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Multilingual resources key to fighting COVID-19
Multilingualism – the use of two or more languages within a polity – is often seen by governments as an impediment, if not a threat, to nation-building and national identity. In promoting official...
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“I regret having named him Sahil”: Urdu names in India
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Englishعربي New documentary explores identity in the linguistic landscape with a focus on Qatar Focusing on official street signs in Qatar written with non-standard Arabic spellings, Mal Lawal...
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Is Arabic under threat on the Arabian peninsula?
Editor’s note: UNESCO has declared December 18 as World Arabic Language Day. Arabic is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world. It has around 400 million speakers and is an official...
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Why Are Uzbek Youth Learning Arabic?
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Sacred Font, Profane Purpose
*** Yasser S. Khan and Rizwan Ahmad *** The offending dress (Image credit: BBC) Recently, a woman in Lahore was accused of blasphemy for wearing a dress printed with Arabic calligraphy. The crowd had...
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