Can you guess which dialect?
Listen to the clips of Arabic and see if you can identify the speaker’s country of origin. The samples are all from speakers now living in Manchester.
Each person is describing a recipe of a dish they enjoy making.
Click ‘reveal’ to find out where each speaker is from.
Sample 1
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This sample is from Iran. The speaker is from Ahwaz, in the Khuzistani province. She speaking about making qalya, which is a fish curry.
Sample 2
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This sample is from Casablanca, in Morocco. The speaker is talking about making tagine.
Sample 3
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This sample is from Alnabatiya, in Lebanon. The speaker is talking about making green beans with oil.
Sample 4
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This sample is from Baghdad, in Iraq. The speaker is talking about making dolma, which are stuffed vegetables.
Sample 5
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This sample is from Oum El Bouaghi, in Algeria. The speaker is talking about making a type of couscous dish called ‘Berbousha’.
Sample 6
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This sample is from Riyadh, in Saudi Arabia. The speaker is talking about making a type of date paste.
Sample 7
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This sample is from Nablus, in Palestine. The speaker is talking about making musakhan, which is a roasted chicken dish.
Sample 8
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This sample is from Amman, in Jordan. The speaker is talking about making bukhari rice.