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In the Courtroom

فِي قَاعَةِ المَحْكَمَةِ

Level B2 · ~5 min read · 13 key words

Opening lines
دَخَلَ الْمُحَامِي كَرِيمٌ قَاعَةَ الْمَحْكَمَةِ وَهُوَ يَحْمِلُ مَلَفًّا ثَخِينًا مِنَ الْوَثَائِقِ. كَانَتْ هَذِهِ أَهَمَّ قَضِيَّةٍ فِي مَسِيرَتِهِ الْمِهْنِيَّةِ.
Transliteration

dakhala al-muḥāmī Karīmun qāʿata al-maḥkamati wa huwa yaḥmilu malaffan thakhīnan mina al-wathāʾiqi. kānat hādhihi ahamma qaḍiyyatin fī masīratihi al-mihniyyati.

English translation

The lawyer Karim entered the courtroom carrying a thick file of documents. This was the most important case in his professional career.

Sample vocabulary

عَدَالَة
ʿadāla
justice / fairness
حَقِيقَة
ḥaqīqa
truth / reality / fact
قَانُون
qānūn
law

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