NILOOFAR HAERI Sacred Language. Ordinary People: Dilemmas of Culture and Politics in Egypt (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003). Pp. 200. $69.95 cloth. $21.95 paper

Sacred Language elaborates on this latter topic in light of the diglossic language situation in Cairo and attempts to explore the cultural and political implications of the divide between Classical and Egyptian Arabic, that is to say between sacred language and mother tongue. More specifically, the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International Journal of Middle East Studies 2007, Vol.39 (1), p.125-126
1. Verfasser:	BERNARDS, MONIQUE
Format:	Review
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Arabic language Cultural Perspectives on the Modern Middle East Dilemmas Egyptian literature Field study Investigations Mahfouz, Naguib (1911-2006) Modernization Politics Self expression Writers
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