A Comparative Study of Moroccan, Egyptian, Syrian, and Kuwaiti Dialects
A comparative study of the syntax of Arabic dialects, based on natural language data recorded in Morocco, Egypt, Syria, and Kuwait. It provides a nuanced description of spoken Arabic syntax, widens the theoretical base of Arabic linguistics, and gives both scholars and students of Arabic tools for greater cross-dialect comprehension.
Explores the realities and challenges of teaching Arabic as a foreign language. This title covers such topics as: the state of the Arabic teaching profession; the institutional challenges in US and study-abroad programs; the varieties of Arabic and their relevance in the classroom; the uses of technology in the classroom; and, testing.
Explores the significance that a celebration of Christ's birth can have beyond the Christian community. This title ponders the emergence of modern civilization from the medieval Christian past, concluding that Christian theology grounds the dominant ideas of modern society.
What is the Arabic term for "suicide bombing"? What phrase would be used to describe "peacekeeping forces" in the Arab media? Or "economic sanctions"? This title provides concise and accessible lists of the vocabulary, providing key terms for translating from and into Arabic.
Torture doctors administer techniques to inflict pain without leaving scars. Their knowledge and authority make them powerful and elusive perpetrators. In The Torture Doctors, Steven H. Miles explores who these physicians are, what they do, how they escape justice, and how to hold them accountable.
Drawing on literature, philosophy, and medicine, this title offers insight into how to deal with the rewards of modern medicine without upsetting our perception of death. It examines how we view death and the care of the critically ill or dying, and suggests ways of understanding death that can lead to a peaceful acceptance.
Takes into account not only the famous (or infamous, depending on the reader's point of view) judicial decision on the Presidency, but a myriad of others as well in which the US Supreme Court has considered the constitutionality of a range of issues involving voting and elections, representation, and political participation.
Provides insight into how religious and moral leadership functions in the realm of international relations, and how the promotion of ethical values works to diffuse international tensions and improve the quality of human life around the world.
Johannes Morsink argues that the 1948 UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the human rights movement today are direct descendants of revulsion to the Holocaust and the desire to never let it happen again. In doing so, he breaks with recent human rights scholarship that severs this important link and downplays the importance of the UDHR.