Arabic-L:LING:More response to New Republic Article

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Date: 15 Mar  2005
From:Jamal Qureshi <ArabLDS at hotmail.com>
Subject:response to New Republic Article

While it's not a specific response to Mr. Braude's article (who  
recently pled guilty to smuggling Iraqi antiquities and lying to  
federal agents http://www.portaliraq.com/shownews.php?id=755), the  
Economist recently wrote an excellent piece on the impact of the Arab  
media and how it is actually increasing understanding of Fusha.  A key  
quote from the article entitled "The world through their eyes":
 
"Arabic is a diverse, richly layered language. Natives of Laayoune  
still speak their local dialect. But now that they hear a range of  
usages every day—from the classical speech of literature to its many  
regional derivatives—these no longer strike them as over-formal or  
exotic. The written language taught in schools, known as modern  
standard Arabic, used to be forgotten in daily affairs. Now it has come  
alive as a real spoken tongue, accessible not just to the educated few,  
but to everyone."

The entire article can be read online at  
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=3690442.  As good a  
refutation as anyone could ask for in a well-respected source widely  
read by elites.  And of course, the more well-informed individuals  
speaking up the better.
 
Jamal Qureshi

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