From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jan  2 23:42:56 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 16:42:56 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Map response
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Date: 02 Jan 2001
From: Mutarjm at aol.com
Subject: Map response

Greetings.
Please furnish additional details about which period of such a map you seek.

A historical atlas of the Arabian Peninsula (all text in Arabic), printed by
the King Saud University Press in the 1970s (thereabouts) has numerous maps
(many pre-Al Saud dynasty). The book is a large, coffee-table size volume.

Glad to assist with anything from my copy of that atlas.
Regards from Los Angeles,
Stephen H. Franke

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jan  2 23:43:38 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 16:43:38 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Arab World Business Stats query
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Date: 02 Jan 2001
From: Jamal Ali <jamalali at pacbell.net>
Subject: Arab World Business Stats query

Hi:
Does anyone know where I might find some statistics and info on American
trade, business and investment in the Arab world? How much trade and
business goes on between the US and Arab world? How much has it increased
or decreased in the last 10 or 20 years? What is projected for the
future? and other info like that, etc.
Is there some kind of reference book or yearbook or a website that talks
about this kind of stuff?
thanks

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jan  2 23:44:49 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 16:44:49 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Frontpage 2000 with Arabic query
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Date: 02 Jan 2001
From: Ahmed Jamal Qureshi <jamal_qureshi at hotmail.com>
Subject: Frontpage 2000 with Arabic query

I have Arabic (enabled) Windows98.  I would like to get the most up to date
version of Frontpage that will allow me full functionality to design
websites in Arabic and English without any jerry-rigging.  Does anyone know
for sure if Frontpage2000 will work in both languages on an Arabic Windows98
system (keeping in mind I have no other Office2000 applications, only
Office97)?

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan  3 16:09:39 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 09:09:39 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Arabic Business Stats response
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Date: 03 Jan 2001
From: Digitek <sakhrus at erols.com>
Subject: Arabic Business Stats response

Contact the National US-Arab Chamber of Commerce in Washington DC.  Their
Website is at www.nusacc.org.

Digitek International

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan  3 16:25:22 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 09:25:22 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Binghamton Job
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Date: 03 Jan 2001
From: Kevin Lacey
Subject: Binghamton Job

Binghamton University of the State University of New York, Department of
Classical and Near Eastern Studies has been authorized to make a
tenure-track appointment in Arabic and Near Eastern Studies, at the rank of
Assistant Professor, effective August 2001.  Applicants must have the Ph.D.
in hand or firmly expected, native or near native fluency in Standard
Arabic and an important Arabic dialect (Egyptian or Moroccan preferred),
and a demonstrated record of excellence and success in teaching Statndard
and dialectal Arabic as a second language in the college or university
environment, at all levels.  Applicants must also be able to offer
attractive introductory as well as upper-level courses in literary,
cultural, and civilizational studies dealing with Arab/Islamic Middle East
and North Africa, and present a realistic agenda of publication and
research.  Desired additional competencies include: a research
concentration on language and literature, with a North African and/or
Egyptian focus; knowledge of other languages useful to this field; and a
proven ability to develop and use innovative teaching material, especially
by using the computer, VCR, and satellite television broadcasts.  To apply,
before 1 March 2001, please send your vita, your letter responding to the
particulars of this notice, and three letters of recommendation, to

R. Kevin Lacey, Chair
Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies
Binghamton University
Binghamton, NY  13902-6000

Binghamton University is an Affirmative Action/Equal opportunity employer.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan  3 16:11:06 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 09:11:06 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Frontpage 2000 Responses
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1) Subject: Frontpage 2000 Response
2) Subject: Frontpage 2000 Response

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1)
Date: 03 Jan 2001
From: Paul Nelson <paulnel at microsoft.com>
Subject: Frontpage 2000 Response

You will need to purchase FrontPage 2002 when it is available (June/July
2001??). That will be the first version that correctly handles Arabic.

Paul Nelson

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Date: 03 Jan 2001
From: "Timothy A. Gregory" <tgregory at tarjema.com>
Subject: Frontpage 2000 Response

Frontpage 2000 doesn't support Arabic fully, so you won't be able to
create web pages with it without at least some work on your HTML source...

Tim Gregory

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan  3 20:08:37 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 13:08:37 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:ARCE Meetings Announcement
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Date: 03 Jan 2001
From: Carolyn Tomaselli <ctomase at emory.edu>
Subject: ARCE Meetings Announcement

THE AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER IN EGYPT
FIFTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING
BROWN UNIVERSITY
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
APRIL 27-29, 2000

CALL FOR PAPERS

AT-LARGE PAPERS:  Members who wish to present papers at the 2001 annual
meeting of ARCE at Brown University should submit abstracts to the Review
Committee no later than January 21, 2001.  The meeting is sponsored by the
Department of Egyptology and the Watson Institute for International Studies
at Brown University and the Committee.  We are currently only looking for
submissions in Islamic studies, Egyptian Medieval to Modern history, Modern
Egyptian culture and society.  Submitted abstracts should not exceed 500
words and will be vetted by the committee members.

All abstracts should be sent to Professor Leonard H. Lesko, Department of
Egyptology, Box 1899, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912.  In order to
avoid problems of incompatible computer fonts, we are asking for hardcopy of
every submission in addition to a diskette copy in MS Word.  Do NOT send
your abstract by e-mail.

DEADLINE:  In order for the Review Committee to have sufficient time to make
its selections and organize the sessions, prospective participants must
return this form with an abstract to the above address no later than January
21, 2001.  Please note that NO ABSTRACT WILL BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT THIS FORM
OR THE EQUIVALENT INFORMATION.  Thank you.


Name:_______________________________________________________________


Address:_____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________


Telephone:________________________E-mail: _____________________________


Institutional Affiliation:__________________________________________________


Title of Proposed Paper:_________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________


I will require:	(a) slide projector_____ single_____ double

		(b) other ________________________________________________

On an attached sheet of paper, please submit an abstract of no more than 500
words.

****************************************************************************

FIFTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING
PROVIDENCE, APRIL 27-29, 2000
ADVANCE INFORMATION SHEET

CONFERENCE HOTEL

	Providence Marriott
	One Orms Street
	Providence, RI 02904
	Phone:  (401) 272-2400; Fax:  (401) 273-2686

Conference rate:  $109.00 for both a standard and a double room plus 12%
tax.  The availability of rooms and these prices cannot be guaranteed after
the hotel cut-off date of April 3, 2001.

When making your hotel reservations, please identify yourself as
participating in the Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in
Egypt.

Directions from:
T.F. Green Airport (12 mi E):  Take I-95N, Exit 23 (Capital).  At end of
ramp, take a right.  Take next left to hotel.
Boston - BOS (50 mi NE):  Take I-93 South to I-95 South, Exit 23 (State
Capitol).  At end of ramp, turn right and take next left to hotel.


TRANSPORTATION

Aero-Airport Limousine, Call (401) 737-2868 for a reservation.
Servicing downtown Providence, area hotels, the train station, Fleet Center,
the Convention Center and Brown University.  Costs are:  $9.00 each way, 2
pieces of baggage allowed (additional baggage is $2.00/bag).  If arriving
after 7:00 p.m. you must call for a reservation.

Taxis Services, (401) 521-4200
Airport Express, East Side Cab, Red & White Cab, Laurel Sweeney Cabs (same
phone # for all).  Average fare runs about $20-25 one way (depending on
traffic), not including tip.


A preliminary program will be available in February.
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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jan  4 17:50:58 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 10:50:58 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Arab World Business Response
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Date: 04 Jan 2001
From: alhawar at american.edu
Subject: Arab World Business Response

Check  _Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices_  published
yearly by the US Department of State.

Mohammad T. Alhawary

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jan  4 18:35:12 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 11:35:12 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:NasherNet Advertisement
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Date: 04 Jan 2001
From: GnhBos at aol.com
Subject: NasherNet Advertisement

>
>  You will need to purchase FrontPage 2002 when it is available (June/July
>  2001??). That will be the first version that correctly handles Arabic.
>
>  Paul Nelson
>

... In the meantime, we recommend Sakhr's NasherNet to
making superior Arabic Webpages. Good example are:

http://www.sakhr.com and http://www.harf.com

NasherNet is the first bilingual Web authoring and
publishing tool available, containing both NasherNet
Site Manager and Editor.

It gives you the power to manipulate all web elements
in the easiest and most professional way. With
NasherNet Site Manager you have a full control
over the structure of your web site.

Site Manager is a tool for creating, managing and
organizing your web files and folders, testing and
repairing hyperlinks, importing and exporting different
file formats.  As a Web master, you can use the Site
Manager to add as many authors as your site needs,
assigning tasks for each of them, checking the status
of tasks, evaluating the progress, and finally publishing
your web site when it is ready.

On the other hand, NasherNet Editor is your tool for
creating and editing Web pages without the need to
know HTML. Using NasherNet Editor, you can add text,
images, tables, form fields, and many other elements to
your page, all in a fully WYSIWYG way.

By supporting Dynamic HTML (DHTML), Scripting and
Press Programming, NasherNet gives the Web author the
easiest way to fully control and program all the document
elements. Providing a large set of pre-coded JavaScript,
VBScript and DHTML statements actually reducing the
time needed by any author to write his own code.

Providing a powerful solution for editing cascading style
sheets (CSS), is one of the great benefits of the NasherNet
Editor, through which, authors do not have to worry about
the style sheets syntax. The corner stone for the efficiency
of NasherNet is the full and seamless integration between the
Site Manager and the Editor.

For more information about NasherNet, please go to:

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jan  4 18:34:13 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 11:34:13 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:New Akhbar Al-Yawm Site
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Date: 04 Jan 2001
From: Waheed Samy <wasamy at umich.edu>
Subject: New Akhbar Al-Yawm Site

http://www.akhbarelyom.org.eg/homepage/home.html

In addition to Alahram, we now have the above site.  It is in Windows
encoding.  Thus, contrary to Al-Hayat, it is possible to cut and paste text.

This above site is a gem; it is full of all sorts of goodies.

»‹Ë“ all.
Best wishes.
Waheed

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jan  4 19:16:48 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 12:16:48 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:NasherNet query
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Date: 02 Jan 2001
From: Ahmed Jamal Qureshi <jamal_qureshi at hotmail.com>
Subject: NasherNet query

If anyone out there has actually used NasherNet to create Arabic web pages,
could you get in touch with me so I can ask you a few questions?
Jamal

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Jan  5 16:42:23 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 09:42:23 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Cheltenham Position
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Date: 02 Jan 2001
From: Inlingua Cheltenham <flenquiries at inlingua-cheltenham.co.uk>
Subject: Cheltenham Position

[reposted from Arabic-Info]

We are urgently looking for an Arabic teacher who could teach at our centre in
Cheltenham. The course will start on 15/1/01 Mo-Thur 9-2pm intermediate level
here at Inligua. Conditions are excellent.

Regards

Bianca Behrens

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jan  8 18:20:31 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 11:20:31 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Aljazeera Site/VOA Site
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1) Subject: Aljazeera Site
2) Subject: VOA Site

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Date: 09 Jan 2001
From: Waheed Samy <wasamy at umich.edu>
Subject: Aljazeera Site

http://www.aljazeera.net/index.htm

Here's another new absolutely fantastic site.  This one includes audio AND
transcripts.

Waheed
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Date: 09 Jan 2001
From: dil <dil at byu.edu>
Subject: VOA Site

I wonder if anyone can answer a question about the VOA site at:

http://www.voa.gov/arabic/


It seems to have transcripts of the broadcasts, but I can't figure out a
way to link the transcripts with a specific broadcast.  Does anyone have a
solution to this?
Dil

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jan  8 18:22:56 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 11:22:56 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Rammuny Address Query
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Date: 09 Jan 2001
From: Jamal Attar <jamattar at cyberia.net.lb>
Subject: Rammuny Address Query

Dear Colleagues and Respectful Members

I have thankfully received the following info. after the kind suggestion
of dear list members on my enquiry on the availabilty of College level
books/material on Business Letter Writing in Arabic.

These are:

ADVANCED BUSINESS ARABIC. #IBC416-9     $24.95
BUSINESS ARABIC TEXTS- 2 VOLUMES         $34.50

Both  By Dr. Raji Rammuny

If you may kindly provide the address of Dr. Rammuny, I should be most
grateful.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jan  8 18:22:11 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 11:22:11 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Double Number system query
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Date: 09 Jan 2001
From: "Henry C. Farrell" <charfar at worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Double Number system query

Does anyone on the list have more information about these two topics:
 
1) It appears (from looking closely at photographs of Cairo street scenes)
that some Egyptian license plates use Western numbers, some use Arabic
(Hindi) numbers and some have both side-by-side.  Is this actually the case?
 
2) Is it possible that educated Egyptians can switch between the two number
systems with no more difficulty than Americans experience in switching
between between type fonts, between Italic and Roman type fonts, for
instance?
 
