Arabic-L:LING:More on 'abu fulaan' names

[Dilworth Parkinson]

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Date: 23 May 2003
From: Samira Farwaneh <farwaneh at email.arizona.edu>
Subject:More on 'abu fulaan' names

Yasser Arafat's technonym as Abu Ammar comes from the historical figure  
9ammaar bin yaaser, the first martyr in Islam.

Best,
Samira

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Date: 23 May 2003
From: Benjamin Troutman <bentroutman at yahoo.com>
Subject:More on 'abu fulaan' names

Not always is it the case that naming or addressing someone "abu" is as  
a form of respect.  In Morocco an Islamic fundamentalist is widely  
referred to as "bu laHya", or 'father of the beard.'
 
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