Gateway to Arabic

Gateway to Arabic

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  • Author: Imran Hamza Alawiye
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  • Category : Arabic language
  • Languages : en
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Rooted in the Body

Rooted in the Body

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  • Author: Lisa J White
  • Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
  • ISBN: 1649030142
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 296

A unique comic-illustrated exploration of the rich vocabulary derived from body parts in Arabic We are all married to our bodies, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health. As a result, the body is a hard-wired, powerful presence in thought and speech. Rooted in the Body: Arabic Metaphor and Morphology considers this basic premise of linguistic embodiment and shows how it is especially true of Arabic. Consciously and unconsciously, speakers of Arabic use reams of vocabulary derived from the body, making it an ideal springboard for a deeper and more nuanced understanding of Arabic morphology. Structurally speaking, Arabic is a language built on abstract roots, short sequences of single consonants that are systematically modified to produce actual vocabulary. Learning to recognize and manipulate those roots is an invaluable skill, especially for non-native adult learners, because it lightens their memorization load significantly. Rooted in the Body uses delightful side-by-side essays and comic illustrations to invite readers to explore Arabic’s signature morphology as they reflect on some 120 metaphorically charged body parts. On the long road to proficiency, lexical precision is important, but so, too, is cultural fluency. As it demystifies the links between morphology and semantics, Rooted in the Body also uses citations from Arabic’s rich cultural history to highlight the body’s vital role in language. This book will be a fascinating and invaluable resource, not only for advanced learners of Arabic but for linguists, rhetoricians, and philosophers of language.


Reclaiming Karbala

Reclaiming Karbala

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  • Author: Epsita Halder
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISBN: 1000531678
  • Category : Literary Criticism
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 298

Analysing an extensive range of texts and publications across multiple genres, formats and literary lineages, Reclaiming Karbala studies the emergence and formation of a viable Muslim identity in Bengal over the late-19th century through the 1940s. Beginning with an explanation of the tenets of the battle of Karbala, this multi-layered study explores what it means to be Muslim, as well as the nuanced relationship between religion, linguistic identity and literary modernity that marks both Bengaliness and Muslimness in the region.This book is an intervention into the literature on regional Islam in Bengal, offering a complex perspective on the polemic on religion and language in the formation of a jatiya Bengali Muslim identity in a multilingual context. This book, by placing this polemic in the context of intra-Islamic reformist conflict, shows how all these rival reformist groups unanimously negated the Karbala-centric commemorative ritual of Muharram and Shī‘ī intercessory piety to secure a pro-Caliphate sensibility as the core value of the Bengali Muslim public sphere.


The Key to Arabic

The Key to Arabic

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  • Author: Imran Hamza Alawiye
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  • ISBN: 9780955633447
  • Category : Arabic language
  • Languages : ar
  • Pages : 68

Introducing students to simple sentence structures and key aspects of Arabic grammar, together with a basic vocabulary of well over three hundred words and expressions, this book teaches students how to greet people and say goodbye, how to introduce themselves and describe where they live, as well as speaking about their nationality.


Reviving aṣ-Ṣalāt of the Holy Apostle Gateway to Firdaws

Reviving aṣ-Ṣalāt of the Holy Apostle Gateway to Firdaws

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  • Author: Allāma Dr. Sāni Ṣāliḥ Muṣṯapha
  • Publisher: Paragon Publishing
  • ISBN: 1782225439
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 164

Fourth Edition Based on the Sīra and Fiqh of ‘Umar bin Khaṯṯāb, 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ūd, Āli ibn Abī Ṭālib and 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar (R.A.). This fourth edition aptly sub-titled "Gateway to Firdaws" and released in Muḥarram 1438, is a response to the deficiencies by Western Muslim scholars and writers on this most important Pillar of Islām in their attempt and sincere desire to explain it to that Muslim yet to learn 'Arabic language and prepare for his final abode. It is because of my quest to know the truth and be sure that I will enter Paradise, for which I made research on the actual Sunnah of the Holy Apostle on this sole Sunnah, the stepping stone to paradise. The manner the Muslims are observing the daily obligatory and Friday prayers is contrary to the Sunnah. There is no gain saying the fact that it exposes the illiteracy ignorance and arrogance of the world Muslim Umma. There are proofs and evidences in this book. This edition is therefore an embodiment of the Ḥadīth, "Seeking knowledge is obligatory and compulsory on a Muslim and believer." The Sunnah on aṣ-Ṣalāt is the most important duty and function of the office of Muḥammad Rasūlullah and his representatives – the Caliphs. There was never a caliph but included in his instructions to his workers: "Ṣalāt is the most important Pillar of Islām in my mind. I beseech you to uphold it as taught and practiced by the Holy Apostle." It is the greatest simple comprehensive act explaining the meaning of ‘Democracy’ enshrining qualities and obedience to a leader, and when it is imperative to disobey him. In it lies peace, prosperity, security, growth and development of mankind. The book in addition will prove that there is no opinion difference or disagreement on the Sunnah, and that all the practices of the Holy Apostle have been reported. This book is therefore undoubtedly a must to all Muslims.


