Egypt destroys thousands of homes in Sinai
Lesson Brief
BBC Arabic
On September 22, BBC Arabic reported on a Human Rights Watch report that the Egyptian army has destroyed thousands of homes in Sinai in its campaign to locate and destroy smuggling tunnels from Sinai to the Gaza Strip. The Egyptian army is reported to have forcefully displaced thousands of families and in some cases without compensating them for their homes or providing them with temporary housing.
Please note that the attached video is from a reported pro-Muslim Brotherhood TV station. The video was simply chosen because it covers vocabulary and subject matter used in this language set.
Click and Match
- besieged
- مُحَاصَر
- satellites
- الاقمار الاصطناعية
- to plunder from
- غَنِمَ من , يَغْنَم من
- smuggling goods
- تهريب السلع
- human rights activists
- حقوقيون
- to deduce, infer
- للاستدلال على
- temporary housing
- سكن مؤقت
- extremist militants
- مسلحون متطرفون
- a buffer zone
- منطقة عازلة
- to compensate / compensation
- عَوَّضَ, يُعَوِّض / تعويضات