Charlotte
charfar at worldnet.att.net
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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan 10 21:44:36 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 14:44:36 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:VOA response
Message-ID: <WED.10.JAN.2001.144436.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date:10 Jan 2001
From: Waheed Samy <wasamy at umich.edu>
Subject: VOA response

Dil, I think that the audio and text do not match.  The audio is current,
but the text is quite old.

Waheed

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan 10 21:45:12 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 14:45:12 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Rammuny address response
Message-ID: <WED.10.JAN.2001.144512.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date:10 Jan 2001
From: Waheed Samy <wasamy at umich.edu>
Subject: Rammuny address response

The address is raram at umich.edu

Waheed

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan 10 21:48:46 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 14:48:46 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:License plates responses
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1) Subject: License plates response
2) Subject: License plates response
3) Subject: License plates response
4) Subject: License plates response

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Date:10 Jan 2001
From: Waheed Samy <wasamy at umich.edu>
Subject: License plates response

Egyptian license plates used to be Arabic (Hindi) with the same number in
French (Arabic).  But recently, the French (Arabic) has been dropped.  Thus
the plates are only in Arabic (Hindi).

Educated Egyptians have no problems with either number system.  But, the
Arabic (Hindi) VS Latin (Arabic) distinction is one of context; (like in
computers).

Waheed

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2)
Date:10 Jan 2001
From:  Mutarjm at aol.com
Subject: License plates response

Greetings.

That phenomenon of license plates printed with both systems of numbers seems
a fairly-common practice in most Arab countries, especially in the Arabian
GCC countries.

HTH.

Regrds from Los Angeles,

Stephen H. Franke

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3)
Date:10 Jan 2001
From: zeinabib <zeinabib at aucegypt.edu>
Subject: License plates response

The cars that have Arabic numbers are ones that have just arrived from abroad
and they are keeping the plates and should have the Hindi ones(as these are
illegal). sometimes, they keep both to show that these cars came from abroad.
That's all.
Zeinab Ibrahim

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4)
Date:10 Jan 2001
From: dwilmsen <dwilmsen at aucegypt.edu>
Subject: License plates response

Some, but not all, automobile license plates in Egypt display two sets of
numerals:  Arabic and their western counterparts.  Some street numbers do so
too.

As far as I have observed, no license plates display western numerals
exclusively, although some street numbers do.

In speech, many Egyptians can and do use western numbers.  What is more,
/ziiru/ has almost completely displaced /sifr/.

You will also see people taking numbers in dictation hearing Arabic and
writing in western figures or vice versa.  (In jotting down mobile telephone
numbers, for instance.  In that context you will also find people dictating
thus:  "ziiru itnaashar..." - using the prefix for the service provider
"Click" - or "ziiru @ashara..." - the "Mobinil" prefix.)

Switching between fonts implies using a computer, in which case, the user is
limited by the software in switching between Arabic and western numerals.  In
one of my computers, the switch to Arabic sometimes occurs when it is not
welcome!

Dr. David Wilmsen
Director, Arabic and Translation Studies
The American University in Cairo

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jan 16 21:48:45 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 14:48:45 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Arabic on Mac query
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1)
Date: 16 Jan 2001
From: John Makhoul <makhoul at bbn.com>
Subject: Arabic on Mac query

I have a Mac G3 (and G4) running Mac OS 9.0.4.  I have found out that
the Arabic capabilities that come with OS 9 are very limited.  What do
I need to make my Mac fully Arabic conversant?  The applications of
interest to me are Microsoft Office (especially Word and Powerpoint),
Netscape Communicator, and Internet Explorer.  Also, I would like the
ability on these applications to be able to read various Arabic
formats in addition to Arabic Mac format, including PC Windows format
(and dare I wish for Unicode Arabic format?).

Thanks.

John Makhoul

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jan 16 21:47:01 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 14:47:01 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:more on Licence plates
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1) Subject: Licence plates in Saudi Arabia
2) Subject: Licence plates thanks

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1)
Date: 16 Jan 2001
From: Yaser Al-Onaizan <yaser at ISI.EDU>
Subject: Licence plates in Saudi Arabia

Greetings all,

License plates in Saudi Arabia used to be exclusively with numbers that are
printed in both Arabic and Hindi numerals. However, in the last few years this
has changed. Now, license plates are composed of three letters (Arabic not
Roman) followed by some numbers written in Hindi Numerals. Part of the reason
they started to use a combination of numbers and letters is that they ran
out of
numbers (given the limited space of the license plate).

Yaser
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2)
Date: 16 Jan 2001
From: "Henry C. Farrell" <charfar at worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Licence plates thanks

To Arabic-L

Many, many thanks to all who replied on list or to me personally for your
generous responses.  The info is much appreciated.

Only Arabic-L has the resources to answer such a query.

Charlotte

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jan 16 21:48:06 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 14:48:06 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Exeter Last Call for Papers
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Date: 16 Jan 2001
From: Mohamed-Salah Omri <M.S.Omri at exeter.ac.uk>
Subject: Exeter Last Call for Papers

[NOTE: A number of papers on Arabic CALL will be subsidized by the
Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies.]

EXETER CALL 2001

UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

LAST CALL FOR PAPERS

September 1-3 2001

Conference on

CALL- The Challenge of Change

This will be the ninth biennial conference to be held in Exeter on Computer
Assisted Language Learning (CALL). Previous conferences have allowed not
only experts in the field, but all interested parties, to meet and discuss
problems and progress in CALL in a relaxed atmosphere. Many of the papers
have been published in Computer Assisted Language Learning. An
International Journal (Swets & Zeitlinger), and bear witness to the weighty
discoveries and research into this important area of modern education. If
we are to work together and share our knowledge, an occasion such as the
next conference provides a wonderful forum for us to do so.

To mark the opening of the Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies, the
conference will include an optional workshop on 'Arabic meeting the
challenge of CALL'.

The estimated cost is 165 (one hundred and sixty-five pounds sterling) for
en-suite accommodation in the Postgraduate Centre or 135 (one hundred and
thirty-five pounds sterling) for standard accommodation in Mardon Hall.
Both the Postgraduate Centre and Mardon Hall are centrally situated on the
University campus, and the prices include full board, the Conference fee
and a copy of the Proceedings- 100 pounds is the charge for non-residents.

Proposals (c.100-150 words) are invited by February 1 2001 for papers
(25mins) on any aspect of research in CALL which fits into the general
theme of 'CALL - The Challenge of Change'.

For further information, please return the form below to :

Mrs Wendy Oldfield, CALL 2001 Conference, School of Modern Languages,
Queen's Building, The University, EXETER, EX4 4QH, (UK);
tel. (0)1392 264310 / email<W.Oldfield at ex.ac.uk>.
Alternatively contact Keith Cameron, tel/fax(0)1392 264221/2;
email <K.C.Cameron at ex.ac.uk>

Inquiries and proposals for the Arabic workshop should be addressed to:
Mohamed-Salah Omri fax: (0)1392 264 035; email: m.s.omri at exeter.ac.uk

CALL 2001, Exeter,
CALL - The Challenge of Change

NAME
	..........................................
            ??????????..

ADDRESS
	..........................................
	..........................................
	..........................................
	..........................................

*I wish to attend the CALL conference September 1-3 2001

*I wish to attend the CALL conference Arabic Workshop September 3 (p.m.) 2001

* Special dietary requirements:

*Please invoice me for *en-suite / *standard accommodation

*I wish to propose a paper on:

*Please send further particulars about the conference

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan 17 20:29:58 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:29:58 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Arabic on Mac responses
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1) Subject: Arabic on Mac response
2) Subject: Arabic on Mac response
3) Subject: Arabic on Mac response

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1)
Date: 17 Jan 2001
From: YemenLC at aol.com
Subject: Arabic on Mac response

None of the applications you mentioned  supports Arabic. Microsoft programs
DO NOT Support Arabic on the Mac! (who cares. You never need them.)
The best programs for Arabic are: Nisus Writer, WinText, Al-Nashir Al-Sahafi,
PageMaker ME, Photoshop ME, inDeign ME and others. I believe apple works 6.0
also supports Arabic. I have 5.0 the spread sheet, database and the graphic
programs in apple works support Arabic. The wordprocessor does not support
Arabic!
For Web browsing, iCab is the best by far. Netscape supports Arabic only if
you are running the Arabic version of the Mac OS 9. You can import Arabic
text from windows into Al-Nashir al-Sahafi.
Hope this help.
Mohammed Rahawi

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2)
Date: 17 Jan 2001
From: Jamal Qureshi <jamal_qureshi at hotmail.com>
Subject: Arabic on Mac response

I haven't had the time to really check it out, but the following site might
have some solutions for you:

http://www.mughamarat.com/

Apparently they were recently featured on Moroccan television.

Jamal Qureshi

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3)
Date: 17 Jan 2001
From: Jamal Ali <jamalali at pacbell.net>
Subject: Arabic on Mac response

These applications will not cooperate with the Mac's Arabic Language kit
too well. For word processing in Arabic, you need Nisus Writer, and to
read most web pages in Arabic, the best bet for the Mac is iCab.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan 17 20:24:31 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:24:31 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:Amina the Ghoul query
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1)
Date: 17 Jan 2001
From: M Griffin <mgriffin at uoguelph.ca>
Subject: Amina the Ghoul query

DearSir
I am forwarding to you a query which you may be able to help me with
yourself, but if not, could you please post it to the Arabic Literature
List for me.  Replies should come directly to me at the above address.
Many thanks.

 >Hello
 >I've run across a reference to Amina the Ghoul in a letter by Florence
 >Nightingale and I thought before I spent a lot of time on research, I
 >might just ask someone who definitely knows more about Arabic literature
 >than I do if this is a well-known character of some poem or story?  I
 >would be very much obliged for any pointers to a starting place for my
 >quest if you can't answer me yourself.
 >Many thanks.
 >Margaret Griffin

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan 17 20:32:29 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:32:29 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Establishment of Arabic Linguistics
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1) Subject: New Handbook with chapter on Establishment of Arabic Linguistics

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1)
Date: 17 Jan 2001
From: reposted from LINGUIST
Subject: New Handbook with chapter on Establishment of Arabic Linguistics

New Publication from Mouton de Gruyter

>>From the series
Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft / Handbooks of
Linguistics and Communication Science / Manuels de linguistique et des
sciences de communication
Edited by Armin Burkhardt, Hugo Steger and Herbert Ernst Wiegand

History of the Language Sciences
An International Handbook on the Evolution of the Study of Language from
the Beginnings to the Present

Edited by Sylvain Auroux, E.F.K. Koerner, Hans-Josef Niederehe, Kees
Versteegh

Three Volumes. 27 x 19 cm. Cloth.

Volume 1: 2000. LX, 1096 pages.
DM 898,- / EUR 459,14 / öS 6555,- (RRP) / sFr 772,- / approx. US$ 449.00

ISBN 3-11-011103-9

(Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science 18.1)


Writing in English, German or French, more than 300 authors provide a
historical description of the beginnings and of the early and
subsequent development of thinking about language and languages within
the relevant historical context. Institutions which emerged over the
ages are considered, concerned with the study, organisation,
documentation, and distribution as well as with the utilisation of
language related knowledge. Special emphasis has been placed on
related disciplines, such as rhetoric, the philosophy of language,
cognitive psychology, logic and neurological science.


Contents Volume 1

I     The Establishment of Linguistic Traditions in the Near East
II    The Establishment of Chinese Linguistic Tradition
III   The Establishment of Korean Linguistic Tradition
IV    The Establishment of Japanese Linguistic Tradition
V     The Establishment of Sanskrit Linguistics
VI    The Establishment of Dravidian Linguistics
VII   The Establishment of Tibetan Linguistics
VIII  The Establishment of Hebrew Linguistics
IX    The Establishment of Arabic Linguistics
X     The Establishment of Syriac Linguistics
XI    The Establishment of Linguistics in Greece
XII   The Establishment of Linguistics in Rome
XIII  The Cultivation of Latin Grammar in the early Middle Ages
XIV   Linguistic Theory in the late Middle Ages
XV    The Cultivation of Latin Grammar in the late Middle Ages
XVI   The Classical Languages in the Age of Humanism
XVII  The Teaching of Languages in the 15th through the 18th Centuries in
      Europe
XVIII The Development of Grammatical Traditions for the Literary
      Vernaculars in Europe
XIX   The Normative Study of the National Languages from the 17th Century
      Onwards
XX    The Study of 'Exotic' Languages by Europeans
XXI   Theories of Grammar and Language Philosophy in the 17th and 18th
      Centuries
XXII  Ideas on the Origin of Language and Languages from the 16th to the
      19th Centuries

For further information about the handbook series, please refer to
http://www.deGruyter.de/hsk

For more information please contact the publisher:
Mouton de Gruyter
Genthiner Str. 13
10785 Berlin, Germany
Fax: +49 30 26005 222
e-mail: orders at degruyter.de

Please visit our website for other publications by Mouton de Gruyter
http://www.degruyter.com

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jan 22 23:23:17 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 16:23:17 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:Ghoul response
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1)
Date: 22 Jan 2001
From: Waheed Samy <wasamy at umich.edu>
Subject: Ghoul response

In Egyptian, there's an 'ummina l-ghuula.  This sounds like a suitable
candidate for corruption to Amina the Ghoul.

