Surprisingly few Coptic words survive in Egyptian, a fact that reflects how quickly the natives adopted Arabic, despite a reputation for resisting outside cultures. Egyptians began to convert to ...

“Feloul,” one of those memorable Egyptian-Arabic words, translates as “remnants” — like the scraps left on your dinner plate — or what Egyptians now call those connected with the ...

Ancient Egyptian words seep powerfully through the sands ... The term 'Copt' was used by the Greeks and the Arabic invasions to refer to all Egyptians, only later was the term used to specify ...

Egyptian Arabic even has its own Wikipedia ... but young Palestinians and Jordanians can blog or podcast in their own words. A broader collapse in pan-Arabism, alongside that of Egyptian power ...

Egyptian graphic designer Mahmoud El Sayed ... he expanded the project and illustrated over 40 different Arabic words. Calligraphy has been an art form for centuries in the Middle East, using ...

Egypt's parliament is considering a proposal for preserving the Arabic language that has caused ... and for colloquial and foreign words to be avoided. The motion, due to be discussed in ...