An Arabist is someone, often but not always from outside the Arab world, who specialises in the study of the Arabic language and culture (usually including...
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As used in modern, mainly American, political discourse, the term Arabist generally refers to a non-Arab observer with experience or specialization in...
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Pan-Arabism (redirect from Pan-Arabist)
Problems persisted over a wide range of issues since the inception of pan-Arabist philosophy in the late 1800s, which, until its decline, had kept pan-Arabism...
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Richard Bell (1876 – 1952) was a British Arabist. He was lecturer in Arabic at the University of Edinburgh and also served as Minister of Newton Wamphray...
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Issandr El Amrani (redirect from The Arabist)
his wife, are residing with their son Milo. Issandr El Amrani, The Arabist The Arabist blog Issandr El Amrani on Facebook Appearances on Democracy Now!...
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St John Philby (category British Arabists)
Jack Philby or Sheikh Abdullah (Arabic: الشيخ عبدالله), was a British Arabist, advisor, explorer, writer, and a colonial intelligence officer who served...
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on 13 December 2001. The merits of this translation have been disputed. Arabist Dr. Abdel El M. Husseini stated: "This translation is very problematic...
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authority". Savary de Brèves judged rather negatively of his skills as an Arabist, but he was admired by Thomas Erpenius. He retired to Orléans, where he...
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Józef Bielawski (redirect from Jozef Bielawski (arabist))
Józef Bielawski (August 12, 1910 – September 19, 1997) was a Polish Arabist and scholar of Islam. A graduate of Jagiellonian University, where he studies...
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William Duff (13 May 1922 – 14 February 2014) was a Scottish banker, Arabist and an advisor to the first vice-president and prime minister of the United...
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Rodolfo Gil Benumeya (category Spanish Arabists)
1901 – 31 March 1975) was a Spanish-Andalusian writer, historian, and Arabist from a Morisco background. He was one of the main proponents of Andalusian...
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Anti-Arab racism (redirect from Anti-Arabist)
Anti-Arab racism (also called Anti-Arabism, Anti-Arab sentiment, or Arabophobia) includes opposition to, dislike, fear, or hatred of Arab people. Historically...
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and others have stated that from its early years, AFME was a part of an Arabist propaganda effort within the US that was "secretly funded and to some extent...
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Syria: Messages and Ways of Expressing Them (1987) Academic work Discipline Arabist Institutions Bar-Ilan University Military career Service Military Intelligence...
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historian Giammaria Barbieri was perhaps the first to suggest Arabian (also Arabist or Hispano-Arabic) influences on the music of the troubadours. Later scholars...
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Tim Mackintosh-Smith (category British Arabists)
Mackintosh-Smith (born 17 July 1961) is a British, Yemen-based, Oxford-educated Arabist, writer, traveller and lecturer. He has written numerous books on the Middle...
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2012 An interview with the MB's Mohamed Morsi by Issandr El Amrani. The Arabist, May 2011 Egyptian presidency denies Morsi gave interview on stronger ties...
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viewed as defective. In the second half of the 19th century, the British Arabist Edward William Lane, working with the Egyptian scholar Ibrāhīm Abd al-Ghaffār...
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Hans Wehr, which is used internationally in scientific publications by Arabists. IJMES, used by International Journal of Middle East Studies, very similar...
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harvest due to the Spanish Civil War. On 22 August 1936, Anglo-Jewish Arabist scholar Levi Billig of Hebrew University was murdered in his home outside...
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Begin's "fear of the momentum of the peace process," according to Israeli Arabist and former head of military intelligence General Yehoshaphat Harkabi. U...
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Elisabeth Kendall (category British Arabists)
Elisabeth Kendall is a British Arabist, academic and commentator, and Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge, whose scholarship has ranged from Middle...
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Hans Wehr (category German Arabists)
(German pronunciation: [veːɐ̯]; 5 July 1909 – 24 May 1981) was a German Arabist. He is best known for his Arabic dictionary and the system of transliteration...
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not considered trustworthy by hadith scholars. Omar Hamdan, an Israeli Arabist professor from University of Tübingen opined that Hasan al-Basri interpreted...
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Eliezer Paul Kraus, 11 December 1904 – 10 or 12 October 1944, was a Jewish Arabist born in Prague. He is the author of a number of seminal works on early...
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best literary Arabic was spoken in the mountains of Daghestan. Daghestani Arabist scholars were famous, attracting students from the whole Muslim world....
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Jenifer Fenton (16 January 2012). "Qatar's Impromptu Alcohol Ban". The Arabist. Archived from the original on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012...
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Michael Scott Weir (category Scottish Arabists)
joined the Foreign Service in 1950, and quickly became one of its leading Arabists. His early postings included Bahrain, Doha and Sharjah. Weir's career culminated...
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nationalism. These ideas were resurrected in the early 21st century by the Arabist Emilio González Ferrín. The Indigenous Australian population plummeted...
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counter-coup by Hussein against the pan-Arabist movement in Jordan. In either case, Abu Nuwar and other senior Arabist officers resigned and were allowed to...
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