The ghuul/ghuula is a monster - too dreadful to even describe - in
children's stories.  I've never seen a picture of this terrible creature.
As kids, we'd tell each other stories about ghuuls.  One fragment I
remember includes as-shaatir Hassan - a hero figure - who comes upon
'ummina l-ghuula and says to her:
"sabaah el-kheir", to which she responds:
"lawla salaamak, kunt-i- 'akaltak 'abl-i- edaamak"
I suppose the moral of this snippet is to teach little children to be polite.
I have no idea of the significance of 'ummina.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jan 23 00:15:02 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 17:15:02 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:ALS 2001 Program
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1)
Date: 22 Jan 2001
From: Dil Parkinson <dil at byu.edu>
Subject: ALS Program

THE ARABIC LINGUISTICS SOCIETY,
THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, AND BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY

announce the

FIFTEENTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON
ARABIC LINGUISTICS

March 2-3, 2001


FRIDAY, MARCH 2
Morning Session
Chair: Dilworth Parkinson, BYU

7:45 - 8:00 	Registration
8:00 - 8:15 	Opening Remarks

8:15 - 8:45	EVOLUTION OF MSA, THE CASE OF SOME COMPLEMENTARY PARTICLES
	Mark Van Mol, Catholic University Leuven

8:45 - 9:15	TWO DISTINCTIVE SENTENCE FUNCTIONS IN DESCRIPTIVE ARABIC
LINGUISTICS
Everhard Ditters, Nijmegen University

9:15 - 9:45	AUTOMATIC PART-OF-SPEECH TAGGING OF AN ARABIC CORPUS USING APT
Shereen Khoja and Roger Garside, Lancaster University

9:45 -10:15	THE NP-STRUCTURE TYPES IN WRITTEN AND SPOKEN MSA CORPORA: A
FORMAL-BASED APPROACH
	Sameh Al-Ansary, Nijmegen University

10:15-10:30	Coffee

10:30-11:00	ROLE OF L1 TRANSFER IN L2 ACQUISITION OF INFLECTIONAL
MORPHOLOGY
	Mohammad T. Alhawary, American University, Washington D.C.
11:00-11:30	MEASURING MORPHOLOGY FEATURES IN ARABIC VERBS
Stephen Taylor, College of the Holy Cross

11:30-12:00	REDUPLICATION IN JORDANIAN ARABIC
Mohammad Anani, University of Jordan

12:00-12:30	ARE WORD PATTERNS PARSED INTO VOCALIC AND SKELETAL
MORPHEMES DURING THE PROCESSING OF MSA?
Sami Boudelaa and William Marslen-Wilson, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences
Unit, Cambridge


Afternoon Session
Chair: Dirk Elzinga, University of Utah

2:00 - 2:30	RISING BITONAL PITCH ACCENTS IN ARABIC INTONATION
Dana Chahal, University of Melbourne

2:30 - 3:00	CONSONANT PRODUCTION IN ARABIC AND ENGLISH BILINGUAL AND
MONOLINGUAL SPEECH
Ghada Khattab, University of Leeds

3:00 - 3:30	GENERALIZED CHAIN SHIFTS: BASED ON CYRENAICAN BEDOUIN ARABIC
Mina Lee, University of Southern California

3:30 - 4:00	FREQUENCY ANALYSIS OF ARABIC VOWELS IN CLASSICAL ORTHOEPY:
THE PHONETICS OF ARABIC CARDINAL VOWELS
Daniel L. Newman, Institut Supérieur de Traducteurs et Interprètes

4:00 - 4:15	Coffee


4:15 - 5:15	KEYNOTE ADDRESS
THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE GRAMMATICAL STATUS OF ROOT CONSONANTS IN ARABIC
Stuart Davis, Indiana University at Bloomington

5:30-9:00		RECEPTION


SATURDAY, MARCH 3
Morning Session
Chair: Laurel Stvan, University of Utah

8:15 - 8:45	THE PARTICLES OF POWER
Mustafa Mughazy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

8:45 - 9:15 	THE USE OF VERNACULAR PARTICLES AND MSA VERB MORPHOLOGY IN
UNSCRIPTED ORAL MEDIA ARABIC
	David J. Mehall, Georgetown University

9:15 - 9:45	CHILD DIRECTED SPEECH IN HIJAZI ARABIC
	Fatima Basaffar, King Abdul Aziz University

9:45 -10:15	WHAT IS A SECRET LANGUAGE?
A CASE FROM SAUDI ARABIAN DIALECTS
	Muhammad Bakalla, King Saud University

10:15-10:30	Coffee

10:30-11:00	LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF FOLKSINGING IN ARABIC:
AL-ATAABA
	Jamil Daher

11:00-11:30	THEORIES OF CODE SWITCHING IN LIGHT OF EMPIRICAL DATA FROM
EGYPT
Reem Bassiouney, Oxford University

11:30-12:00	INTRODUCTIONS IN ARABIC ACADEMIC DISCOURSE
Ahmed Fakhri, West Virginia University

12:00-12:30	TRANSLATING ARABIC SPEECH ACTION EXPRESSIONS
Rudolf Reinelt, Universitaet Ehime

Afternoon Session
Chair: Randall Guess, University of Utah

2:00 - 2:30	RELATIVE CLAUSES IN SYRIAN ARABIC: TWO RE-CONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS
James Darrow, University of California, Santa Cruz

2:30 - 3:00	HEBREW SPEAKERS' ACQUISITION OF ARABIC SYNTAX
	Naomi Bolotin, University of Kansas

3:00 - 3:30	INTERPRETABILITY, FEATURE STRENGTH, AND IMPOVERISHED AGREEMENT
Mark LeTourneau, Weber State University

3:30 - 3:45 	Coffee

3:45 - 4:15	CASE AND (IN)DEFINITENESS IN THE CONSTRUCT STATE IN ARABIC
Khaled Elghamry, Indiana University, Bloomington

4:15 - 4:45	THE ARABIC LEXICON DEVELOPMENT: TOWARDS UNITY OR DIVERSITY?
	Fatima Badry, American University of Sharjah

4:45 - 5:15	RULE ECONOMY: THE CASE OF KAANA IN THE EMERGENCY EXIT
	Michael McOmber, University of Utah

5:15 - 6:00	ALS Business Meeting


For registration information contact:
Tessa Hauglid, 1346 South 2950 East, Spanish Fork, UT 84660, USA (email:
tmh1 at mstar2.net).

The symposium will be held at the Fort Douglas Guesthouse in Salt Lake
City, located at 110 South Fort Douglas Boulevard on the University of Utah
campus. The Guesthouse offers a rate for symposium participants of $69 for
single or double rooms and includes a continental breakfast. Please make
reservations by calling the hotel directly at 1-888-416-4075. International
visitors please call 801-587-1000. Mention the Arabic Linguistics Symposium
when making reservations; a block of rooms will be held for conference
participants until February 15, after which rooms may be reserved at the
same rate subject to availability. For more information on the Guesthouse
go to: http://www.guesthouse.utah.edu.

sponsored by

THE ARABIC LINGUISTICS SOCIETY

and

College of Humanities, Department of Linguistics, Middle East Center,
Depart-ment of Languages and Literature, THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH and
Department of Near Eastern and Asian Languages, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY


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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan 24 16:51:51 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 09:51:51 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:JAIS Articles
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1)
Date: 42 Jan 2001
From: Joseph Norment Bell <joseph.bell at msk.uib.no>
Subject: JAIS Articles

Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies
http://www.uib.no/jais
http://enlil.ff.cuni.cz/jais

The final versions (PDF and HTML) of the following articles have been
posted on the Norwegian site recently:

Vol. 2 (1998/99): Erica Sapper Simpson. "ISLAM IN UZBEKISTAN: WHY FREEDOM
OF RELIGION IS FUNDAMENTAL FOR PEACE AND STABILITY IN THE REGION." (Adobe
Acrobat 4.0 PDF file and HTML version.)

Vol. 3 (2000): James E. Montgomery. "IBN FADLAN AND THE RUSIYYAH." (Adobe
Acrobat 4.0 PDF file and HTML version.)

Vol. 3 (2000): Ronald A. Lukens-Bull. "TEACHING MORALITY: JAVANESE ISLAMIC
EDUCATION IN A GLOBALIZING ERA." (Adobe Acrobat 4.0 PDF file and HTML version.)

The HTML versions were created with Word (Office 2000), which as an HTML
editor and reader (like the newer versions of Internet Explorer for Windows
98 and 2000) does not recognize our JAIS1 TTW dot under certain letters
(h,a, etc. = upper ASCII position 152, soft hyphen), and cannot produce it.
Articles without Arabic script (all of the above-mentioned) are better read
with Netscape. We will reinsert missing dots as soon as time allows.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan 24 16:55:59 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 09:55:59 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:More on Ghoul
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2) Subject:  'ummina -l-ghuula

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Date: 42 Jan 2001
From: Galila Salib "GSalib at al.com"
Subject: 'ummina -l-ghuula

I agree with Waheed.
The saying could also be said as follows: "lawla salaamak sabaq kalaamak,
kunt-i-'akalt lahmak 'abl-i- edaamak."

Here is a fable from the verbal tradition: Some children were taken by
'ummina -l ghuula. They asked her to let them go and swim in the canal. She
agreed on the condition that they carry a drum and beat on it all the time.
The children hung the drum on a tree where the wind beat on it. They crossed
the canal and escaped. I think that the moral here is to teach little
children to use their brain intelligently.

Kamil 'al-kilani's children books represent pictures of al-ghuul.

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Date: 42 Jan 2001
From: Samia S. Montasser" <sam231 at gwis2.circ.gwu.edu>
Subject: 'ummina -l-ghuula

Adding to what our colleague Waheed Samy said. When I saw the film "Ghost"
the part where the evil spirits in black and making horrible noises while
taking the soul of the murderer, I could not help myself but remember
'umminaa 'ilghuula.
There is also this saying in Arabic that there are three inonexistent
things: thalaatha mina-lmustaHiilaat "'alghuul, wal9anqaa' walxil'alwafii"
Only the third has a meaning " the faithful friend".
Samia Montasser

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Jan 26 19:16:03 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 12:16:03 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN: Egyptian Art/Lyrics on Web Query
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Date: 26 Jan 2001
From: Peter Gran <pgran at unix.temple.edu>
Subject: Egyptian Art/Lyrics on Web Query

Greetings,
I wonder if colleagues can point to individual  well-known works of
modern Egyptian art on the Web that students could use and if one can
easily find on the web or elsewhere particular songs of Sayyid Darwish
and others from the history of modern music in Egypt.
Thank you.

Peter Gran

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Jan 26 19:18:52 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 12:18:52 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Ghoul and Ghoul thanks
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Date: 26 Jan 2001
From: farouk mustafa <f-mustafa at uchicago.edu>
Subject: More on Ghoul

Is nothing sacred anymore, Waheed and Galila?  Every little child,
especially those who grew up in Tanta, knows that ummina el-ghuula and
abuuna el-ghuul, for that matter, returnedd the greeting by saying: "luula
salaamak saba' kalaamak,la kalt lahmak 'bl `idaamak".

As for the Ghuuls, for indeed it is a family made up of abuuna el-ghuul,
who is for the most part, quite inept and therefore to a degree benign,
ummina el-ghuula, who is really, really, REALLY evil (Freud and Jung would
both have their work cut out for them on this one) and the little Ghuul
kids who do absolutely nothing except, when the right smart human child is
involved, get eaten, by mistake, of course, by ummina el-ghuula and
occasionally, the memory is quite fuzzy here, by abbuna el-ghuul as well.

Reaching down in the recesses of this Tanta kid's memory, I can reconstruct
the following: The Ghuuls are a regular family,Ghuul Shmuuls, who live in
an unspecified house in the hara, both in the sense of alley and
neighborhood, and I think their ordinariness makes them all the more
frightening, because anyone can be a ghuul, right?  We are not given any
particulars as to father's occupation, age, appearance--except that they
have to be very ugly.  They have a big room, in a house, on the first
floor, if I remember correctly.  In a corner of that rather big room is a
big cauldron with fire under it day and night, wiating for the hapless
human kid whose bad luck or bad behavior (that element depends on each
particular family's didactic bent)places them in the Ghuul's cluthches.
Did I mention that the sole raison d'etre, the career, the mission in life
so to speak of the ghuuls is to eat kids? But not all kids, only the
stupid, unlucky and misbehaving kids get to experience that firsthand, the
rest of us just hear about it.

