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Fight for Arabic? But which Arabic? 7 comments

FatmaS wrote 3 months ago: With the current concern for the loss or weakening of the Arabic language among some scholars, one q … more →

Tags: Applied Linguistics, Arabic Grammar, Arabic Language, liturgical language, Sociolinguistics, Classical Arabic, dialects, language, language rights

Arab Linguistic Imperialism and the Decline of Arabic: Does anyone speak Arabic? Part 219 comments

FatmaS wrote 1 year ago: in Arabic language. The book was written by the end of 16th century (Photo credit: Wikipedia) This s … more →

Tags: Applied Linguistics, Arabic Grammar, Arabic Language, Arabizi, liturgical language, Poetry/eloquence, Quranic Arabic, Sociolinguistics, Arabic

"Arabic language has not been developed since the fall of the Ottomans"! A translation 4 comments

FatmaS wrote 1 year ago: What a title?! I am sure it is making some people upset and others, skeptical and still others inqui … more →

Tags: Arabic Language, Sociolinguistics, Arabizi, Arabic Grammar, Applied Linguistics, Qur'an, Arabic, English language, Arab People

Word List #61 comment

Admin wrote 1 year ago: It has been a while since I’ve written a full article, shared tips, hijrah humor or general ad … more →

Tags: Arabic, FYI, photos, All About Saudi, Tourism, Travel, Bedouin Life, Word List, abha

Qatari Arabization of Twitter: Where even the smile is Arabic!10 comments

FatmaS wrote 1 year ago: Qatar, the beautiful hot Gulf country, is small and it might be quite possible to travel the whole c … more →

Tags: Arabic Language, Sociolinguistics, Arabizi, Arabic Grammar, Some Writings, Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Qatar, Qatar Foundation

Learning Arabic: Robert Lane Greene's perspective 24 comments

FatmaS wrote 1 year ago: It’s great to be back after a break, Ramadan is over, wishing everybody Eid mubarak (Happy Eid … more →

Tags: Arabic Language, Sociolinguistics, Arabizi, Arabic Grammar, Some Writings, Linguistics, Quranic Arabic, Applied Linguistics, social sciences

Expatriates learn to talk Emirati with course in 'Arabish': You've got to be joking!4 comments

FatmaS wrote 1 year ago: Image via Wikipedia No, it’s no joke it is true and it has happend.There. I think this is a st … more →

Tags: Applied Linguistics, Arabic Grammar, Arabic Language, Arabizi, Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Some Writings, Arab Culture, Arab World

Arabic making a strong presence on facebook: A strong future? 1 comment

FatmaS wrote 1 year ago: It was no surprise that sooner or later Arabic speaking users of Facebook would find a way of creati … more →

Tags: Arabic Language, Sociolinguistics, Some Writings, Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, English language, language death, middle east, Language Maintenance

'Say it in Arabic, please': Arabic language rights restored?3 comments

FatmaS wrote 1 year ago: The year is moving fast it’s already July and I am becoming busier and busier by the day, the … more →

Tags: Arabic Language, Sociolinguistics, Arabic Grammar, Some Writings, Applied Linguistics, Linguistics, social sciences, English language, language death

The need to move away from Arabizi: A Riyadh perspective2 comments

FatmaS wrote 2 years ago: This is a rough translation (or rather interpretation as I had to add stylistic expressions) of an a … more →

Tags: Arabic Language, Sociolinguistics, Arabizi, Arabic Grammar, liturgical language, Some Writings, Linguistic relativity, Applied Linguistics, linguistic relativity

TEDxDubai: English language threatens Arabic!6 comments

FatmaS wrote 2 years ago: I was away in Scotland this weekend and read this article in the Gulf News (whilst it rained for the … more →

Tags: Applied Linguistics, Arabic Language, Arabizi, Linguistics, liturgical language, Sociolinguistics, Some Writings, Arabic in danger, death of Arabic

'Arabizi is destroying the Arabic language':Arab News

FatmaS wrote 2 years ago: Image by Travel in Istanbul via Flickr I saw a link to this article on twitter and thought I’d … more →

Tags: Applied Linguistics, Arabizi, Linguistics, liturgical language, Sociolinguistics, Some Writings, Arab People, Arab World, Arabic Language

Internet destroys Arabic language or is it the slang?

FatmaS wrote 2 years ago: The weather is looking good these days and let’s hope it stays that way- I must say that it … more →

Tags: Arabic Language, Sociolinguistics, Arabizi, Arabic Grammar, Applied Linguistics, slang, Linguistics, Elias Khoury, Bahaa Taher

Lost in translation? The Arabic of Gaddafi 2 comments

FatmaS wrote 2 years ago:  A short post on some of my thoughts about the recent speeches of Gaddafi, a good break for me away … more →

Tags: Arabic Language, Sociolinguistics, Some Writings, Linguistics, slang, Arab Culture, revolution

Arabic language day: Qatari style 1 comment

FatmaS wrote 2 years ago: Image via Wikipedia It seems the winter is going slowly and it’s time for those beautiful long walks … more →

Tags: Arabic Language, Sociolinguistics, Arabizi, Linguistic relativity, Applied Linguistics, qatar university, Qatar

The power of words: What the 'revolution' in Egypt illustrates2 comments

FatmaS wrote 2 years ago: Image by StartAgain via Flickr  It has been a while since I jotted something down for the blog, wish … more →

Tags: Sociolinguistics, Arabizi, Some Writings, Linguistics, Linguistic relativity, Applied Linguistics, Egypt, Egyptians

Arabic language day- A Twitter perspective2 comments

FatmaS wrote 2 years ago: Image via CrunchBase After more than 200 tweets I decided to post something on the fact that  it is … more →

Tags: Arabic Language, Arabizi, Sociolinguistics, Some Writings, Applied Linguistics, Arabic in danger, Arabic language day, death of Arabic, Language and Identity

Al Qasmy: "Arabic is key to identity" the fight to revive Arabic in the UAE4 comments

FatmaS wrote 2 years ago: Another post showing the importance the rulers in the UAE are putting into reviving Arabic language … more →

Tags: Arabic Language, Sociolinguistics, Linguistics, Quranic Arabic, Preservation of Arabic, Arabic in danger, death of Arabic, social sciences, United Arab Emirates

Jordan: Giving Arabic its rightful place? 2 comments

FatmaS wrote 2 years ago: Image via Wikipedia The Jordan Times reported that the president of the University of Jordan, has ur … more →

Tags: Arabic Language, Arabizi, Linguistics, liturgical language, Sociolinguistics, Arabic in danger, death of Arabic, diglòssia, language under threat


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