Egyptian Arabic

Name: Egyptian Arabic
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ISBN: 9780884325369

ISBN-10: 0884325369

ISBN-13: 9780884325369

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Authors: Samia Mehrez

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by Samia Mehrez of Cornell University. This course is primarily concerned with developing oral skills. The entire text is in transliteration; Arabic script is not used, so your attention is focused exclusively on mastering a new and intricate phonetic system. This program is designed to bridge the gap that exists between highly technical Arabic grammars, meant for the specialized student of Arabic, and simple phrasebooks of basic sentences that are unsatisfactory for the purpose of real communication. The course has been tested with a group of foreign engineers and business people in Cairo, and the recordings have been used successfully in the language laboratory with foreign university…

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List price: $15.95
Publisher: Pavilion Publishers
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 250
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836

Samia Mehrez is professor of Arabic literature in the Department of Arab and Islamic Civilization and director of the Center for Translation Studies at the American University in Cairo. She is the author of Egypt's Culture Wars: Politics and Practice (AUC Press pbk edition, 2010), The Literary Atlas of Cairo (AUC Press, 2010), and The Literary Life of Cairo (AUC Press, 2011).