What really strikes me as particularly fiendish is the familial scene in
which this is all depicted.  And it is not an abstract or other, familial
scene; it is close to home, it is OUR MOTHER and OUR FATHER and what do
they do? They eat children.  Go figure.  I could go on and on but I am
beginning to get scared all over again.

Farouk

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Date: 26 Jan 2001
From: M Griffin <mgriffin at uoguelph.ca>
Subject: Ghoul thanks

Dear Dr. Parkinson
Please pass on my thanks to the generous list-members who have shared
their knowledge with us.  I have passed on your comments to the editor
working on this piece.
Sincerely,
Margaret Griffin

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jan 29 20:32:14 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 13:32:14 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:Egyptian Art/Lyrics Responses
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3) Subject: Egyptian Art/Lyrics Response

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Date: 29 Jan 2001
From: William J Kopycki Jr <kopycki at csd.uwm.edu>
Subject: Egyptian Art/Lyrics Response

Dr. Gran,

http://www.egyptart.org.eg contains pictures of paintings both old and
new. Sponsored by Shell Egypt, the purpose of this site seems slightly
.com-oriented.

http://touregypt.net/art contains representative works of a variety of
Egyptian artists spanning various times and movements.

Perhaps others are aware of better sites....

Sincerely,

William Kopycki.

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Date: 29 Jan 2001
From: Yaser Al-Onaizan <yaser at ISI.EDU>
Subject: Egyptian Art/Lyrics Response

Greetings,

For Arabic songs,  mazika  site (http://www.mazika.com )  have tons of Arabic
songs (not just from Egypt but from other regions too) in MP3 and other audio
formats. Some with lyrics too.  I don't think they have anything for Sayyid
Darwish, but  you'll find lots of songs by AbdelHalim Hafez and Umm
Kulthum (the
lyrics though are in GIF format - not text).

For cinema, you could check Sakhr's cinema
(http://cinema.ajeep.com/arabcinema).
Not sure what they have there but it looks impressive.

Hope that helps,
Yaser Al-Onaizan
University of Southern California

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Date: 29 Jan 2001
From: "Chouairi, R. MR           DFL" <GR6548 at exmail.usma.army.mil>
Subject: Egyptian Art/Lyrics Response

Friends
The songs of Sayyed Darwish in his voice are available in good Arabic music
stores.  The quality is not always great.  The songs you may find are well
known ('anA hawait etc..).  And since you are interested in modern art,
there is also some very rare recordings in the possession of Mr. Ziad
Rahbani of Sayyed Darwish playing the piano and singing (you may want to get
in touch with Mozart Chahine stores in Beirut, they may have these
recordings available).  Ziad mentioned it in an interview in retaliation of
those who accused him and his parents of being modernists and not in the
tradition of eastern music.  Indeed songs such as Zourouni and Ttil`it ya
ma.hlA nourhA were forgotten in the Arab world and rediscovered by the
Rahbani brothers in the 50's.  When they went to Egypt, invited by 'ith`Ait
al ^sarq al-`adnA, to record songs for the Palestinians in the mid-50's,
they met with the son of Sayyed Darwish who did not know of the existence of
these 2 songs.  I am so happy that in this age of cacophony someone is
asking for the songs of a great mind: Sayyed Darwish.

Rajaa Chouairi
West Point

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jan 29 20:42:58 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 13:42:58 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Nisus Quran query
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Date: 29 Jan 2001
From: Jamal Ali <jamalali at pacbell.net>
Subject: Nisus Quran query

Hi. Does anyone know where I can get the entire text of the Qur'an in
digital format, preferable as a Nisus document? If not Nisus, then Arabic
MS Word for Windows would be great too.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jan 29 20:45:54 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 13:45:54 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:more Ghouls
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Date: 29 Jan 2001
From: "Schub, Michael" <michael.schub at trincoll.edu>
Subject: ghoul

"Go figure:"  Mom and Dad ghoul-ish cannibals??!  Bruno Bettelheim already

did in his *The Uses of Enchantment--The Meaning and Importance of Fairy

Tales.*  NY  1975.

                                           Mike Schub

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2)
Date: 29 Jan 2001
From: Waheed Samy <wasamy at umich.edu>
Subject: ghoul

Yes you are right Farouk.  I'd forgotten the exact phrasing of this
gem.  But did kids in Tanta really say luula?
Mohammed Eissa and I were discussing significance exhibited by the
politeness of the hero in saying sabaaH il-kheer to 'ummina l-ghuula.
It appears to be a ploy; one used to trick the ghuula, thereby
tempering her fierceness.  This is evocative of ***ghalab-uu-hum
b-il-'adab***.
I don't even remember 'abuuna l-ghuul.  I think that 'ummina was a
much more frightening figure.

(What did Florence Nightingale look like?)

Waheed

farouk mustafa <f-mustafa at uchicago.edu> wrote:

>Is nothing sacred anymore, Waheed and Galila?  Every little child,
>especially those who grew up in Tanta, knows that ummina el-ghuula and
>abuuna el-ghuul, for that matter, returnedd the greeting by saying: "luula
>salaamak saba' kalaamak,la kalt lahmak 'bl `idaamak".

>In a corner of that rather big room is a
>big cauldron with fire under it day and night, wiating for the hapless
>human kid whose bad luck or bad behavior (that element depends on each
>particular family's didactic bent)places them in the Ghuul's cluthches.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jan 29 20:42:09 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 13:42:09 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Language, Culture and Curriculum Special Issue
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Date: 29 Jan 2001
From: reposted from LINGUIST
Subject: Language, Culture and Curriculum Special Issue on Arab World

Date:  Fri, 26 Jan 2001 12:19:48 +0000
From:  Kathryn King <kathryn at multilingual-matters.com>
Subject:  Language Culture & Curriculum Vol 13 No 2, 2000

Language, Culture and Curriculum

Vol. 13, No. 2, 2000

Contents

Special Issue
The Arab World: Language and Cultural Issues

Edited by Mahmoud A. Al-Khatib


Introduction

Abdulmoneim Mahmoud: Modern Standard Arabic vs. Non-Standard Arabic:
Where Do Arab Students of EFL Transfer From?

Ali S. Hasan: Learners' Perceptions of Listening Comprehension Problems

Sane M. Yagi: Language Labs and Translation Booths: Simultaneous
Interpretation as a Learner Task

Abdullah A. Khuwaileh and Ali Al Shoumali: Writing Errors:
A Study of the Writing Ability of Arab Learners of Academic
English and Arabic at University

Bader S. Dweik: Linguistic and Cultural Maintenance Among the
Chechens of Jordan

Peter G. Emery: Greeting, Congratulating and Commiserating in Omani Arabic

Hassan R.S. Abd el-Jawad: A Linguistic and Sociopragmatic and
Cultural Study of Swearing in Arabic

Book Review
Communication Across Cultures: Translation Theory and Contrastive
Text Linguistics



Kathryn King
Multilingual Matters Ltd
Frankfurt Lodge, Clevedon Hall
Victoria Road, Clevedon, North Somerset BS21 7HH, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1275-876519; Fax: +44 (0) 1275-871673
Email: kathryn at multilingual-matters.com
http://www.multilingual-matters.com

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jan 30 21:48:53 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 14:48:53 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Comments on ghoul
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Date: 30 Jan 2001
From: mughazy <mughazy at students.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Comments on ghoul

Having read all these insightful comments about the ghoul, I could not help
but post these comments.
(1) The ghoul is a mythical character that was frequently mentioned and
described in the Arab Nights. It is a dark furry giant with one big red eye in
the middle of its head, and it has goat-like legs with hoofs i.e., some sort
of a Cyclope adapted from Greek mythology.
(2) The term ghoul applies only to the male members of this species. I can not
remember the word for the female ones, but I will look it up (it is a frequent
question in the crossword puzzle in el-akhbar newspaper). Therefore, ummina
el-ghoula is an Egyptian adaptation just like the story of esh-shaTer Hassan.
These stories or fairy tales differ from one community to the other because of
their oral nature and susceptibility to change.
(3) The concepts of the ghoul and ummina elghoula function in certain
sub-cultures in Egypt as a way of disciplining children (something to fear).
These include el-3askary (the cop), abu regl maslukha (the man with skinned
legs), el-3aw, which is an imaginary very fierce dog-like animal, and recently
el-ashkeef among others.

I hope that helps.

Mustafa A. Mughazy
Graduate student
Depatment of Linguistics
University of Illinois
Urbana Champaign

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jan 30 21:43:33 2001
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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 14:43:33 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L::LING:Structure of Arabic Textbok query
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Date: 30 Jan 2001
From: Khaled Abu-Abbas <abbas at ukans.edu>
Subject: Structure of Arabic Textbok query

Hello all,
I'm looking for a good textbook to teach the Structure of Arabic as
an introductory course for English speakers.It has to be in English
and include sections on Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Semantics,
and Syntax. Any recommendation are highly appreciated.
                      Khaled Abu-Abbas
                      University of Kansas

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jan 30 21:44:12 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 14:44:12 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Initial Geminates query
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Date: 30 Jan 2001
From: Khaled Abu-Abbas <abbas at ukans.edu>
Subject: Initial Geminates query

Hello all,
  I'm doing research on Arabic Initial geminates (in vernacular
Arabic). Any literature on the subject is highly appreciated.
              Khaled Abu-Abbas
              University of Kansas

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jan 30 21:46:27 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 14:46:27 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Nisus Quran replies
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Date: 30 Jan 2001
From: Yaser Al-Onaizan <yaser at ISI.EDU>
Subject: Nisus Quran reply

Greetings,

For the Qur'an  in text format, check either of the following two web sites:

1. http://members.aol.com/HolyQuran
2. http://www.holyquran.net/quran/index.html

The first one has links to recorded recitations, tafseer, and translation. If
you are interested in the English translations, then check
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA

Hope that helps,
Yaser

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Date: 30 Jan 2001
From: "Schub, Michael" <michael.schub at trincoll.edu>
Subject: Nisus Quran reply

For the Qur'an on CD, go to:  www.iqra.org.

/  fa-bi'ayyi   'alaa'i  rabbi-kumaa  tudadhdhibaani /??

                        Mike Schub

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jan 30 21:47:31 2001
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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 14:47:31 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:NCOLCTL 2001
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Date:  Mon, 29 Jan 2001 11:15:06 -0500
From:  Scott McGinnis <smcginnis at nflc.org>
Subject:  Less Commonly Taught Languages -  NCOLCTL 2001

Hotel and transportation information, and a copy of the registration
form for NCOLCTL 2001, scheduled for April 6-8, 2001, is available now
at the CouncilNet website address of


http://www.councilnet.org/pages/CNet_Announcements.htm#fourthconference

If you can not download a copy of the form from that site, please
contact Scott McGinnis at smcginnis at nflc.org, fax 202-637-9244 or phone
202-637-8881, extension 28 -- a copy of the form can be faxed or mailed
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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan 31 20:06:33 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 13:06:33 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Structure of Arabic Textbook response
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Date: 31 Jan 2001
From: "Schub, Michael" <michael.schub at trincoll.edu>
Subject: Structure of Arabic Textbook response

I'd start with Beeston, A. F. L. *The Arabic Language Today*

London  1970.

For syntax, check Cantarino, V. *Syntax of Modern Arabic Prose.*

Indiana  1974.  [3 vols.]

      also, Stetkevych,J.  *The Modern Arabic Literary Language.*

Chicago  1970.

      Best wishes,

                                        Mike Schub

                                        [al-muqattal]

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan 31 20:10:04 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 13:10:04 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Geminate Consonants response
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Date: 31 Jan 2001
From: Louis Boumans <louis.boumans at freeler.nl>
Subject: Geminate Consonants response

some references on geminate consonants:

Miller, Ann M. (1987). Phonetic characteristics of Levantine Arabic
geminates with differing morpheme and syllable structures. "Working
Papers in Linguistics (Ohio State University), "36, 120-40.

Keegan, John M. (1984). Geminate clusters and Moroccan Arabic
syllable structure. "CUNYForum Papers in Linguistics, 10, 44-69.

Obrecht, Dean H. (1965). Three experiments in the perception of
geminate consonants in Arabic. "Language and Speech, "8, 31-41.

Benhallam, A. (1991). On geminates in Moroccan Arabic. "Linguistica
Communicatio, "III 2, 28-40.

best wishes,

Louis Boumans
Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, CNWS,
Postbus 9515, 2300 RA Leiden,
+31-71-527 29 93
<mailto:louisboumans at rullet.leidenuniv.nl>louisboumans at rullet.leidenuniv.nl

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan 31 20:11:32 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 13:11:32 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Web character encoding query
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Date: 31 Jan 2001
From: malek.boualem at rd.francetelecom.fr
Subject: Web character encoding query

Dear Arabist's,

Does someone please know about a recent survey or
study about character encoding systems that are used
for Arabic Web sites (over the world) ?

