Arabist

This is an article about the scholars known as Arabists, not the political movement Pan-Arabism.

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An Arabist is a person, especially one not raised in the Arabic-speaking world, who is expert in Arabic language and Arabic literature. This meaning of the term is the primary focus of this article.

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Arabist also occasionally refers to an individual raised in the West who is knowledgeable about and sympathetic to Arabic policies and concerns, especially of a political nature. There is, inevitably, some overlap with Arabists in the primary sense.

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Arabic: redirect Arabic language...

Arabic literature: Arabic literature refers to all forms of literature written by Arabs or related to Arab culture. This may include any work by an Arab writer that relates to Arabic culture, and may further include non-Arab works written in the Arabic language and to a primarily Arab audience....