Kendall (Arabic, U. of Oxford) updates and expands her Top 1,000 Words for Understanding Media Arabic to incorporate terms associated with the Arab Spring and the search for democracy, recent natural
This short, accessible vocabulary of Media Arabic provides learners with ready-made lists of strictly relevant vocabulary, giving them key terms for translating both from and into Arabic.
Modern Arabic literature is deeply indebted to journalism, particularly to independent and frequently dissident journals, many of which are driven underground by politics and the attendant censorship.
The author explores the role of journalism in Egypt in effecting and promoting the development of modern Arabic literature from its inception in the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Remappin
The term 'jihad' has come to be used as a byword for fanaticism and Islam's allegedly implacable hostility towards the West. But, like other religious and political concepts, jihad has multiple resona
Recent events in the Islamic world have demonstrated the endurance, neglect, and careful reshaping of the classical Islamic heritage. A range of modern Islamic movements and intellectuals has sought t