If possible I would like to collect a kind of "classification"
with some correct and precise numbers and percentages
between the various used encoding systems
(ASMO, DOS, ISO-6, CP1256, Unicode, ...).

Important:
If possible I also would like to know the percentage of
Arabic Web pages that are composed of scanned texts (GIFs).

I promise to share this information with you.
I know it is useful for most of us.

Shukran in advance.
Malek Boualem

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan 31 20:14:09 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 13:14:09 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:ghoul
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1)
Date: 31 Jan 2001
From: djust at netvision.net.il
Subject: ghoul

A curiosity:
My wife was born in Kfar Saba, the daughter of Baghdad Jews.
Her native language, and the language which she still speaks with
her family, is Arabic, though she's not literate in it.  She frequently
uses the word ghuula, mostly as a metaphor for some child's
beastly behavior, but she refuses to believe that the word even has
a masculine.
A sad day for equality of the sexes.
Thanks.
David.

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2)
Date: 31 Jan 2001
From: dwilmsen <dwilmsen at aucegypt.edu>
Subject: ghoul

My wife, who is not from Tanta, but was born and bred in Cairo, and whose
andecedents are in the Governorate of Qalioubiya, just north of Cairo, the
villages of Toukh and Tahanoub, says that it is not /amiina/ but /umm-i-na
el-ghuula/.  She has never heard of /abb-uu-na el-ghuul/.

Dr. David Wilmsen
Director, Arabic and Translation Studies
The American University in Cairo

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jan  2 23:42:56 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 16:42:56 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Map response
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Date: 02 Jan 2001
From: Mutarjm at aol.com
Subject: Map response

Greetings.
Please furnish additional details about which period of such a map you seek.

A historical atlas of the Arabian Peninsula (all text in Arabic), printed by
the King Saud University Press in the 1970s (thereabouts) has numerous maps
(many pre-Al Saud dynasty). The book is a large, coffee-table size volume.

Glad to assist with anything from my copy of that atlas.
Regards from Los Angeles,
Stephen H. Franke

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jan  2 23:43:38 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 16:43:38 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Arab World Business Stats query
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1)
Date: 02 Jan 2001
From: Jamal Ali <jamalali at pacbell.net>
Subject: Arab World Business Stats query

Hi:
Does anyone know where I might find some statistics and info on American
trade, business and investment in the Arab world? How much trade and
business goes on between the US and Arab world? How much has it increased
or decreased in the last 10 or 20 years? What is projected for the
future? and other info like that, etc.
Is there some kind of reference book or yearbook or a website that talks
about this kind of stuff?
thanks

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jan  2 23:44:49 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 16:44:49 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Frontpage 2000 with Arabic query
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Date: 02 Jan 2001
From: Ahmed Jamal Qureshi <jamal_qureshi at hotmail.com>
Subject: Frontpage 2000 with Arabic query

I have Arabic (enabled) Windows98.  I would like to get the most up to date
version of Frontpage that will allow me full functionality to design
websites in Arabic and English without any jerry-rigging.  Does anyone know
for sure if Frontpage2000 will work in both languages on an Arabic Windows98
system (keeping in mind I have no other Office2000 applications, only
Office97)?

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan  3 16:09:39 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 09:09:39 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Arabic Business Stats response
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1)
Date: 03 Jan 2001
From: Digitek <sakhrus at erols.com>
Subject: Arabic Business Stats response

Contact the National US-Arab Chamber of Commerce in Washington DC.  Their
Website is at www.nusacc.org.

Digitek International

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan  3 16:25:22 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 09:25:22 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Binghamton Job
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Date: 03 Jan 2001
From: Kevin Lacey
Subject: Binghamton Job

Binghamton University of the State University of New York, Department of
Classical and Near Eastern Studies has been authorized to make a
tenure-track appointment in Arabic and Near Eastern Studies, at the rank of
Assistant Professor, effective August 2001.  Applicants must have the Ph.D.
in hand or firmly expected, native or near native fluency in Standard
Arabic and an important Arabic dialect (Egyptian or Moroccan preferred),
and a demonstrated record of excellence and success in teaching Statndard
and dialectal Arabic as a second language in the college or university
environment, at all levels.  Applicants must also be able to offer
attractive introductory as well as upper-level courses in literary,
cultural, and civilizational studies dealing with Arab/Islamic Middle East
and North Africa, and present a realistic agenda of publication and
research.  Desired additional competencies include: a research
concentration on language and literature, with a North African and/or
Egyptian focus; knowledge of other languages useful to this field; and a
proven ability to develop and use innovative teaching material, especially
by using the computer, VCR, and satellite television broadcasts.  To apply,
before 1 March 2001, please send your vita, your letter responding to the
particulars of this notice, and three letters of recommendation, to

R. Kevin Lacey, Chair
Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies
Binghamton University
Binghamton, NY  13902-6000

Binghamton University is an Affirmative Action/Equal opportunity employer.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan  3 16:11:06 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 09:11:06 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Frontpage 2000 Responses
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2) Subject: Frontpage 2000 Response

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1)
Date: 03 Jan 2001
From: Paul Nelson <paulnel at microsoft.com>
Subject: Frontpage 2000 Response

You will need to purchase FrontPage 2002 when it is available (June/July
2001??). That will be the first version that correctly handles Arabic.

Paul Nelson

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2)
Date: 03 Jan 2001
From: "Timothy A. Gregory" <tgregory at tarjema.com>
Subject: Frontpage 2000 Response

Frontpage 2000 doesn't support Arabic fully, so you won't be able to
create web pages with it without at least some work on your HTML source...

Tim Gregory

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan  3 20:08:37 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 13:08:37 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:ARCE Meetings Announcement
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Date: 03 Jan 2001
From: Carolyn Tomaselli <ctomase at emory.edu>
Subject: ARCE Meetings Announcement

THE AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER IN EGYPT
FIFTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING
BROWN UNIVERSITY
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
APRIL 27-29, 2000

CALL FOR PAPERS

AT-LARGE PAPERS:  Members who wish to present papers at the 2001 annual
meeting of ARCE at Brown University should submit abstracts to the Review
Committee no later than January 21, 2001.  The meeting is sponsored by the
Department of Egyptology and the Watson Institute for International Studies
at Brown University and the Committee.  We are currently only looking for
submissions in Islamic studies, Egyptian Medieval to Modern history, Modern
Egyptian culture and society.  Submitted abstracts should not exceed 500
words and will be vetted by the committee members.

All abstracts should be sent to Professor Leonard H. Lesko, Department of
Egyptology, Box 1899, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912.  In order to
avoid problems of incompatible computer fonts, we are asking for hardcopy of
every submission in addition to a diskette copy in MS Word.  Do NOT send
your abstract by e-mail.

DEADLINE:  In order for the Review Committee to have sufficient time to make
its selections and organize the sessions, prospective participants must
return this form with an abstract to the above address no later than January
21, 2001.  Please note that NO ABSTRACT WILL BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT THIS FORM
OR THE EQUIVALENT INFORMATION.  Thank you.


Name:_______________________________________________________________


Address:_____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________


Telephone:________________________E-mail: _____________________________


Institutional Affiliation:__________________________________________________


Title of Proposed Paper:_________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________


I will require:	(a) slide projector_____ single_____ double

		(b) other ________________________________________________

On an attached sheet of paper, please submit an abstract of no more than 500
words.

****************************************************************************

FIFTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING
PROVIDENCE, APRIL 27-29, 2000
ADVANCE INFORMATION SHEET

CONFERENCE HOTEL

	Providence Marriott
	One Orms Street
	Providence, RI 02904
	Phone:  (401) 272-2400; Fax:  (401) 273-2686

Conference rate:  $109.00 for both a standard and a double room plus 12%
tax.  The availability of rooms and these prices cannot be guaranteed after
the hotel cut-off date of April 3, 2001.

When making your hotel reservations, please identify yourself as
participating in the Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in
Egypt.

Directions from:
T.F. Green Airport (12 mi E):  Take I-95N, Exit 23 (Capital).  At end of
ramp, take a right.  Take next left to hotel.
Boston - BOS (50 mi NE):  Take I-93 South to I-95 South, Exit 23 (State
Capitol).  At end of ramp, turn right and take next left to hotel.


TRANSPORTATION

Aero-Airport Limousine, Call (401) 737-2868 for a reservation.
Servicing downtown Providence, area hotels, the train station, Fleet Center,
the Convention Center and Brown University.  Costs are:  $9.00 each way, 2
pieces of baggage allowed (additional baggage is $2.00/bag).  If arriving
after 7:00 p.m. you must call for a reservation.

Taxis Services, (401) 521-4200
Airport Express, East Side Cab, Red & White Cab, Laurel Sweeney Cabs (same
phone # for all).  Average fare runs about $20-25 one way (depending on
traffic), not including tip.


A preliminary program will be available in February.
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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jan  4 17:50:58 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 10:50:58 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Arab World Business Response
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Date: 04 Jan 2001
From: alhawar at american.edu
Subject: Arab World Business Response

Check  _Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices_  published
yearly by the US Department of State.

Mohammad T. Alhawary

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jan  4 18:35:12 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 11:35:12 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:NasherNet Advertisement
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Date: 04 Jan 2001
From: GnhBos at aol.com
Subject: NasherNet Advertisement

>
>  You will need to purchase FrontPage 2002 when it is available (June/July
>  2001??). That will be the first version that correctly handles Arabic.
>
>  Paul Nelson
>

... In the meantime, we recommend Sakhr's NasherNet to
making superior Arabic Webpages. Good example are:

http://www.sakhr.com and http://www.harf.com

NasherNet is the first bilingual Web authoring and
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Site Manager and Editor.

It gives you the power to manipulate all web elements
in the easiest and most professional way. With
NasherNet Site Manager you have a full control
over the structure of your web site.

Site Manager is a tool for creating, managing and
organizing your web files and folders, testing and
repairing hyperlinks, importing and exporting different
file formats.  As a Web master, you can use the Site
Manager to add as many authors as your site needs,
assigning tasks for each of them, checking the status
of tasks, evaluating the progress, and finally publishing
your web site when it is ready.

On the other hand, NasherNet Editor is your tool for
creating and editing Web pages without the need to
know HTML. Using NasherNet Editor, you can add text,
images, tables, form fields, and many other elements to
your page, all in a fully WYSIWYG way.

By supporting Dynamic HTML (DHTML), Scripting and
Press Programming, NasherNet gives the Web author the
easiest way to fully control and program all the document
elements. Providing a large set of pre-coded JavaScript,
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Providing a powerful solution for editing cascading style
sheets (CSS), is one of the great benefits of the NasherNet
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For more information about NasherNet, please go to:

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jan  4 18:34:13 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 11:34:13 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:New Akhbar Al-Yawm Site
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Date: 04 Jan 2001
From: Waheed Samy <wasamy at umich.edu>
Subject: New Akhbar Al-Yawm Site

http://www.akhbarelyom.org.eg/homepage/home.html

In addition to Alahram, we now have the above site.  It is in Windows
encoding.  Thus, contrary to Al-Hayat, it is possible to cut and paste text.

This above site is a gem; it is full of all sorts of goodies.

????? all.
Best wishes.
Waheed

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jan  4 19:16:48 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 12:16:48 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:NasherNet query
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1)
Date: 02 Jan 2001
From: Ahmed Jamal Qureshi <jamal_qureshi at hotmail.com>
Subject: NasherNet query

If anyone out there has actually used NasherNet to create Arabic web pages,
could you get in touch with me so I can ask you a few questions?
Jamal

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Jan  5 16:42:23 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 09:42:23 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Cheltenham Position
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1)
Date: 02 Jan 2001
From: Inlingua Cheltenham <flenquiries at inlingua-cheltenham.co.uk>
Subject: Cheltenham Position

[reposted from Arabic-Info]

We are urgently looking for an Arabic teacher who could teach at our centre in
Cheltenham. The course will start on 15/1/01 Mo-Thur 9-2pm intermediate level
here at Inligua. Conditions are excellent.

Regards

Bianca Behrens

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jan  8 18:20:31 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 11:20:31 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Aljazeera Site/VOA Site
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2) Subject: VOA Site

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1)
Date: 09 Jan 2001
From: Waheed Samy <wasamy at umich.edu>
Subject: Aljazeera Site

http://www.aljazeera.net/index.htm

Here's another new absolutely fantastic site.  This one includes audio AND
transcripts.