Handbook for Arabic Language Teaching Professionals in the 21st Century

Handbook for Arabic Language Teaching Professionals in the 21st Century

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  • Author: Kassem M. Wahba
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISBN: 1317384202
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 434

Drawing on the collective expertise of language scholars and educators in a variety of subdisciplines, the Handbook for Arabic Language Teaching Professionals in the 21st Century, Volume II, provides a comprehensive treatment of teaching and research in Arabic as a second and foreign language worldwide. Keeping a balance among theory, research and practice, the content is organized around 12 themes: Trends and Recent Issues in Teaching and Learning Arabic Social, Political and Educational Contexts of Arabic Language Teaching and Learning Identifying Core Issues in Practice Language Variation, Communicative Competence and Using Frames in Arabic Language Teaching and Learning Arabic Programs: Goals, Design and Curriculum Teaching and Learning Approaches: Content-Based Instruction and Curriculum Arabic Teaching and Learning: Classroom Language Materials and Language Corpora Assessment, Testing and Evaluation Methodology of Teaching Arabic: Skills and Components Teacher Education and Professional Development Technology-Mediated Teaching and Learning Future Directions The field faces new challenges since the publication of Volume I, including increasing and diverse demands, motives and needs for learning Arabic across various contexts of use; a need for accountability and academic research given the growing recognition of the complexity and diverse contexts of teaching Arabic; and an increasing shortage of and need for quality of instruction. Volume II addresses these challenges. It is designed to generate a dialogue—continued from Volume I—among professionals in the field leading to improved practice, and to facilitate interactions, not only among individuals but also among educational institutions within a single country and across different countries.


The Savage Frontier

The Savage Frontier

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  • Author: Matthew Carr
  • Publisher: The New Press
  • ISBN: 1620974282
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 296

A sweeping historical travelogue of the contentious border of France and Spain, in the great tradition of Bruce Chatwin and Jan Morris With the Catalonia crisis making international headlines, the unique cultural and geographic region bordering Spain and France has once again moved to the center of the world's attention. In The Savage Frontier, acclaimed author and journalist Matthew Carr uncovers the fascinating, multilayered story of the Pyrenees region—at once a forbidding, mountainous frontier zone of stunning beauty, home to a unique culture, and a site of sharp conflict between nations and empires. Carr follows the routes taken by monks, soldiers, poets, pilgrims, and refugees. He examines the people and events that have shaped the Pyrenees across the centuries, with a cast of characters including Napoleon, Hannibal, and Charlemagne; the eccentric British climber Henry Russell; Francisco Sabaté Llopart, the Catalan anarchist who waged a lone war against the Franco regime across the Pyrenees for years after the civil war; Camino de Santiago pilgrims; and the cellist Pablo Casals, who spent twenty-three years in exile only a few miles from the Spanish border to show his disgust and disapproval of the Spanish regime. The Savage Frontier is a book that will spark a new awareness and appreciation of one of the most haunting, magical, and dramatic landscapes on earth.


The Routledge Handbook of Arabic Linguistics

The Routledge Handbook of Arabic Linguistics

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  • Author: Elabbas Benmamoun
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1351377809
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 580

The Routledge Handbook of Arabic Linguistics introduces readers to the major facets of research on Arabic and of the linguistic situation in the Arabic-speaking world. The edited collection includes chapters from prominent experts on various fields of Arabic linguistics. The contributors provide overviews of the state of the art in their field and specifically focus on ideas and issues. Not simply an overview of the field, this handbook explores subjects in great depth and from multiple perspectives. In addition to the traditional areas of Arabic linguistics, the handbook covers computational approaches to Arabic, Arabic in the diaspora, neurolinguistic approaches to Arabic, and Arabic as a global language. The Routledge Handbook of Arabic Linguistics is a much-needed resource for researchers on Arabic and comparative linguistics, syntax, morphology, computational linguistics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, and applied linguistics, and also for undergraduate and graduate students studying Arabic or linguistics.


Building knowledge societies in the Arab region

Building knowledge societies in the Arab region

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  • Author: UNESCO Office Cairo and Regional Bureau for Science in the Arab States
  • Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
  • ISBN: 9231005456
  • Category : Political Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 299


The Foundations of Arabic Linguistics IV

The Foundations of Arabic Linguistics IV

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  • Author:
  • Publisher: BRILL
  • ISBN: 9004389695
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 349

The Foundations of Arabic Linguistics, IV, contains sixteen studies on grammatical theories from the earliest period of Arabic grammar (end 8th century C.E.) and the evolution of theory by later grammarians.