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Arabic literature (Arabic: الأدب العربي / ALA-LC: al-Adab al-‘Arabī) is the writing, both as prose and poetry, produced by writers in the Arabic language.The Arabic word used for literature is Adab, which comes from a meaning of etiquette, and which implies politeness, culture and enrichment.
Lughat Al Arab (Arabic: لغة العرب, lit. 'The Language of the Arabs') was a monthly linguistic and history magazine which was published in Baghdad between 1911 and 1931 with a twelve-year interruption.
The first edition of Vekayi-i Misriye, published in 1828 (Bibliotheca Alexandrina). Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriyya (Arabic: الوقائع المصريّة / ALA-LC: al-Waqā’i‘ al-Miṣriyyah; meaning "the Egyptian affairs") was an Egyptian newspaper (now a government information bulletin) established in 1828 on the order of Muhammad Ali, originally titled Vekayi-i Misriye (Ottoman Turkish ...
In the 1990s there were about twenty-five magazines and periodicals in Saudi Arabia. [1] Editions of some international magazines, including Marie Claire and Madame Figaro, are also published in the country. [2]
It contains stories from the Arab world the stories originating in the 10th century, [8] the title page of this medieval Arab story collection has been lost, but the opening sentence of its introduction declares that these are "al-hikayat al-‘ajiba wa’l-akhbar al-ghariba", which translate in english to "Tales of the Marvellous and News of ...
The term "Arab" was initially used to describe those living in the Arabian Peninsula, as perceived by geographers from ancient Greece. [ 13 ] [ 33 ] In the southwest, various Central Semitic languages both belonging to and outside the Ancient South Arabian family (e.g. Southern Thamudic) were spoken.
The Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) is a Tunis-based institution of the Arab League, established in accordance with article 3 of the Arab Cultural Unity Charter by an announcement made in Cairo, Egypt, on 25 July 1970. [1] ALECSO works to coordinate cultural and educational activities in the Arab world. [1]
Romanization is often termed "transliteration", but this is not technically correct. [citation needed] Transliteration is the direct representation of foreign letters using Latin symbols, while most systems for romanizing Arabic are actually transcription systems, which represent the sound of the language, since short vowels and geminate consonants, for example, does not usually appear in ...