Waheed
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2)
Date: 09 Jan 2001
From: dil <dil at byu.edu>
Subject: VOA Site

I wonder if anyone can answer a question about the VOA site at:

http://www.voa.gov/arabic/


It seems to have transcripts of the broadcasts, but I can't figure out a
way to link the transcripts with a specific broadcast.  Does anyone have a
solution to this?
Dil

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jan  8 18:22:56 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 11:22:56 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Rammuny Address Query
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1)
Date: 09 Jan 2001
From: Jamal Attar <jamattar at cyberia.net.lb>
Subject: Rammuny Address Query

Dear Colleagues and Respectful Members

I have thankfully received the following info. after the kind suggestion
of dear list members on my enquiry on the availabilty of College level
books/material on Business Letter Writing in Arabic.

These are:

ADVANCED BUSINESS ARABIC. #IBC416-9     $24.95
BUSINESS ARABIC TEXTS- 2 VOLUMES         $34.50

Both  By Dr. Raji Rammuny

If you may kindly provide the address of Dr. Rammuny, I should be most
grateful.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jan  8 18:22:11 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 11:22:11 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Double Number system query
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Date: 09 Jan 2001
From: "Henry C. Farrell" <charfar at worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Double Number system query

Does anyone on the list have more information about these two topics:
?
1) It appears (from looking closely at photographs of Cairo street scenes)
that some Egyptian license plates use Western numbers, some use Arabic
(Hindi) numbers and some have both side-by-side.? Is this actually the case?
?
2) Is it possible that educated Egyptians can switch between the two number
systems with no more difficulty than Americans experience in switching
between between type fonts, between Italic and Roman type fonts, for
instance?
?
Charlotte
charfar at worldnet.att.net
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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan 10 21:44:36 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 14:44:36 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:VOA response
Message-ID: <WED.10.JAN.2001.144436.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date:10 Jan 2001
From: Waheed Samy <wasamy at umich.edu>
Subject: VOA response

Dil, I think that the audio and text do not match.  The audio is current,
but the text is quite old.

Waheed

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan 10 21:45:12 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 14:45:12 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Rammuny address response
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Date:10 Jan 2001
From: Waheed Samy <wasamy at umich.edu>
Subject: Rammuny address response

The address is raram at umich.edu

Waheed

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan 10 21:48:46 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 14:48:46 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:License plates responses
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1) Subject: License plates response
2) Subject: License plates response
3) Subject: License plates response
4) Subject: License plates response

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Date:10 Jan 2001
From: Waheed Samy <wasamy at umich.edu>
Subject: License plates response

Egyptian license plates used to be Arabic (Hindi) with the same number in
French (Arabic).  But recently, the French (Arabic) has been dropped.  Thus
the plates are only in Arabic (Hindi).

Educated Egyptians have no problems with either number system.  But, the
Arabic (Hindi) VS Latin (Arabic) distinction is one of context; (like in
computers).

Waheed

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2)
Date:10 Jan 2001
From:  Mutarjm at aol.com
Subject: License plates response

Greetings.

That phenomenon of license plates printed with both systems of numbers seems
a fairly-common practice in most Arab countries, especially in the Arabian
GCC countries.

HTH.

Regrds from Los Angeles,

Stephen H. Franke

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3)
Date:10 Jan 2001
From: zeinabib <zeinabib at aucegypt.edu>
Subject: License plates response

The cars that have Arabic numbers are ones that have just arrived from abroad
and they are keeping the plates and should have the Hindi ones(as these are
illegal). sometimes, they keep both to show that these cars came from abroad.
That's all.
Zeinab Ibrahim

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4)
Date:10 Jan 2001
From: dwilmsen <dwilmsen at aucegypt.edu>
Subject: License plates response

Some, but not all, automobile license plates in Egypt display two sets of
numerals:  Arabic and their western counterparts.  Some street numbers do so
too.

As far as I have observed, no license plates display western numerals
exclusively, although some street numbers do.

In speech, many Egyptians can and do use western numbers.  What is more,
/ziiru/ has almost completely displaced /sifr/.

You will also see people taking numbers in dictation hearing Arabic and
writing in western figures or vice versa.  (In jotting down mobile telephone
numbers, for instance.  In that context you will also find people dictating
thus:  "ziiru itnaashar..." - using the prefix for the service provider
"Click" - or "ziiru @ashara..." - the "Mobinil" prefix.)

Switching between fonts implies using a computer, in which case, the user is
limited by the software in switching between Arabic and western numerals.  In
one of my computers, the switch to Arabic sometimes occurs when it is not
welcome!

Dr. David Wilmsen
Director, Arabic and Translation Studies
The American University in Cairo

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jan 16 21:48:45 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 14:48:45 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Arabic on Mac query
Message-ID: <TUE.16.JAN.2001.144845.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date: 16 Jan 2001
From: John Makhoul <makhoul at bbn.com>
Subject: Arabic on Mac query

I have a Mac G3 (and G4) running Mac OS 9.0.4.  I have found out that
the Arabic capabilities that come with OS 9 are very limited.  What do
I need to make my Mac fully Arabic conversant?  The applications of
interest to me are Microsoft Office (especially Word and Powerpoint),
Netscape Communicator, and Internet Explorer.  Also, I would like the
ability on these applications to be able to read various Arabic
formats in addition to Arabic Mac format, including PC Windows format
(and dare I wish for Unicode Arabic format?).

Thanks.

John Makhoul

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jan 16 21:47:01 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 14:47:01 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:more on Licence plates
Message-ID: <TUE.16.JAN.2001.144701.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject: Licence plates in Saudi Arabia
2) Subject: Licence plates thanks

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Date: 16 Jan 2001
From: Yaser Al-Onaizan <yaser at ISI.EDU>
Subject: Licence plates in Saudi Arabia

Greetings all,

License plates in Saudi Arabia used to be exclusively with numbers that are
printed in both Arabic and Hindi numerals. However, in the last few years this
has changed. Now, license plates are composed of three letters (Arabic not
Roman) followed by some numbers written in Hindi Numerals. Part of the reason
they started to use a combination of numbers and letters is that they ran
out of
numbers (given the limited space of the license plate).

Yaser
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2)
Date: 16 Jan 2001
From: "Henry C. Farrell" <charfar at worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Licence plates thanks

To Arabic-L

Many, many thanks to all who replied on list or to me personally for your
generous responses.  The info is much appreciated.

Only Arabic-L has the resources to answer such a query.

Charlotte

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jan 16 21:48:06 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 14:48:06 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Exeter Last Call for Papers
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Date: 16 Jan 2001
From: Mohamed-Salah Omri <M.S.Omri at exeter.ac.uk>
Subject: Exeter Last Call for Papers

[NOTE: A number of papers on Arabic CALL will be subsidized by the
Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies.]

EXETER CALL 2001

UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

LAST CALL FOR PAPERS

September 1-3 2001

Conference on

CALL- The Challenge of Change

This will be the ninth biennial conference to be held in Exeter on Computer
Assisted Language Learning (CALL). Previous conferences have allowed not
only experts in the field, but all interested parties, to meet and discuss
problems and progress in CALL in a relaxed atmosphere. Many of the papers
have been published in Computer Assisted Language Learning. An
International Journal (Swets & Zeitlinger), and bear witness to the weighty
discoveries and research into this important area of modern education. If
we are to work together and share our knowledge, an occasion such as the
next conference provides a wonderful forum for us to do so.

To mark the opening of the Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies, the
conference will include an optional workshop on 'Arabic meeting the
challenge of CALL'.

The estimated cost is 165 (one hundred and sixty-five pounds sterling) for
en-suite accommodation in the Postgraduate Centre or 135 (one hundred and
thirty-five pounds sterling) for standard accommodation in Mardon Hall.
Both the Postgraduate Centre and Mardon Hall are centrally situated on the
University campus, and the prices include full board, the Conference fee
and a copy of the Proceedings- 100 pounds is the charge for non-residents.

Proposals (c.100-150 words) are invited by February 1 2001 for papers
(25mins) on any aspect of research in CALL which fits into the general
theme of 'CALL - The Challenge of Change'.

For further information, please return the form below to :

Mrs Wendy Oldfield, CALL 2001 Conference, School of Modern Languages,
Queen's Building, The University, EXETER, EX4 4QH, (UK);
tel. (0)1392 264310 / email<W.Oldfield at ex.ac.uk>.
Alternatively contact Keith Cameron, tel/fax(0)1392 264221/2;
email <K.C.Cameron at ex.ac.uk>

Inquiries and proposals for the Arabic workshop should be addressed to:
Mohamed-Salah Omri fax: (0)1392 264 035; email: m.s.omri at exeter.ac.uk

CALL 2001, Exeter,
CALL - The Challenge of Change

NAME
	..........................................
            ??????????..

ADDRESS
	..........................................
	..........................................
	..........................................
	..........................................

*I wish to attend the CALL conference September 1-3 2001

*I wish to attend the CALL conference Arabic Workshop September 3 (p.m.) 2001

* Special dietary requirements:

*Please invoice me for *en-suite / *standard accommodation

*I wish to propose a paper on:

*Please send further particulars about the conference

 (* Delete as necessary)

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan 17 20:29:58 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:29:58 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Arabic on Mac responses
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2) Subject: Arabic on Mac response
3) Subject: Arabic on Mac response

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Date: 17 Jan 2001
From: YemenLC at aol.com
Subject: Arabic on Mac response

None of the applications you mentioned  supports Arabic. Microsoft programs
DO NOT Support Arabic on the Mac! (who cares. You never need them.)
The best programs for Arabic are: Nisus Writer, WinText, Al-Nashir Al-Sahafi,
PageMaker ME, Photoshop ME, inDeign ME and others. I believe apple works 6.0
also supports Arabic. I have 5.0 the spread sheet, database and the graphic
programs in apple works support Arabic. The wordprocessor does not support
Arabic!
For Web browsing, iCab is the best by far. Netscape supports Arabic only if
you are running the Arabic version of the Mac OS 9. You can import Arabic
text from windows into Al-Nashir al-Sahafi.
Hope this help.
Mohammed Rahawi

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2)
Date: 17 Jan 2001
From: Jamal Qureshi <jamal_qureshi at hotmail.com>
Subject: Arabic on Mac response

I haven't had the time to really check it out, but the following site might
have some solutions for you:

http://www.mughamarat.com/

Apparently they were recently featured on Moroccan television.

Jamal Qureshi

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3)
Date: 17 Jan 2001
From: Jamal Ali <jamalali at pacbell.net>
Subject: Arabic on Mac response

These applications will not cooperate with the Mac's Arabic Language kit
too well. For word processing in Arabic, you need Nisus Writer, and to
read most web pages in Arabic, the best bet for the Mac is iCab.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan 17 20:24:31 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:24:31 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:Amina the Ghoul query
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Date: 17 Jan 2001
From: M Griffin <mgriffin at uoguelph.ca>
Subject: Amina the Ghoul query

DearSir
I am forwarding to you a query which you may be able to help me with
yourself, but if not, could you please post it to the Arabic Literature
List for me.  Replies should come directly to me at the above address.
Many thanks.

 >Hello
 >I've run across a reference to Amina the Ghoul in a letter by Florence
 >Nightingale and I thought before I spent a lot of time on research, I
 >might just ask someone who definitely knows more about Arabic literature
 >than I do if this is a well-known character of some poem or story?  I
 >would be very much obliged for any pointers to a starting place for my
 >quest if you can't answer me yourself.
 >Many thanks.
 >Margaret Griffin

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan 17 20:32:29 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:32:29 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Establishment of Arabic Linguistics
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Date: 17 Jan 2001
From: reposted from LINGUIST
Subject: New Handbook with chapter on Establishment of Arabic Linguistics

New Publication from Mouton de Gruyter

>>From the series
Handb?cher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft / Handbooks of
Linguistics and Communication Science / Manuels de linguistique et des
sciences de communication
Edited by Armin Burkhardt, Hugo Steger and Herbert Ernst Wiegand

History of the Language Sciences
An International Handbook on the Evolution of the Study of Language from
the Beginnings to the Present

Edited by Sylvain Auroux, E.F.K. Koerner, Hans-Josef Niederehe, Kees
Versteegh

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Writing in English, German or French, more than 300 authors provide a
historical description of the beginnings and of the early and
subsequent development of thinking about language and languages within
the relevant historical context. Institutions which emerged over the
ages are considered, concerned with the study, organisation,
documentation, and distribution as well as with the utilisation of
language related knowledge. Special emphasis has been placed on
related disciplines, such as rhetoric, the philosophy of language,
cognitive psychology, logic and neurological science.


