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Go topSOURCE: GULF NEWS BY: FAWAZ TURKI The Pew Research Center, the highly respected think tank in Washington that provides information on social issues, public opinion and demographic trends shaping the world, recently revealed in a report that Arabic was “the fastest growing language in the United States”. The finding may not be far off-the-mark, as … Continued
By: Noura Abou Hamze/Arab America Contributing Writer The Arabic language is widely spoken all over the world and is the official language in twenty-three Arab countries. Have you ever heard about a special form of writing Arabic, called the Arabic Chat Alphabet? The Arabic chat alphabet , alternatively the Franco-Arabic alphabet, or ‘Arabizi’ , is an alternative … Continued
By: Qaïs S. Ahmadī / Arab America Contributing Writer The loss of Arab culture in America is not only the concern of Arabs in this country. Anyone of MENA and SWANA heritage mourns and suffers the loss. At the heart of the matter is the semitic language of Arabic, which is spoken by Arabs and … Continued
SOURCE: THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN BY: REBECCA AIZIN As a non-native speaker, Arabic Prof. Fatima Khan needed a good Arabic dictionary when she was a student. When she couldn’t find any, Khan decided to create one herself in 2015 for other non-native-speaking students. The project took Khan five years to complete and required her to pick … Continued
SOURCE: CLICK ON DETROIT BY: GRANT HERMES DEARBORN, Mich. – A new push is underway in the city of Dearborn — which has the nation’s highest density of Arab Americans — to have more voting information and ballots in Arabic language. Advocates are calling for ballots in Arabic for voters who do not speak English. “What we had … Continued
By Evan Ploeckelman / Arab America Contributing Writer Egyptian Arabic is one of the most well known dialects of Arabic around the world, as many Arab films and music are made in this dialect. However, before the introduction of Arabic to Egypt, the Egyptians spoke Coptic, a descendent of the languages of Ancient Egypt. These … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: NATHAN IRVINE There’s a steady rise in language activists fighting to keep their mother tongue alive on the game streaming platform, which is yet to introduce an interface for the Middle East Twitch is a live streaming platform for gamers that’s popular across the world. Unsplash / Ella Don Despite being … Continued
SOURCE: EUREK ALERT Arabic speakers worldwide can now access a library of kid-friendly scientific articles thanks to a newly launched educational resource. Penned by leading scientists and published in Arabic by scholarly publisher Frontiers, the online learning resource includes a collection of fascinating scientific articles designed to inspire the next generation of young scientists. Ranging … Continued
SOURCE: EGYPT INDEPENDENT As part of its ongoing “Speak Arabic” initiative, an application to teach expatriate Egyptian children Arabic has been released by Egypt’s Ministry of Immigration and Egyptian Expatriates. Minister Nabila Makram spoke of the app and overall initiative with Kelma Akhira’s Lamees al-Hadidy on Tuesday, adding that she thinks the initiative should extend … Continued
SOURCE: HYPERALLERGIC BY: HAKIM BISHARA After Palestinian content was restricted or removed from Instagram and Facebook, social media users developed a crafty method of altering Arabic script. Social media users have been using an ancient dotless Arabic script to elude censorship of Palestinian content (courtesy Mada Masr) Social media users who have reported shadow banning … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: SELINA DENMAN ‘Anta Al Batal’ merges languages, melodies and musical styles found across Egypt, Morocco, the UAE and beyond Moroccan rapper Issam Harris, Egyptian trap star Marwan Moussa and Fafa, a rising female vocalist from the UAE, have joined forces with Riot Games to create an Arabic music track and video … Continued
SOURCE: FACE2FACE AFRICA BY: NII NTREH Mustafa al-Zemmouri, or Mustafa from Azemmour, is thought to be the first Arabic-speaking person to land in the so-called New World. Not much is known about him even though according to Moroccan-American professor Laila Lalami, more people have come to know of the man’s voyage since she wrote a … Continued
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