam.
Light-hearted Egyptian comedy
Under “Movies-1,” a
comedy featuring the famous Egyptian actor Muhammad Huneidy
can be found in the 7th row on the far right. The film is called فول
الصين العظيم, or “Foul as-Seen al-‘Azim.”
The main character goes to
“Home-Alone”-like Egyptian film
Also under “Movies-1,”
in the 6th row on the far left in the first column, is the film “Let
Go,” or سيب
وانا سيبه. This is a cute Egyptian
comedy about the adventures of two guys who wind up babysitting the precocious
son and daughter of a wealthy widowed businessman who must leave town on
business.
Videos
Click on “SONGS” at
the top of the main page at http://3arabtv.com. It can be found between “MOVIES” and
“PHOTOS.” Click on
“SONGS.” This will bring you to http://6rbtata.com/. You should immediately see videos being
displayed on the screen under the title “New Video Clips.” Fortunately, videos are shown one after
another, so not much effort is required here.
Songs
To listen to songs
without viewing videos at http://6rbtata.com/,
you can click on the blue links underneath the screen displaying the
video. By clicking on these links, you
can play the songs you select. You can
pause, rewind, stop, and fast forward the song you have selected by using the
buttons above the link that reads “Download this song.”
To Search for Songs based on a
Singer:
There is also another
way to access music at http://6rbtata.com/,
based on the name of a singer. Click on
a letter in the blue row entitled “Singers.”
Each letter represents the first letter of a singer’s name. If you have a particular singer in mind, such
as Fairuz, you can click on the letter “F.” These links are located under the text
displaying the artist’s name with a message that will look like, “Download
so-and-so’s songs.” You can also find
artists by clicking on a letter and going through them until you find one you
like.
To Search for Songs by Title:
To search for songs by
title, go to the light blue column of letters in alphabetical order labeled
“Songs” at http://6rbtata.com/. Click on the letter representing the first
letter of a particular song title of interest, or search randomly by clicking
on letters. Just click on the blue link
of a song title and the song’s artist to play a song.
To Listen to Songs from an Album:
At the top of the main
page at http://6rbtata.com/, under the title
“6rbtata,” is the category “New Albums.”
You can click on one of the thumbnails that shows
an album cover. Then, you should see a
list of songs in blue. This is a list of
links to songs of different artists.
Radio
You will see “Radio-1”
and “Radio-2” on the right side of the main page of http://3arabtv.com, located between the word
“Programs” on the left and “Star Academy 5” on the right. If you click on “Radio-1” or “Radio-2,” you
will see thumbnails representing different radio stations. Not all of them work. Some of the stations play a combination of
Arab and American music, while other stations, such as BBC Arabic, have news
and talk radio.
Some Radio Stations to Try
Jordanian radio station صوت
الغد:
Radio-1, bottom left corner.
Egyptian radio station
Radio Sawa Misr: Radio-1,
fourth from the bottom, first column, plays Arab and American music.
The Voice of Israel
(an Arab radio station), صوت
إسرائيل: Radio-1, tenth row and third column from the left and the
right. It plays Arab music.
Gulf station Radio Sawa al-Khalij الخليج: Radio-1, fourth row from the bottom, second column from the
left, plays Arab and Western music.
Iraqi station Radio Sawa al-Iraq العراق : Radio-1, fourth row from the
bottom, third column from the left and the right.
Jordanian radio
station Radio Sawa al-Urdun
الأردن: Radio-1, fourth row from the bottom,
second column from the right.
Radio station from the
Maghreb Radio Sawa al-Maghreb المغرب: Radio-1, fourth row from bottom, far right column.
Sudanese station Sawa as-Sudan السودان: Radio-1, third row from the bottom, far
left column.
Palestinian radio
station RAMFM رام
الله:
Radio-1, second row from bottom, second column from the left.
Moroccan radio station
Ya Biladi Maroc: Radio-1, third row from bottom, far right
column. This station plays Arab and
French music, including Arab and French rap music.