Sacred Language, Ordinary People: Dilemmas of Culture and Politics in Egypt

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Classical Arabic is the official language of all Arab states although it is not spoken as a mother tongue by any group of Arabs. For more than a century and a half, writers and institutions have been engaged in struggles to modernize Classical Arabic in order to render it into a language of contemporary life.

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Classical Arabic is the official language of all Arab states although it is not spoken as a mother tongue by any group of Arabs. For more than a century and a half, writers and institutions have been engaged in struggles to modernize Classical Arabic in order to render it into a language of contemporary life.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 204
Edition: 2003
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 04 Jan 2003
ISBN 10: 0312238975
ISBN 13: 9780312238971

Sacred Language, Ordinary People: Dilemmas of Culture and Politics in Egypt

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