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Fayrouz
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Fayrouz (فيروز): A legendary Lebanese singer known for her enchanting voice and timeless songs
“Being a lexicographer is a lifelong sentence” | Jan Hoogland | 9273 Roots #31
He's the Dutch Arabist whose work forms the core of the legendary Oxford Arabic Dictionary. Jan Hoogland shares the inside story of its creation, his decades-long passion for Morocco and its Darija dialect, and why a single word's entry with 47 collocations is his absolute favorite.
“My Russian teacher insisted we read texts aloud for 10 minutes every day” | Daniel Falk | 9273 Roots #19
He's a professional Arabic-German conference interpreter with a PhD from Leipzig University. Dr. Daniel Falk shares the challenges of his job, his love for Levantine and Gulf Arabic, and the single best piece of advice he ever received for mastering a language's flow.
“Arabic is a very organized and systematic language” | Mohammad Wehbe | 9273 Roots #17
He's the Lebanese language enthusiast behind the popular YouTube channel "MohCoolMan." Mohammad Wehbe discusses his "100 Songs Initiative" to subtitle popular Arabic music, his love for the novels of Ghada al-Samman and Ghassan Kanafani, and his passion for the Egyptian dialect.
