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Author: Rasha Alghusain
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2016-02-22
Total Pages: 28
ISBN-13: 9781519262790
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the story of the Arabic Alphabet Letters. This simple story is designed to help children remember the names of the letters, their sound, and script.
Author: Beatrice Gruendler
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2020-10-13
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 0674250265
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe little-known story of the sophisticated and vibrant Arabic book culture that flourished during the Middle Ages. During the thirteenth century, Europe’s largest library owned fewer than 2,000 volumes. Libraries in the Arab world at the time had exponentially larger collections. Five libraries in Baghdad alone held between 200,000 and 1,000,000 books each, including multiple copies of standard works so that their many patrons could enjoy simultaneous access. How did the Arabic codex become so popular during the Middle Ages, even as the well-established form languished in Europe? Beatrice Gruendler’s The Rise of the Arabic Book answers this question through in-depth stories of bookmakers and book collectors, stationers and librarians, scholars and poets of the ninth century. The history of the book has been written with an outsize focus on Europe. The role books played in shaping the great literary cultures of the world beyond the West has been less known—until now. An internationally renowned expert in classical Arabic literature, Gruendler corrects this oversight and takes us into the rich literary milieu of early Arabic letters.
Author: Alexander Bevilacqua
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2018-02-23
Total Pages: 385
ISBN-13: 0674985672
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWinner of the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize A Longman–History Today Book Prize Finalist A Sheik Zayed Book Award Finalist Winner of the Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year “Deeply thoughtful...A delight.”—The Economist “[A] tour de force...Bevilacqua’s extraordinary book provides the first true glimpse into this story...He, like the tradition he describes, is a rarity.” —New Republic In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, a pioneering community of Western scholars laid the groundwork for the modern understanding of Islamic civilization. They produced the first accurate translation of the Qur’an, mapped Islamic arts and sciences, and wrote Muslim history using Arabic sources. The Republic of Arabic Letters is the first account of this riveting lost period of cultural exchange, revealing the profound influence of Catholic and Protestant intellectuals on the Enlightenment understanding of Islam. “A closely researched and engrossing study of...those scholars who, having learned Arabic, used their mastery of that difficult language to interpret the Quran, study the career of Muhammad...and introduce Europeans to the masterpieces of Arabic literature.” —Robert Irwin, Wall Street Journal “Fascinating, eloquent, and learned, The Republic of Arabic Letters reveals a world later lost, in which European scholars studied Islam with a sense of affinity and respect...A powerful reminder of the ability of scholarship to transcend cultural divides, and the capacity of human minds to accept differences without denouncing them.” —Maya Jasanoff “What makes his study so groundbreaking, and such a joy to read, is the connection he makes between intellectual history and the material history of books.” —Financial Times
Author: N. Awde
Publisher: Lyle Stuart
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9780818404306
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscusses the basics of the Arabic language and provides instruction in the Arabic alphabet.
Author: Sadaf Alam
Publisher:
Published: 2022-06
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781737937982
DOWNLOAD EBOOKYa is a curious little boy - and the last letter of the Arabic alphabet, too. When he spots a trail of ants, he sets out on an adventure to find where they are going. But the journey is long, and no one is willing to help. Will Ya ever find out where the ants are going? Get kids excited about learning their alif baa taa's through ? A fun story ? Rhythmic language ? Beautiful illustrations Bonus! Hidden pictures all through the book keep kids engaged and reading the book over and over again.
Author: John F. Healey
Publisher: Saqi
Published: 2012-02-13
Total Pages: 95
ISBN-13: 0863568815
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Arabic alphabet has a rich history, one that is closely linked with the development of culture and society in the Middle East. In this comprehensive introduction the authors trace the origins of the Arabic alphabet back to Aramaic, which also gave rise to the Hebrew and Greek alphabets. Using detailed illustrations the authors investigate early Arabic papyri and early Islamic inscriptions as well as classical Arabic scripts. John F. Healey and G. Rex Smith bring the story up to the present day by examining the practice of calligraphy, printing and computing in Arabic.
Author: Aya Khalil
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing
Published: 2020-02-18
Total Pages: 38
ISBN-13: 0884487563
DOWNLOAD EBOOK2021 ARAB AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD WINNER Children's Africana Book Award (CABA) 2021 Honor Book NCSS 2021 Notable Social Studies Book Kanzi’s family has moved from Egypt to America, and on her first day in a new school, what she wants more than anything is to fit in. Maybe that’s why she forgets to take the kofta sandwich her mother has made for her lunch, but that backfires when Mama shows up at school with the sandwich. Mama wears a hijab and calls her daughter Habibti (dear one). When she leaves, the teasing starts. That night, Kanzi wraps herself in the beautiful Arabic quilt her teita (grandma) in Cairo gave her and writes a poem in Arabic about the quilt. Next day her teacher sees the poem and gets the entire class excited about creating a “quilt” (a paper collage) of student names in Arabic. In the end, Kanzi’s most treasured reminder of her old home provides a pathway for acceptance in her new one. This authentic story with beautiful illustrations includes a glossary of Arabic words and a presentation of Arabic letters with their phonetic English equivalents.
Author: Arman Books Corner
Publisher:
Published: 2021-03
Total Pages: 102
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Arabic Alphabet & Letter Tracing Book is the perfect workbook for any child to learn how to write Arabic letters & numbers. This Book can be used by adults and kids of all ages. This is the perfect choice for teachers and parents who want to teach the basics of the Arabic language to their students or children at home or in the classroom. Book features: Size: 8.5 x 11 in. 100 pages Printed on white paper Each letter & number has 2 pages Extra pages for practice
Author: J.R. Osborn
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2017-05-22
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780674971127
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArabic script remains one of the most widely employed writing systems in the world, for Arabic and non-Arabic languages alike. Focusing on naskh—the style most commonly used across the Middle East—Letters of Light traces the evolution of Arabic script from its earliest inscriptions to digital fonts, from calligraphy to print and beyond. J. R. Osborn narrates this storied past for historians of the Islamic and Arab worlds, for students of communication and technology, and for contemporary practitioners. The partnership of reed pen and paper during the tenth century inaugurated a golden age of Arabic writing. The shape and proportions of classical calligraphy known as al-khatt al-mansub were formalized, and variations emerged to suit different types of content. The rise of movable type quickly led to European experiments in printing Arabic texts. Ottoman Turkish printers, more sensitive than their European counterparts to the script’s nuances, adopted movable type more cautiously. Debates about “reforming” Arabic script for print technology persisted into the twentieth century. Arabic script continues to evolve in the digital age. Programmers have adapted it to the international Unicode standard, greatly facilitating Arabic presence online and in word processing. Technology companies are investing considerable resources to facilitate support of Arabic in their products. Professional designers around the world are bringing about a renaissance in the Arabic script community as they reinterpret classical aesthetics and push new boundaries in digital form.
Author: Douglas Petrovich
Publisher: Hendrickson Academic
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789652208842
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor about 150 years, scholars have attempted to identify the language of the world's first alphabetic script, and to translate some of the inscriptions that use it. Until now, their attempts have accomplished little more than identifying most of the pictographic letters and translating a few of the Semitic words. With the publication of The World's Oldest Alphabet, a new day has dawned. All of the disputed letters have been resolved, while the language has been identified conclusively as Hebrew, allowing for the translation of 16 inscriptions that date from 1842 to 1446 BC. It is the author's reading that these inscriptions expressly name three biblical figures (Asenath, Ahisamach, and Moses) and greatly illuminate the earliest Israelite history in a way that no other book has achieved, apart from the Bible.
