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Brewer's: Arabs
Street Arabs. The houseless poor; street children. So called because, like the Arabs, they are nomads or wanderers with no settled home. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Reading Arabic
The Question: In what direction is Arabic read? The Answer: Like most Semitic languages, Arabic is read from right to left. (Languages…United Arab Emirates
Infoplease has everything you need to know about United Arab Emirates. Check out our country profile, full of essential information about United Arab Emirates's geography, history, government,…Brewer's: Arabic Figures
The figures 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. So called because they were introduced into Europe (Spain) by the Moors or Arabs, who learnt them from the Hindus. Far more important than the characters, is…Arabic languages
(Encyclopedia) Arabic languages, members of the West Semitic group of the Semitic subdivision of the Afroasiatic family of languages (see Afroasiatic languages). The Arabic languages comprise North…Arabic literature
(Encyclopedia) Arabic literature, literary works written in the Arabic language. The great body of Arabic literature includes works by Arabic speaking Turks, Persians, Syrians, Egyptians, Indians,…United Arab Emirates Map
United Arab Emirates Profile More Geographic Information Country Profiles Flags World Geography World Statistics U.S. State Profiles U.S. Cities U.S. Geography U.S. Statistics Asia…American University in Cairo
(Encyclopedia) American University in Cairo, at Cairo, Egypt; English language; founded 1919. It has faculties of anthropology, computer science, economics and political science, engineering, English…Sibawaihi
(Encyclopedia) SibawaihiSibawaihisēbäwīhē [key], c.760–793, Persian grammarian, considered the most important Arabic grammarian. His book al-Kitah fi'l nahwi is the first complete Arabic grammar,…Pococke, Edward
(Encyclopedia) Pococke, EdwardPococke, Edwardpōˈkŏk [key], 1604–91, English Orientalist, b. Oxford. Ordained a priest in 1629, he resided at Aleppo in Syria as a chaplain, where he collected valuable…Trending
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