Download or read book In the Shadow of Arabic: The Centrality of Language to Arabic Culture written by Bilal Orfali and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-11-11 with total page 597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collection of articles in this volume is dedicated to Ramzi Baalbaki of the American University of Beirut on the occasion of his 60th birthday. It provides an interesting glimpse into the early medieval and modern traditions related to the Arabic language, its grammar, historical development, and demonstrate its centrality to other fields of study such as qur’?nic studies, adab, folk literature, sufism, and poetry.