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.

Related Topics:
Arabic - Arabic literature

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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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