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Sacred Language, Ordinary People: Dilemmas of Culture and Politics in Egypt N. Haeri
Sacred Language, Ordinary People: Dilemmas of Culture and Politics in Egypt
N. Haeri
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.
208 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | February 24, 2003 |
| ISBN13 | 9780312238971 |
| Publishers | St Martin's Press |
| Pages | 184 |
| Dimensions | 215 × 142 × 18 mm · 274 g |
| Language | English |