Hip Hop Language
Hip Hop word battles are a global phenomenon in pop culture. The verbal combats, however, were not only imported into the Arabic-speaking world, but they also formed a “remix” with the local culture.… Read more
Tag Archives: Linguistics
New as Open Access: “Translating the Bible into Arabic”
Volume 131 of the „Beiruter Texte und Studien“
Volume 131 of the „Beiruter Texte und Studien“ is is now freely available here in our open access repository MENAdoc.
The book was edited by Sara Binay and Stefan Leder and … Read more
Arabic Phrasebook from 1881 on MENAdoc
„Arabischer Sprachführer für Reisende“ (Arabic Phrasebook for Travelers) compiled by Martin Hartmann in 1881 is now digitally available on MENAdoc.
Martin Hartmann was one of the founders of modern Islamic Studies before the First World War. He was one … Read more
Catalogue by Hans Wehr: Relevant and Available for Research
Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften in der Bibliothek der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (DMG)*
Hans Wehr promoted Arabic Studies worldwide with his “A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic “. In 1940, he compiled this overview of the holdings of historical manuscripts of … Read more
The Qur’an: Text, Translation, and Culture, 2018
The conference series seeks to provide a forum for investigating all aspects of the Qur’an and how it is read and interpreted. Our objective is to encompass a global vision of current research trends, and to stimulate discussion, debate, and … Read more
Books, Tea and Baklava: Conserving Turkish Manuscripts in Ireland and Istanbul
The Islamic Manuscript Association – in partnership with the Orient-Institut Istanbul and the Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation – is pleased to announce that one of its directors, Kristine Rose-Beers, will speak about her extraordinary career in conserving and studying Turkish manuscripts.… Read more
Open Access: “Grammatik der türkischen Sprache” (1947)
“Grammatik der türkischen Sprache” (Grammar of the Turkish language) by Ludwig Peters, 1947 is now available at our open access repository MENAdoc.… Read more