Greetings from Egypt!

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
April 18, 2012

Hello Ryan!
Thank you for your correspondence today, and for adding signs to the Egyptian SignPuddle Dictionary, which has been close to empty for several years, waiting for someone to take interest in writing Egyptian Sign Language…



Egyptian SignPuddle
http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/index.php?ui=1&sgn=84


So it was only natural for me, when I saw your message and some of the signs you have written in SignPuddle, that I danced around my office - because I did! Good news is a good reason to dance…smile...

We will benefit from learning about Arabic, linguistics, Egypt and Egyptian Sign Language, so feel free to inform us… It sounds like you are doing interesting research and we look forward to learning more about it - 

Have you read some of Dr. Mohamed AbuShaira's research on SignWriting in Deaf Education in Jordan and Saudi Arabia? It is in Arabic...

http://www.signwriting.org/arabia/

Have you seen the Saudi Arabian SignPuddle in Arabic? 

Saudi Arabian SignPuddle
http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/index.php?ui=1&sgn=91

Several countries will benefit from an Arabic User Interface in SignPuddle, so thank you for offering to help with that -

Val ;-)

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On Apr 18, 2012, at 4:20 PM, Ryan Fan wrote:

> Hi all, 
> My name's Ryan, and I'm trying to start work on the Egyptian SignPuddle, 
> slowly transferring signs from my notebook onto the SignPuddle database.  In 
> truth, I'm rather new to SignWriting, and how my studies have led me to this 
> juncture is a bit of a long story.  
> 
> In short, I have limited experience with ASL from grade school hymns and a 
> high school ASL club many years ago.  My undergraduate work focused on 
> mathematics and linguistics, as well as Arabic.  I've been living in Egypt for the 
> past couple years, studying Arabic while searching for a place to learn Egyptian 
> Sign Language.  The bureaucracy here is something of a tortuous and torturous 
> labyrinth, especially for foreigners, and I only managed to start attending 
> weekly Egyptian Sign classes this Spring, mere months before my departure to 
> start a graduate program in Arabic Linguistics back in the US.  I hope to return 
> relatively frequently (in intervals of ~6-12 months) for documentation and 
> research on both spoken Egyptian Arabic and Egyptian Sign.  
> 
> Reading over Val's warm/dancing welcome to my inquiry and seeing some of the 
> archived emails, I'm grateful to be part of such a supportive and inquisitive 
> community!  Please feel free to contact me via email should you feel the strong 
> and sudden urge to discuss anything pertaining to Arabic, linguistics, Egypt, 
> signing, any combination of those, or anything else, really.  Thanks!  
> -Ryan
> 

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Val ;-)

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