الرسام والمؤلف هنا.

In Arabic, the verb to be is usually not written or said in the present tense.

So:

• الرسام والمؤلف هنا literally looks like:
• the painter and the author here

but it naturally means:

• The painter and the author are here.

This is completely normal in both Standard Arabic and Egyptian Arabic.

If you wanted a past meaning, Arabic would use a verb, for example كان for was/were.

Because both nouns are definite: the painter and the author.

In Arabic, when two definite nouns are joined by and, it is very common to mark each one as definite separately:

• الرسام والمؤلف
• the painter and the author

You should not think of ال as something that automatically covers the whole phrase. Each noun usually shows its own definiteness.

و means and.

In والمؤلف, it is attached directly to the next word in writing:

• و + المؤلف = والمؤلف

This is normal Arabic spelling. Short words like و are written attached to the following word.

In careful reading, this is wa-l-muʔallif in Standard Arabic. In Egyptian pronunciation, it is often closer to wel-moʔallef.

A learner often expects al-rassām, but that is not how it is actually pronounced.

The letter ر is a sun letter, so the ل of ال is not pronounced here. Instead, the ر is doubled.

So:

• Written: الرسام
• Pronounced roughly: er-rassām in Egyptian Arabic

Key point:

• You write ال
• but you say it as if the r is doubled

Because Arabic has two groups of letters after ال:

• sun letters: the l sound assimilates
• moon letters: the l sound stays

In this sentence:

• الرسام begins with ر, a sun letter
  • so it is pronounced roughly er-rassām
• المؤلف begins with م, a moon letter
  • so it is pronounced roughly el-moʔallef

So the article is written the same way, but its pronunciation changes depending on the next letter.

In Egyptian Arabic, a useful approximation is:

• el-moʔallef

A few details:

• ال here is pronounced el-
• the ؤ represents a hamza sound, a kind of catch in the throat: ʔ
• the stress is usually on -ʔal-: moʔALlef

So if you say something like el-mo-allef with a small break between mo and allef, you will be close.

The letter ؤ is a hamza on waw.

What matters most for a beginner is this: it signals a glottal stop, the sound ʔ, like a brief stop in the throat.

So مؤلف is not a smooth muwallif or muallif. It has a break:

• moʔallef

You do not need to overthink the spelling at first. The most useful thing is to hear and produce that small stop.

Because Arabic commonly puts the topic/subject first and then gives the information about it.

So the structure is:

• الرسام والمؤلف = the painter and the author
• هنا = here

Together:

• The painter and the author are here.

This word order is very natural. In simple present-tense nominal sentences, Arabic often works like:

• [noun phrase] + [predicate]

Here, هنا functions as the predicate.

It works in both, but it looks slightly more neutral/formal in writing.

Why?

• The vocabulary is perfectly fine in both.
• The structure with no present-tense is/are is normal in both.
• هنا is also used in both.

In Egyptian Arabic pronunciation, you would likely hear something close to:

• er-rassām wel-moʔallef hena

So the written sentence is fully understandable, and an Egyptian speaker could absolutely say it, especially with Egyptian pronunciation.

A natural Egyptian-style pronunciation would be roughly:

• er-rassām wel-moʔallef hena

Breakdown:

• الرسام → er-rassām
• والمؤلف → wel-moʔallef
• هنا → hena

So if you are learning Egyptian Arabic, that pronunciation is more useful than a very formal Standard Arabic reading.

Because هنا means here, and it does not agree for singular or plural in this kind of sentence.

It stays the same whether the subject is:

• one person
• two people
• many people

So all of these can use هنا unchanged.

The fact that there are two nouns joined by and does not affect هنا.

Yes. This is a complete and normal Arabic sentence.

It is a type of nominal sentence, where the sentence is built from:

• a subject/topic: الرسام والمؤلف
• a predicate/comment: هنا

Arabic does not need an expressed present-tense to be for this to count as a full sentence.

You could, but the meaning would change.

Compare:

• الرسام والمؤلف هنا = The painter and the author are here
• رسام ومؤلف هنا = A painter and an author are here or painter and author here, depending on context

So ال matters a lot. It tells you these are specific, known people.

In your sentence, both nouns are definite, which is why ال appears on both.