Contents Volume 1

I     The Establishment of Linguistic Traditions in the Near East
II    The Establishment of Chinese Linguistic Tradition
III   The Establishment of Korean Linguistic Tradition
IV    The Establishment of Japanese Linguistic Tradition
V     The Establishment of Sanskrit Linguistics
VI    The Establishment of Dravidian Linguistics
VII   The Establishment of Tibetan Linguistics
VIII  The Establishment of Hebrew Linguistics
IX    The Establishment of Arabic Linguistics
X     The Establishment of Syriac Linguistics
XI    The Establishment of Linguistics in Greece
XII   The Establishment of Linguistics in Rome
XIII  The Cultivation of Latin Grammar in the early Middle Ages
XIV   Linguistic Theory in the late Middle Ages
XV    The Cultivation of Latin Grammar in the late Middle Ages
XVI   The Classical Languages in the Age of Humanism
XVII  The Teaching of Languages in the 15th through the 18th Centuries in
      Europe
XVIII The Development of Grammatical Traditions for the Literary
      Vernaculars in Europe
XIX   The Normative Study of the National Languages from the 17th Century
      Onwards
XX    The Study of 'Exotic' Languages by Europeans
XXI   Theories of Grammar and Language Philosophy in the 17th and 18th
      Centuries
XXII  Ideas on the Origin of Language and Languages from the 16th to the
      19th Centuries

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jan 22 23:23:17 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 16:23:17 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:Ghoul response
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Date: 22 Jan 2001
From: Waheed Samy <wasamy at umich.edu>
Subject: Ghoul response

In Egyptian, there's an 'ummina l-ghuula.  This sounds like a suitable
candidate for corruption to Amina the Ghoul.

The ghuul/ghuula is a monster - too dreadful to even describe - in
children's stories.  I've never seen a picture of this terrible creature.
As kids, we'd tell each other stories about ghuuls.  One fragment I
remember includes as-shaatir Hassan - a hero figure - who comes upon
'ummina l-ghuula and says to her:
"sabaah el-kheir", to which she responds:
"lawla salaamak, kunt-i- 'akaltak 'abl-i- edaamak"
I suppose the moral of this snippet is to teach little children to be polite.
I have no idea of the significance of 'ummina.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jan 23 00:15:02 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 17:15:02 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:ALS 2001 Program
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Date: 22 Jan 2001
From: Dil Parkinson <dil at byu.edu>
Subject: ALS Program

THE ARABIC LINGUISTICS SOCIETY,
THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, AND BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY

announce the

FIFTEENTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON
ARABIC LINGUISTICS

March 2-3, 2001


FRIDAY, MARCH 2
Morning Session
Chair: Dilworth Parkinson, BYU

7:45 - 8:00 	Registration
8:00 - 8:15 	Opening Remarks

8:15 - 8:45	EVOLUTION OF MSA, THE CASE OF SOME COMPLEMENTARY PARTICLES
	Mark Van Mol, Catholic University Leuven

8:45 - 9:15	TWO DISTINCTIVE SENTENCE FUNCTIONS IN DESCRIPTIVE ARABIC
LINGUISTICS
Everhard Ditters, Nijmegen University

9:15 - 9:45	AUTOMATIC PART-OF-SPEECH TAGGING OF AN ARABIC CORPUS USING APT
Shereen Khoja and Roger Garside, Lancaster University

9:45 -10:15	THE NP-STRUCTURE TYPES IN WRITTEN AND SPOKEN MSA CORPORA: A
FORMAL-BASED APPROACH
	Sameh Al-Ansary, Nijmegen University

10:15-10:30	Coffee

10:30-11:00	ROLE OF L1 TRANSFER IN L2 ACQUISITION OF INFLECTIONAL
MORPHOLOGY
	Mohammad T. Alhawary, American University, Washington D.C.
11:00-11:30	MEASURING MORPHOLOGY FEATURES IN ARABIC VERBS
Stephen Taylor, College of the Holy Cross

11:30-12:00	REDUPLICATION IN JORDANIAN ARABIC
Mohammad Anani, University of Jordan

12:00-12:30	ARE WORD PATTERNS PARSED INTO VOCALIC AND SKELETAL
MORPHEMES DURING THE PROCESSING OF MSA?
Sami Boudelaa and William Marslen-Wilson, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences
Unit, Cambridge


Afternoon Session
Chair: Dirk Elzinga, University of Utah

2:00 - 2:30	RISING BITONAL PITCH ACCENTS IN ARABIC INTONATION
Dana Chahal, University of Melbourne

2:30 - 3:00	CONSONANT PRODUCTION IN ARABIC AND ENGLISH BILINGUAL AND
MONOLINGUAL SPEECH
Ghada Khattab, University of Leeds

3:00 - 3:30	GENERALIZED CHAIN SHIFTS: BASED ON CYRENAICAN BEDOUIN ARABIC
Mina Lee, University of Southern California

3:30 - 4:00	FREQUENCY ANALYSIS OF ARABIC VOWELS IN CLASSICAL ORTHOEPY:
THE PHONETICS OF ARABIC CARDINAL VOWELS
Daniel L. Newman, Institut Sup?rieur de Traducteurs et Interpr?tes

4:00 - 4:15	Coffee


4:15 - 5:15	KEYNOTE ADDRESS
THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE GRAMMATICAL STATUS OF ROOT CONSONANTS IN ARABIC
Stuart Davis, Indiana University at Bloomington

5:30-9:00		RECEPTION


SATURDAY, MARCH 3
Morning Session
Chair: Laurel Stvan, University of Utah

8:15 - 8:45	THE PARTICLES OF POWER
Mustafa Mughazy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

8:45 - 9:15 	THE USE OF VERNACULAR PARTICLES AND MSA VERB MORPHOLOGY IN
UNSCRIPTED ORAL MEDIA ARABIC
	David J. Mehall, Georgetown University

9:15 - 9:45	CHILD DIRECTED SPEECH IN HIJAZI ARABIC
	Fatima Basaffar, King Abdul Aziz University

9:45 -10:15	WHAT IS A SECRET LANGUAGE?
A CASE FROM SAUDI ARABIAN DIALECTS
	Muhammad Bakalla, King Saud University

10:15-10:30	Coffee

10:30-11:00	LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF FOLKSINGING IN ARABIC:
AL-ATAABA
	Jamil Daher

11:00-11:30	THEORIES OF CODE SWITCHING IN LIGHT OF EMPIRICAL DATA FROM
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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan 24 16:51:51 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 09:51:51 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:JAIS Articles
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Date: 42 Jan 2001
From: Joseph Norment Bell <joseph.bell at msk.uib.no>
Subject: JAIS Articles

Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies
http://www.uib.no/jais
http://enlil.ff.cuni.cz/jais

The final versions (PDF and HTML) of the following articles have been
posted on the Norwegian site recently:

Vol. 2 (1998/99): Erica Sapper Simpson. "ISLAM IN UZBEKISTAN: WHY FREEDOM
OF RELIGION IS FUNDAMENTAL FOR PEACE AND STABILITY IN THE REGION." (Adobe
Acrobat 4.0 PDF file and HTML version.)

Vol. 3 (2000): James E. Montgomery. "IBN FADLAN AND THE RUSIYYAH." (Adobe
Acrobat 4.0 PDF file and HTML version.)

Vol. 3 (2000): Ronald A. Lukens-Bull. "TEACHING MORALITY: JAVANESE ISLAMIC
EDUCATION IN A GLOBALIZING ERA." (Adobe Acrobat 4.0 PDF file and HTML version.)

The HTML versions were created with Word (Office 2000), which as an HTML
editor and reader (like the newer versions of Internet Explorer for Windows
98 and 2000) does not recognize our JAIS1 TTW dot under certain letters
(h,a, etc. = upper ASCII position 152, soft hyphen), and cannot produce it.
Articles without Arabic script (all of the above-mentioned) are better read
with Netscape. We will reinsert missing dots as soon as time allows.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan 24 16:55:59 2001
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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 09:55:59 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:More on Ghoul
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2) Subject:  'ummina -l-ghuula

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Date: 42 Jan 2001
From: Galila Salib "GSalib at al.com"
Subject: 'ummina -l-ghuula

I agree with Waheed.
The saying could also be said as follows: "lawla salaamak sabaq kalaamak,
kunt-i-'akalt lahmak 'abl-i- edaamak."

Here is a fable from the verbal tradition: Some children were taken by
'ummina -l ghuula. They asked her to let them go and swim in the canal. She
agreed on the condition that they carry a drum and beat on it all the time.
The children hung the drum on a tree where the wind beat on it. They crossed
the canal and escaped. I think that the moral here is to teach little
children to use their brain intelligently.

Kamil 'al-kilani's children books represent pictures of al-ghuul.

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Date: 42 Jan 2001
From: Samia S. Montasser" <sam231 at gwis2.circ.gwu.edu>
Subject: 'ummina -l-ghuula

Adding to what our colleague Waheed Samy said. When I saw the film "Ghost"
the part where the evil spirits in black and making horrible noises while
taking the soul of the murderer, I could not help myself but remember
'umminaa 'ilghuula.
There is also this saying in Arabic that there are three inonexistent
things: thalaatha mina-lmustaHiilaat "'alghuul, wal9anqaa' walxil'alwafii"
Only the third has a meaning " the faithful friend".
Samia Montasser

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Jan 26 19:16:03 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 12:16:03 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN: Egyptian Art/Lyrics on Web Query
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Date: 26 Jan 2001
From: Peter Gran <pgran at unix.temple.edu>
Subject: Egyptian Art/Lyrics on Web Query

Greetings,
I wonder if colleagues can point to individual  well-known works of
modern Egyptian art on the Web that students could use and if one can
easily find on the web or elsewhere particular songs of Sayyid Darwish
and others from the history of modern music in Egypt.
Thank you.

Peter Gran

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Jan 26 19:18:52 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 12:18:52 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Ghoul and Ghoul thanks
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Date: 26 Jan 2001
From: farouk mustafa <f-mustafa at uchicago.edu>
Subject: More on Ghoul

Is nothing sacred anymore, Waheed and Galila?  Every little child,
especially those who grew up in Tanta, knows that ummina el-ghuula and
abuuna el-ghuul, for that matter, returnedd the greeting by saying: "luula
salaamak saba' kalaamak,la kalt lahmak 'bl `idaamak".

As for the Ghuuls, for indeed it is a family made up of abuuna el-ghuul,
who is for the most part, quite inept and therefore to a degree benign,
ummina el-ghuula, who is really, really, REALLY evil (Freud and Jung would
both have their work cut out for them on this one) and the little Ghuul
kids who do absolutely nothing except, when the right smart human child is
involved, get eaten, by mistake, of course, by ummina el-ghuula and
occasionally, the memory is quite fuzzy here, by abbuna el-ghuul as well.

Reaching down in the recesses of this Tanta kid's memory, I can reconstruct
the following: The Ghuuls are a regular family,Ghuul Shmuuls, who live in
an unspecified house in the hara, both in the sense of alley and
neighborhood, and I think their ordinariness makes them all the more
frightening, because anyone can be a ghuul, right?  We are not given any
particulars as to father's occupation, age, appearance--except that they
have to be very ugly.  They have a big room, in a house, on the first
floor, if I remember correctly.  In a corner of that rather big room is a
big cauldron with fire under it day and night, wiating for the hapless
human kid whose bad luck or bad behavior (that element depends on each
particular family's didactic bent)places them in the Ghuul's cluthches.
Did I mention that the sole raison d'etre, the career, the mission in life
so to speak of the ghuuls is to eat kids? But not all kids, only the
stupid, unlucky and misbehaving kids get to experience that firsthand, the
rest of us just hear about it.

What really strikes me as particularly fiendish is the familial scene in
which this is all depicted.  And it is not an abstract or other, familial
scene; it is close to home, it is OUR MOTHER and OUR FATHER and what do
they do? They eat children.  Go figure.  I could go on and on but I am
beginning to get scared all over again.

Farouk

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Date: 26 Jan 2001
From: M Griffin <mgriffin at uoguelph.ca>
Subject: Ghoul thanks

Dear Dr. Parkinson
Please pass on my thanks to the generous list-members who have shared
their knowledge with us.  I have passed on your comments to the editor
working on this piece.
Sincerely,
Margaret Griffin

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jan 29 20:32:14 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 13:32:14 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:Egyptian Art/Lyrics Responses
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2) Subject: Egyptian Art/Lyrics Response
3) Subject: Egyptian Art/Lyrics Response

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Date: 29 Jan 2001
From: William J Kopycki Jr <kopycki at csd.uwm.edu>
Subject: Egyptian Art/Lyrics Response

Dr. Gran,

http://www.egyptart.org.eg contains pictures of paintings both old and
new. Sponsored by Shell Egypt, the purpose of this site seems slightly
.com-oriented.

http://touregypt.net/art contains representative works of a variety of
Egyptian artists spanning various times and movements.

Perhaps others are aware of better sites....

Sincerely,

William Kopycki.

