S3 - E5 - How much land does a man need?

Simple & Easy Arabic Podcast

It's already time for the last story in this series of short stories. To be fair, this one is not actually all that short, but it definitely is a very inspiring and thought provoking one. It is inspired by Leo Tolstoj's short story 'How much land does a man need'. Probably some of you know it already. It is one of Majd's favorites and therefore we could not leave it out.

Some useful vocabulary is:

- Convinced - مقتنعة
- Devil - الشيطان
- Consider - اعتبر
- Challenge - تحدي
- Greed - الطمع
- Inhabitants/residents - سكان
- Bee hives - خلايا النحل
- in advance - سلف
- Acres - فدان
- The crop - المحصول
- Cattle owners - أصحاب المواشي
- Worried/Anxious - مهموم
- Move to - انتقل
- Transportation - والتنقل
- Gifts - هدايا
- Tribe - القبائل
- Fertile - وخصبة
- He was suprised - استغرب
- We calculate - منحسب
- Area measurements - مقاييس المساحة
- Sunset - غروب الشمس
- Corpse - الجثّة
- They cracked - تشققو
- The hill - التل
- The hat - الطاقية
- He dug a grave - حفر قبر

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