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  2. The Arabic Encyclopedia - Wikipedia

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    In 1953, the government of Syria proposed the project to the Arab League that adopted a resolution to set up "The Arabic Encyclopedia". [3] Another proposal for an "Arabic Encyclopedia" was submitted to the Arab League in 1961. [4] However, the project was not implemented for unidentified reasons.

  3. Lisan al-Arab - Wikipedia

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    Ibn Manzur compiled it from other sources to a large degree. The most important sources for it were the Tahdhīb al-Lugha of Azharī, Al-Muḥkam of Ibn Sidah, Al-Nihāya of Ibn Athīr and Jauhari's Ṣiḥāḥ, as well as the ḥawāshī (glosses) of the latter (Kitāb at-Tanbīh wa-l-Īḍāḥ) by Ibn Barrī. [3]

  4. Modern Standard Arabic - Wikipedia

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    Modern Standard Arabic is also spoken by people of Arab descent outside the Arab world when people of Arab descent speaking different dialects communicate to each other. As there is a prestige or standard dialect of vernacular Arabic, speakers of standard colloquial dialects code-switch between these particular dialects and MSA. [citation needed]

  5. Arab Radio and Television Network - Wikipedia

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    [1] ART was particularly known in Saudi Arabia for its exclusive sports event broadcasts, especially the Saudi Leagues. The network lost a significant amount of its audience share after the launch of many similar free-to-air channels like the Rotana network, owned by Al-Waleed bin Talal .

  6. Arabic alphabet - Wikipedia

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    (1) Early 9th century script used no dots or diacritic marks; [13] (2) and (3) in the 9th–10th century during the Abbasid dynasty, Abu al-Aswad's system used red dots with each arrangement or position indicating a different short vowel.

  7. List of Arabic place names - Wikipedia

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    Places involved in the history of the Arab world and the Arabic names given to them. Places whose official names include an Arabic form. Places whose names originate from the Arabic language. All names are in Standard Arabic and academically transliterated. Most of these names are used in modern times, but many of these Arabic forms are not in ...

  8. Mesopotamian Arabic - Wikipedia

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    Aramaic was the lingua franca in Mesopotamia from the early 1st millennium BCE until the late 1st millennium CE, and as may be expected, Mesopotamian Arabic shows signs of an Aramaic substrate. [3] The Gelet and the Judeo-Iraqi varieties have retained features of Babylonian Aramaic .

  9. Arabic calligraphy - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Kufic is the oldest form of the Arabic script. From an artistic point of view, Arabic calligraphy has been known and appreciated for its diversity and great potential for development. In fact, it has been linked in Arabic culture to various fields such as religion , art , architecture , education and craftsmanship, which in turn have ...