Title: Arabic and its Alternatives
Description: Arabic and its Alternatives discusses the complicated relationships between language, religion and communal identities in the Middle East in the period following the First World War, taking its starting point in the non-Arabic and non-Muslim communities of the region. Readership: All those interested in the modern and contemporary history of the Middle East, in religious and linguistic minorities, in identity formation and nationalism and in the relationship between language and religion.
Subjects: Middle Eastern history, Language and culture, History, Languages in contact, Linguistic minorities, Minorities, Multilingualism, Religious minorities, Languages, Language and languages