Arabic language is going through a bad divorce, in other words Arabic is in crisis. Aljazeera channel once hosted an Arab publisher and he stated something like “for each title we print merely 3,000-3,500 copies” ,what a shame.
Literacy rate is around 60~70 % in the Arab countries plus most of the Arab countries suffer from “brain drain” ,I don’t know the IT literacy rate ?
In Qatar and in most of the Arab countries , “quality” education is usually available in English.
There is an old Arab dictum “Cairo writes, Beirut publishes and Baghdad reads”, but I don’t think it applies anymore, Arabic is dying.
I agree with you , to understand the culture and the mentality, Arabic is a must.
Arabic language is going through a bad divorce, in other words Arabic is in crisis. Aljazeera channel once hosted an Arab publisher and he stated something like “for each title we print merely 3,000-3,500 copies” ,what a shame.
Literacy rate is around 60~70 % in the Arab countries plus most of the Arab countries suffer from “brain drain” ,I don’t know the IT literacy rate ?
In Qatar and in most of the Arab countries , “quality” education is usually available in English.
There is an old Arab dictum “Cairo writes, Beirut publishes and Baghdad reads”, but I don’t think it applies anymore, Arabic is dying.
I agree with you , to understand the culture and the mentality, Arabic is a must.