This book investigates issues of central importance in understanding the role of language in society in the Middle East and North Africa. In particular, it cove

This book explores the language situation and issues relevant to language use among diaspora communities outside the Middle East. Includes papers on Arabic, Heb

This book investigates the power of civil society in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), in the context of the post-Arab Spring era, as well as more long-s

The question of identity in relation to language has hardly been dealt with in the Middle East and North Africa, in spite of the centrality of these issues to a

In the past, the Middle East and the so-called Muslim world used to be beacons of learning and critical thought. Although historical variablesâ "such as conque