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Date: 29 Jan 2001
From: Yaser Al-Onaizan <yaser at ISI.EDU>
Subject: Egyptian Art/Lyrics Response

Greetings,

For Arabic songs,  mazika  site (http://www.mazika.com )  have tons of Arabic
songs (not just from Egypt but from other regions too) in MP3 and other audio
formats. Some with lyrics too.  I don't think they have anything for Sayyid
Darwish, but  you'll find lots of songs by AbdelHalim Hafez and Umm
Kulthum (the
lyrics though are in GIF format - not text).

For cinema, you could check Sakhr's cinema
(http://cinema.ajeep.com/arabcinema).
Not sure what they have there but it looks impressive.

Hope that helps,
Yaser Al-Onaizan
University of Southern California

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Date: 29 Jan 2001
From: "Chouairi, R. MR           DFL" <GR6548 at exmail.usma.army.mil>
Subject: Egyptian Art/Lyrics Response

Friends
The songs of Sayyed Darwish in his voice are available in good Arabic music
stores.  The quality is not always great.  The songs you may find are well
known ('anA hawait etc..).  And since you are interested in modern art,
there is also some very rare recordings in the possession of Mr. Ziad
Rahbani of Sayyed Darwish playing the piano and singing (you may want to get
in touch with Mozart Chahine stores in Beirut, they may have these
recordings available).  Ziad mentioned it in an interview in retaliation of
those who accused him and his parents of being modernists and not in the
tradition of eastern music.  Indeed songs such as Zourouni and Ttil`it ya
ma.hlA nourhA were forgotten in the Arab world and rediscovered by the
Rahbani brothers in the 50's.  When they went to Egypt, invited by 'ith`Ait
al ^sarq al-`adnA, to record songs for the Palestinians in the mid-50's,
they met with the son of Sayyed Darwish who did not know of the existence of
these 2 songs.  I am so happy that in this age of cacophony someone is
asking for the songs of a great mind: Sayyed Darwish.

Rajaa Chouairi
West Point

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jan 29 20:42:58 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 13:42:58 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Nisus Quran query
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Date: 29 Jan 2001
From: Jamal Ali <jamalali at pacbell.net>
Subject: Nisus Quran query

Hi. Does anyone know where I can get the entire text of the Qur'an in
digital format, preferable as a Nisus document? If not Nisus, then Arabic
MS Word for Windows would be great too.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jan 29 20:45:54 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 13:45:54 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:more Ghouls
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Date: 29 Jan 2001
From: "Schub, Michael" <michael.schub at trincoll.edu>
Subject: ghoul

"Go figure:"  Mom and Dad ghoul-ish cannibals??!  Bruno Bettelheim already

did in his *The Uses of Enchantment--The Meaning and Importance of Fairy

Tales.*  NY  1975.

                                           Mike Schub

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2)
Date: 29 Jan 2001
From: Waheed Samy <wasamy at umich.edu>
Subject: ghoul

Yes you are right Farouk.  I'd forgotten the exact phrasing of this
gem.  But did kids in Tanta really say luula?
Mohammed Eissa and I were discussing significance exhibited by the
politeness of the hero in saying sabaaH il-kheer to 'ummina l-ghuula.
It appears to be a ploy; one used to trick the ghuula, thereby
tempering her fierceness.  This is evocative of ***ghalab-uu-hum
b-il-'adab***.
I don't even remember 'abuuna l-ghuul.  I think that 'ummina was a
much more frightening figure.

(What did Florence Nightingale look like?)

Waheed

farouk mustafa <f-mustafa at uchicago.edu> wrote:

>Is nothing sacred anymore, Waheed and Galila?  Every little child,
>especially those who grew up in Tanta, knows that ummina el-ghuula and
>abuuna el-ghuul, for that matter, returnedd the greeting by saying: "luula
>salaamak saba' kalaamak,la kalt lahmak 'bl `idaamak".

>In a corner of that rather big room is a
>big cauldron with fire under it day and night, wiating for the hapless
>human kid whose bad luck or bad behavior (that element depends on each
>particular family's didactic bent)places them in the Ghuul's cluthches.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jan 29 20:42:09 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 13:42:09 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Language, Culture and Curriculum Special Issue
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Date: 29 Jan 2001
From: reposted from LINGUIST
Subject: Language, Culture and Curriculum Special Issue on Arab World

Date:  Fri, 26 Jan 2001 12:19:48 +0000
From:  Kathryn King <kathryn at multilingual-matters.com>
Subject:  Language Culture & Curriculum Vol 13 No 2, 2000

Language, Culture and Curriculum

Vol. 13, No. 2, 2000

Contents

Special Issue
The Arab World: Language and Cultural Issues

Edited by Mahmoud A. Al-Khatib


Introduction

Abdulmoneim Mahmoud: Modern Standard Arabic vs. Non-Standard Arabic:
Where Do Arab Students of EFL Transfer From?

Ali S. Hasan: Learners' Perceptions of Listening Comprehension Problems

Sane M. Yagi: Language Labs and Translation Booths: Simultaneous
Interpretation as a Learner Task

Abdullah A. Khuwaileh and Ali Al Shoumali: Writing Errors:
A Study of the Writing Ability of Arab Learners of Academic
English and Arabic at University

Bader S. Dweik: Linguistic and Cultural Maintenance Among the
Chechens of Jordan

Peter G. Emery: Greeting, Congratulating and Commiserating in Omani Arabic

Hassan R.S. Abd el-Jawad: A Linguistic and Sociopragmatic and
Cultural Study of Swearing in Arabic

Book Review
Communication Across Cultures: Translation Theory and Contrastive
Text Linguistics



Kathryn King
Multilingual Matters Ltd
Frankfurt Lodge, Clevedon Hall
Victoria Road, Clevedon, North Somerset BS21 7HH, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1275-876519; Fax: +44 (0) 1275-871673
Email: kathryn at multilingual-matters.com
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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jan 30 21:48:53 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 14:48:53 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Comments on ghoul
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Date: 30 Jan 2001
From: mughazy <mughazy at students.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Comments on ghoul

Having read all these insightful comments about the ghoul, I could not help
but post these comments.
(1) The ghoul is a mythical character that was frequently mentioned and
described in the Arab Nights. It is a dark furry giant with one big red eye in
the middle of its head, and it has goat-like legs with hoofs i.e., some sort
of a Cyclope adapted from Greek mythology.
(2) The term ghoul applies only to the male members of this species. I can not
remember the word for the female ones, but I will look it up (it is a frequent
question in the crossword puzzle in el-akhbar newspaper). Therefore, ummina
el-ghoula is an Egyptian adaptation just like the story of esh-shaTer Hassan.
These stories or fairy tales differ from one community to the other because of
their oral nature and susceptibility to change.
(3) The concepts of the ghoul and ummina elghoula function in certain
sub-cultures in Egypt as a way of disciplining children (something to fear).
These include el-3askary (the cop), abu regl maslukha (the man with skinned
legs), el-3aw, which is an imaginary very fierce dog-like animal, and recently
el-ashkeef among others.

I hope that helps.

Mustafa A. Mughazy
Graduate student
Depatment of Linguistics
University of Illinois
Urbana Champaign

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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 14:43:33 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L::LING:Structure of Arabic Textbok query
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Date: 30 Jan 2001
From: Khaled Abu-Abbas <abbas at ukans.edu>
Subject: Structure of Arabic Textbok query

Hello all,
I'm looking for a good textbook to teach the Structure of Arabic as
an introductory course for English speakers.It has to be in English
and include sections on Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Semantics,
and Syntax. Any recommendation are highly appreciated.
                      Khaled Abu-Abbas
                      University of Kansas

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jan 30 21:44:12 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 14:44:12 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Initial Geminates query
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Date: 30 Jan 2001
From: Khaled Abu-Abbas <abbas at ukans.edu>
Subject: Initial Geminates query

Hello all,
  I'm doing research on Arabic Initial geminates (in vernacular
Arabic). Any literature on the subject is highly appreciated.
              Khaled Abu-Abbas
              University of Kansas

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jan 30 21:46:27 2001
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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 14:46:27 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Nisus Quran replies
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Date: 30 Jan 2001
From: Yaser Al-Onaizan <yaser at ISI.EDU>
Subject: Nisus Quran reply

Greetings,

For the Qur'an  in text format, check either of the following two web sites:

1. http://members.aol.com/HolyQuran
2. http://www.holyquran.net/quran/index.html

The first one has links to recorded recitations, tafseer, and translation. If
you are interested in the English translations, then check
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA

Hope that helps,
Yaser

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Date: 30 Jan 2001
From: "Schub, Michael" <michael.schub at trincoll.edu>
Subject: Nisus Quran reply

For the Qur'an on CD, go to:  www.iqra.org.

/  fa-bi'ayyi   'alaa'i  rabbi-kumaa  tudadhdhibaani /??

                        Mike Schub

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jan 30 21:47:31 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 14:47:31 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:NCOLCTL 2001
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Date: 30 Jan 2001
From: reposted from LINGUIST
Subject: NCOLCTL 2001

Date:  Mon, 29 Jan 2001 11:15:06 -0500
From:  Scott McGinnis <smcginnis at nflc.org>
Subject:  Less Commonly Taught Languages -  NCOLCTL 2001

Hotel and transportation information, and a copy of the registration
form for NCOLCTL 2001, scheduled for April 6-8, 2001, is available now
at the CouncilNet website address of


http://www.councilnet.org/pages/CNet_Announcements.htm#fourthconference

If you can not download a copy of the form from that site, please
contact Scott McGinnis at smcginnis at nflc.org, fax 202-637-9244 or phone
202-637-8881, extension 28 -- a copy of the form can be faxed or mailed
to you.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan 31 20:06:33 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 13:06:33 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Structure of Arabic Textbook response
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Date: 31 Jan 2001
From: "Schub, Michael" <michael.schub at trincoll.edu>
Subject: Structure of Arabic Textbook response

I'd start with Beeston, A. F. L. *The Arabic Language Today*

London  1970.

For syntax, check Cantarino, V. *Syntax of Modern Arabic Prose.*

Indiana  1974.  [3 vols.]

      also, Stetkevych,J.  *The Modern Arabic Literary Language.*

Chicago  1970.

      Best wishes,

                                        Mike Schub

                                        [al-muqattal]

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan 31 20:10:04 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 13:10:04 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Geminate Consonants response
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Date: 31 Jan 2001
From: Louis Boumans <louis.boumans at freeler.nl>
Subject: Geminate Consonants response

some references on geminate consonants:

Miller, Ann M. (1987). Phonetic characteristics of Levantine Arabic
geminates with differing morpheme and syllable structures. "Working
Papers in Linguistics (Ohio State University), "36, 120-40.

Keegan, John M. (1984). Geminate clusters and Moroccan Arabic
syllable structure. "CUNYForum Papers in Linguistics, 10, 44-69.

Obrecht, Dean H. (1965). Three experiments in the perception of
geminate consonants in Arabic. "Language and Speech, "8, 31-41.

Benhallam, A. (1991). On geminates in Moroccan Arabic. "Linguistica
Communicatio, "III 2, 28-40.

best wishes,

Louis Boumans
Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, CNWS,
Postbus 9515, 2300 RA Leiden,
+31-71-527 29 93
<mailto:louisboumans at rullet.leidenuniv.nl>louisboumans at rullet.leidenuniv.nl

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan 31 20:11:32 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 13:11:32 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Web character encoding query
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Date: 31 Jan 2001
From: malek.boualem at rd.francetelecom.fr
Subject: Web character encoding query

Dear Arabist's,

Does someone please know about a recent survey or
study about character encoding systems that are used
for Arabic Web sites (over the world) ?

If possible I would like to collect a kind of "classification"
with some correct and precise numbers and percentages
between the various used encoding systems
(ASMO, DOS, ISO-6, CP1256, Unicode, ...).

Important:
If possible I also would like to know the percentage of
Arabic Web pages that are composed of scanned texts (GIFs).

I promise to share this information with you.
I know it is useful for most of us.

Shukran in advance.
Malek Boualem

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jan 31 20:14:09 2001
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 13:14:09 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:ghoul
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Date: 31 Jan 2001
From: djust at netvision.net.il
Subject: ghoul

A curiosity:
My wife was born in Kfar Saba, the daughter of Baghdad Jews.
Her native language, and the language which she still speaks with
her family, is Arabic, though she's not literate in it.  She frequently
uses the word ghuula, mostly as a metaphor for some child's
beastly behavior, but she refuses to believe that the word even has
a masculine.
A sad day for equality of the sexes.
Thanks.
David.

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Date: 31 Jan 2001
From: dwilmsen <dwilmsen at aucegypt.edu>
Subject: ghoul

My wife, who is not from Tanta, but was born and bred in Cairo, and whose
andecedents are in the Governorate of Qalioubiya, just north of Cairo, the
villages of Toukh and Tahanoub, says that it is not /amiina/ but /umm-i-na
el-ghuula/.  She has never heard of /abb-uu-na el-ghuul/.

Dr. David Wilmsen
Director, Arabic and Translation Studies
The American University in Cairo

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