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Election Day
يَوْمُ الانْتِخَابَاتِ
Level B2 · ~5 min read · 13 key words
Opening lines
اسْتَيْقَظَ الْمُوَاطِنُونَ مُبَكِّرِينَ فِي يَوْمِ الانْتِخَابَاتِ الْبَرْلَمَانِيَّةِ. تَشَكَّلَتْ طَوَابِيرُ طَوِيلَةٌ أَمَامَ مَرَاكِزِ الاقْتِرَاعِ مُنْذُ السَّاعَةِ السَّابِعَةِ صَبَاحًا.
Transliteration
istayqaẓa al-muwāṭinūna mubakkirīna fī yawmi al-intikhābāti al-barlamāniyyati. tashakkalat ṭawābīru ṭawīlatun amāma marākizi al-iqtirāʿi mundhu as-sāʿati as-sābiʿati ṣabāḥan.
English translation
Citizens woke up early on parliamentary election day. Long queues formed in front of polling stations from seven in the morning.
Sample vocabulary
حُرِّيَّة
ḥurriyya
freedom / liberty
سَلَام
salām
peace
دِيمُقْرَاطِيَّة
dīmuqrātiyya
democracy
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