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Lamenting Ignorance of Modern Standard Arabic

Here’s a piece from The National from a few days ago, lamenting how poorly many Arabs speak Modern Standard Arabic. It opens with the oft-cited problems Lebanese Prime Minister Sa‘d Hariri had in...

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The Debate About Arabic, Continued

Everybody’s talking about Arabic again. And they’re doing it mostly in English. Not long ago I posted about a recent article in The National lamenting the state of Modern Standard Arabic. Now The...

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It’s Edward William Lane’s Birthday Again

It is, once again, Edward William Lane’s birthday. For those who weren’t reading this blog a year ago, you should first read my post of last year on the great Orikentalist, author of Manners and...

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Palestinian dream city hits snag from Israel (AP)

AP – It is billed as a symbol of the future Palestine: a modern, middle-class city of orderly streets, parks and shopping plazas rising in the hills of the West Bank, ready for independence, affluence...

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A Biography of Defiance

Henri Matisse, The Moroccans, 1915-16,The Museum of Modern Art, New York, A biography of defiance by Hassan El Ouazzani It was better for the world not to have existed. It was better for the dynasty to...

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Map: Modern Iran

Modern Iran Click to go to map, click again to enlarge. Informed Comment Map Page (Under Construcion)                            Print Go to Source

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KurdishGlobe on Modern communications

KurdishGlobe- Modern communications: The double-edged sword opinion piece "Modern communications technology? although useful and an advantage? especially in creating a common public sphere and stronger...

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Modern spokesmen for the Prophet Mohamad & the Crusades: ‘Awake Saladdin, we...

‘Davutoglu & Gueant: Lune et Croissant de Miel!”‘ Go to Source

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‘Taliban Using Modern Means to Add to Sway’

Alissa J. Rubin, NYT, Taliban Using Modern Means to Add to Sway, 5 Oct 2011 "Punctually, at 8 o’clock every evening, the cellphone signals disappear in this provincial capital. Under pressure from the...

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Moroccan prediction on Palestine

The new Moroccan Minister of Industry, Trade, and Modern Technology is a life long activist on Palestine and is a senior figure in the Justice and Development Party.  He said that Arab uprisings will...

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The Problem of Modern Archives in Egypt

Hussein Omar, in a guest post at Arabic Literature (in English) addresses the question of “Who Should Save Egypt’s Archives?” It’s not, as you might guess, another piece about the Institut d’Egypte...

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Arabic Really Must Still Be Dying: Even the New York Times Says So

It’s been a while since we’ve had a “death of Arabic imminent” article, which I always enjoy dissecting; purists have been complaining about the threat to the language since the lexicographer Ibn...

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