INTENDED FOR INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL STUDENTS, "PART 1" OF THIS SECOND VOLUME IN THE "CONTEMPORARY ARABIC READERS" SERIES PRESENTS A COLLECTION OF 20 ESSAYS WRITTEN BY OUTSTANDING ARAB LITERARY FIGURES. SUBJECTS RANGE FROM POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY IN THE ARAB WORLD TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REFORMS IN AGRICULTURE AND THE WRITING SYSTEM. THE…

THIS TWO-PART VOLUME IS THE FINAL IN A SERIES OF INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL READERS--"VOLUME I-NEWSPAPER ARABIC,""VOLUME II-ARABIC ESSAYS,""VOLUME III-FORMAL ARABIC," AND "VOLUME IV-SHORT STORIES"--DESIGNED FOR USE AS A SERIES OR INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH OTHER. THE INTRODUCTION TO THIS BOOK ("POETRY, PART 1") OUTLINES TRENDS IN ARABIC POETRY, INCLUDING THE…

"PART 2" OF THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE "CONTEMPORARY ARABIC READERS" SERIES CONTAINS THE GRAMMATICAL NOTES AND INDIVIDUAL ARABIC-ENGLISH GLOSSARIES FOR THE ESSAYS INCLUDED IN "PART 1." PREFACING EACH GLOSSARY IS A SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE ON THE AUTHOR OF THE ESSAY. ALL WORDS OF THE FIRST TEN SELECTIONS ARE GLOSSED EXCEPT FOR THE FIRST 200 ITEMS IN…

THIS TWO-PART VOLUME IS THE FOURTH IN THE FIVE-VOLUME SERIES "CONTEMPORARY ARABIC READERS." ON AN INTERMEDIATE LEVEL, THE CONTENT OF "SHORT STORIES, PART I"--TEN SHORT STORIES AND ONE PLAY--ASSUMES MASTERY OF BASIC ARABIC GRAMMAR AND PROVIDES FOR VOCABULARY EXPANSION AND APPRECIATION OF STYLE AND IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION. THE SELECTIONS REPRESENT THE…

THIS BOOK IS THE COMPANION TO "SHORT STORIES, PART 1," WHICH CONTAINS THE READING SELECTIONS UPON WHICH THESE GLOSSARIES AND GRAMMATICAL NOTES ARE BASED. LISTED INDIVIDUALLY RATHER THAN CUMULATIVELY, THE GLOSSARY FOR EACH SELECTION IS PREFACED BY A SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR WHICH NOT ONLY IDENTIFIES HIS GENRE BUT DESCRIBES HIS…

THIS BOOK SUPPLIES THE GRAMMAR NOTES AND ENGLISH GLOSSES FOR THE 31 POEMS CONTAINED IN ITS COMPANION BOOK, "POETRY, PART 1," OF THE "CONTEMPORARY ARABIC READERS" SERIES. THE GLOSSARY FOR EACH POEM IS PRESENTED INDIVIDUALLY AND IS PREFACED BY A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE POET. THE SKETCH ALSO PROVIDES A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE POET'S GENRE AND…

THIS PUBLICATION REPRESENTS A 1-YEAR COURSE IN LITERARY ARABIC FOR THE SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL. AN AUDIOLINGUAL APPROACH IS TAKEN, EMPHASIZING, AT FIRST, ORAL COMMUNICATION AND CORRECT PRONUNCIATION, AND INTRODUCING ARABIC SCRIPT AFTER SPOKEN LANGUAGE ELEMENTS ARE MASTERED. (GD)

THIS COMPANION BOOK TO "FORMAL ARABIC, PART 1" CONTAINS THE GRAMMATICAL NOTES AND AN INDIVIDUAL VOCABULARY LISTING FOR EACH OF THE 26 SELECTIONS INCLUDED IN "PART 1." ALL WORDS ARE GLOSSED EXCEPT FOR THE FIRST 500 WORDS OF LANDAU'S "A WORD COUNT OF MODERN ARABIC PROSE," AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES, NEW YORK,…

"FORMAL ARABIC, PART 1" PRESENTS 26 READING SELECTIONS WRITTEN IN THE LITERARY STYLE OF DOCUMENTS AND FORMAL ADDRESS. EXCEPT FOR FOUR SELECTIONS WHICH ARE EXCERPTS, ALL ARE REPRODUCED IN THEIR ENTIRETY AND IN UNEDITED FORM, CLASSIFIED INTO THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS--(1) SPEECHES, (2) DIPLOMATIC NOTES, (3) CONSTITUTIONS, (4) TREATIES, (5)…