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20 questions for: Yehia Moldan (#24)
Episode #24 of my series "9273 roots": 20 questions for the man who takes Arabic calligraphy to a new level: Yehia Moldan.
20 questions for: Nesrin Amin (#22)
Episode #22 of my series "9273 roots": 20 questions for the woman who explains Egyptian Arabic expressions by annotated movie clips: Nesrin Amin.
Who wrote the first Arabic dictionary?
Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (الخليل بن أحمد الفراهيدي), a grammarian who was born in 718 (100 AH) in present-day Oman.
20 questions for: Widad Nabi (#9)
Episode #9 of my series "9273 roots": 20 questions for the woman who processes the futility of war through Arabic poetry: Widad Nabi.