Question for Lebanese Arab speakers Actually, anyone who watches الاتجاه المعاكس might be able to answer. In this video, at about 39:51, فيصل القاسم suddenly speaks English to his guest وفيق إبراهيم , a professor at Lebanese University. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlKL2ktH1J8 He says "Doctor, you are doing very well". Why does he say this in English? Is there a special reason? I hear people speak phrases in English on talk shows, but rarely an entire sentence like that on a political program.

Tunis question Which is a good cinema in Tunis to watch Arabic language films? Thank you.

Question for Muslims. What is the difference between "آل البيت" and "أهل البيت" ? I've seen both being used with high frequency, sometimes in the same discussion. If they have the same meaning, then why the different spelling? شكرا

What is the root جذر for the word آل , as in آل سعود‎ or آل مكتوم ? Is the جذر for the word آل " أ و ل " or " أ ل ل " ?Both جذر have some meaning about blood relationship or family. مختار الصحاح seems to say the جذر is " أ و ل " , but I am not sure.

Question for Arabs/Iraqis about tribal names What is the meaning of "البو" ? Many tribal names like البو نمر and البو ناصر . Does "بو" mean something? I know that "آل" is short for "آهل" having a meaning to do with family, like "آل رشيد" . Thank you!I am guessing this is short for آل أبو ?

Question about number, subject and verb. In these sentences, why is the verb حضر always masculine? حضر ثلاثة طلاب حضر ثلاث طالبات حضر ثلاثة وعشر طالبا حضر ثلاث وعشرة طالبة حضر ثلاث وعشرون طالبا حضر ثلاثة وعشرون طالبة I found these sentences in my Arabic grammar book. The book actually has all the إﻋﺮﺍﺏ , but I did not type them here. In the book's example for 1-2, 11-12, and 21-22, the gender of the verb matches the counted noun.Correction, the 2nd pair should be حضر ثلاثة عشر طالبا حضر ثلاث عشرة طالبة

Question for Arabic speakers: Are all the "Bedouin dialects" the same or are they different? In the West, we call everyone who lives in the desert "the Bedouin", whether they live in Sinai, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi, Yemen, or other countries. Do all these people in different places share the same dialect? Or are they different as other dialects are to each other? In other words, do the Bedouin in Yemen speak the same dialect as the Bedouin in Jordan? شكرا

Question about the TV show Opposite Direction الإتجاه المعاكس When the guests are talking on this show, are they speaking Standard/classical Arabic? Are they using the correct grammar, or normally not? I'm guessing that when the guests are speaking fast, and when they are fighting, they will ease some of the grammar in standard/classical Arabic.

Do you like to watch جلسات وناسة ? This show has been on TV for many years. Do you like this show? Is there a new show every week? What kind of music is on this show? Is it mainly Khaleeji music?