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| Activities for WAGGGS regions Arab Region |
| Games The Hunter Mazen Al Qurawi, a traditional game from Saudi Arabia Played with five to ten children. First, choose one player to be the hunter. Then the hunter counts from one to ten with his or her eyes closed, and everyone else runs off and hides. After the hunter has counted to ten, s/he goes to seek the others. If s/he finds someone, the person spotted tries to escape, and the hunter chases them. If the hunter manages to catch all of the others, the first person caught becomes the new hunter. If the hunter doesn't catch all the ohters they remain the hunter for the next turn. Word game Fitting the arabic words in the sentences - found on GuidingUK.com at http://www.guidinguk.freeservers.com/Arabic.html Seega Materials: Paper and pencil; three markers for each player This is a simplified children's version of a traditional game which has been played in Egypt for more than 5000 years. It is played in pairs. Details on GuidingUK.com at http://guidinguk.freeservers.com/internationalgames.html Camel Racing! Basically piggy-back racing but the camel is two people, the back one bent over & holding onto the waist of the front one. The rider needs a mounting block (chair, box, stone, fence ....) and there are reins round the front of the camel which the rider has to keep hold of all the way. The course can be as long & complex as you like. It takes a while for them to work out which person should be at what position, (and some adult intervention if they get silly). Crafts Make pyramids - there is an example at http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/egypt/paper_pyramid_craft.htm Hieroglyph bookmarks. Hieroglyphs can be found on the net, for example at http://www.angelfire.com/wi/egypt/hiero.html - these are given phonetically so from this site girls could write their names or secret messages etc. Drawing or colouring in Arabic patterns - these are based on simple geometric shapes like circles and squares, some explanation and examples are at http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/schwww/sch618/Art/Art2.html Calligraphy is a valued skill in many Arab countries. Weaving is still a traditional craft in much of the Arab world. There are basic paper weaving craft ideas at http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/artweave.html Food There are some recipes for the Eid festival at http://www.lbcma.org.uk/festivals/Meidresources.html . This is celebrated through much of the Arab world. Try some dates or humous. If there is a Lebanese or other Arab restaurant in your area, see if you can try some of their food. More Arab recipes on these sites: http://almashriq.hiof.no/general/600/640/641/khayat/contents.html http://www.oocities.org/NapaValley/2332/food.html http://www.uaeforever.com/Dishes/ http://www.forbiddenfruitsbazaar.com/food.htm Other activities The Leopard Trap (song) Ask an arab or Muslim lady to visit your unit and explain about the dress of Muslim women. Maybe she could show the girls how the basic scarf is worn. Otherwise you could give the girls squares of material & let them try for themselves - it's not as easy as it looks! Can you find someone to demonstrate or teach belly dancing? There is a list of some UK teachers at http://www.bellydancer.org.uk/teacherlist.html and http://www.forbiddenfruitsbazaar.com/teachers.html An outline map of the Middle East for girls to label with countries' names is on the Enchanted Learning site at http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/continents/Mideast/label/ Countries Members of the Arab region are: * Bahrain * Egypt, Arab Republic of * Jordan * Kuwait * Lebanon * Libya * Mauritania * Oman, Sultanate of * Qatar * Sudan * Tunisia * United Arab Emirates * Yemen Republic Arab Region Links Kids site about United Arab Emirates - http://www.uaekidsweb.com/home.htm Lebanon for Thinking Day from a US girl scout troop - http://www.oocities.org/Heartland/Acres/9058/gs/wagggs/Lebanon.html Arab Scout Region - http://www.arabscout.org The Middle East, with background info, games, activities etc. from Girl Scouts of Delaware(!) - http://www.gsofdr.org/program/Just%20for%20Girls/Patches%20and%20Badges/Middle%20Eastern%20fest%20of%20people.htm |
| Worldwide off site links * Games from http://digilander.libero.it/cfgames2000/xgames.html * Maps to colour in from http://www.enchantedlearning.com * Festivals http://www.oocities.org/colintonguides/lightfestivals.html * Games, activities, region logo clipart http://www.gudinguk.com * General & girl guide / scout info http://coy.ne.client2.attbi.com/ * Uniforms, promise badges, promise and laws http://www.worldguiding.anzagl.com * CIA factbook http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ And of course, don't forget all those off line resources! Like * Trefoil Round the World * World Games and Recipes * Small World, all available from Girlguiding UK trading services. |
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