#Arab #Arabic #art #ModernArt #artworks #CulturalHeritage

'al Mawrid Arab Center for the Study of Art at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) has released five newly digitized archival collections, which are now accessible online. Part of the Arab Art Archive initiative, these materials extend the global availability of primary research documents on modern Arab art hosted through NYU Libraries’ archival collections portal. '

https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/657765/arab-art-archive-releases-five-digitized-collections/

#MiddleEast #Arabic #IlluminatedManuscripts

(Machine-translated from Italian)

"...the collection of Arabic manuscripts of the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan is a true treasure of over a thousand volumes on the most varied subjects. A treasure that is now accessible to all in digital form."

https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/libri/altre_proposte/2025/03/04/il-tesoro-di-manoscritti-arabi-dellambrosiana-diventa-digitale_09a169b4-f354-451c-bcd6-ccbb26cd19f0.html

#Arabic #MiddleEast #independent #music #musicians

'On February 24th, 2025, the Arabic Independent Music Archive (AIMA) officially launched its digital platform at the Goethe Institute in Cairo, marking a significant step toward documenting and preserving the independent music scenes across the Arab world.'

https://scenenoise.com/Features/The-Digital-Archive-of-Arabic-Music-in-the-Age-of-Streaming

Rose House, Lebanon

The Rose House is a once-grand palace in #Lebanon. Its name echoes the magnificent roses that previously flourished in the now-disused gardens.

The #architecture combines traditional #Ottoman characteristics with more Western influences. The main living area is typical of historic Lebanese buildings, high ceilings and an internal triple-arch arcade leading to a balcony.

https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/residential/rose-house-lebanon/

It might have taken an ungodly amount of time. But getting these corner cases right in this PDF export is going to mean the world to a lot of people.

Arabic and Hebrew and non messing up the glyphs.

you know what word or phrase i find most missing in European languages? a way to congratulate someone for something new they have, for example a new haircut or tattoo, a new phone, new shoes etc.
in Hebrew we say תתחדש/י, literally "renew yourself". in Arabic there's مبروك, "you're blessed" that's similar in use, and i'm pretty sure Palestinian Arabic also has a few more options specific to the type of new thing (i'd say more but it's been years since my last Palestinian Arabic lesson and i don't want to say stuff that's not true).

i know "congrats" exists, but:
a. it's not unique to receiving something new, and as such it's got more of an achievement connotation.
but more importantly
b. people just don't use it like that. people don't often say "congrats on your new piercing" and they're even less likely to say that when you get a cool new pair of pants or something. meanwhile you walk into a room with a new hair colour and every single Hebrew speaker will say, without fail, "wow, new hair colour, תתחדשי". i can say from experience because this literally happened to me last week in my Czech class with the three Hebrew speakers (two of which don't even speak it as an L1!).
the lack of a direct equivalent in European languages leads to people not congratulating people for new stuff that they find cool. the interaction will be "you've dyed your hair? -yes!" and will literally end there (again, speaking from experience). the existence of this blessing encourages people to acknowledge that your new thing is cool.

Europeans - fix this. maybe even appropriate one of the Semitic words, idk. i just want that in your languages.


#linguistics #arabic #hebrew #languages.

Which word or concept would you like to know in Arabic?

(Boost/Retweet to help me get more answers!)

Personal Arabic story:

My family is Urdu, which I speak with a strong American accent and poor vocabulary.

Once, I heard my mom use the word maqsat (مقصت) and didn't know what it meant.

But I knew a related word in Arabic, maqsad (مقصد), meaning aim or purpose.

Changing the D (د) to T (ت), which I didn't realize until I typed out this message, and applying context, I realized maqsat meant "intention" :)

When racist Israel tells the racist German police to “jump”, they say “how high”!

“German Police Halt Pro-Palestine Rally, Cite Arabic Language Ban”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff

@palestine
@israel

“Berlin police shut down a pro-Palestine protest, citing a ban on Arabic speeches and music, and arrested several demonstrators”

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/german-police-halt-pro-palestine-rally-cite-arabic-language-ban/

One of my favorite Arabic female poets who was known as the Greatest Poet of Her Generation was a slave woman by the name of Inan. She does eventually get freed, but I often think about how we derive enjoyment off of her suffering.

Here is a more detailed analysis (really rambling) about Inan, a medieval poet of the Abbasid Era:

https://mariamalmasriauthor.wordpress.com/2025/02/03/hello-world/

@histodons @poetry @medievodons #Arabicpoetry #arabic #history

"#Ladino is one of the most important diasporic #languages in #Jewish history. Also known as #Judeo-#Spanish, or #Judezmo, Ladino is a Romance #language — a variety of Spanish that includes both words and phrases from #Hebrew, #Turkish, #Arabic, #Greek, #French and #Italian. It originally developed in medieval Christian #Spain; after the expulsion of the #Jews in 1492, it moved along with Jewish exiles, and then developed independently of #Iberian Spanish. For 500 years, Ladino thrived, and was the mother tongue of generations of #Sephardic Jews.

If you think you’ve noticed snippets of Ladino lately, you’re right."

https://forward.com/culture/693307/ladino-day-new-york-judeo-spanish-netflix-times-crossword/

House on a cotton plantation in the Louisiana delta

#House #Louisiana #Arabic #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017770312/

Looking for Arabic monospace fonts to use on a web project. I know of Hasubi-mono by @elih (but it's not production-ready), and Kawkab-mono by Makkuk.com

Any others that I should know of?

@bookstodon
#books
#dictionaries
#Arabic
#English
#visual

I keep saying that I love the Regular the most, but this is also nice.

As usual, I’m in the last stages of wrapping up!

Sukoon Font, due out 2025 on @fontwerk inshallah.

Drought refugees stopped along the highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico

#Lordsburg #NewMexico #Arabic #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017769978/

#Arabic #proverb:

يابن آدم - لو تجري جري الوحوش غير رزقك ماتحوش

('O, son of Adam, even if you run like a wild beast,
you shall not attain other than your Lot.')

#Arabic

This one is for the linguists:

If the Arabic Present/Future/مضار speaks of an action that is incomplete ...

Does the مجهول (passive) in the Present/Future form translate as an action ongoing or completed on the object?

Eg.

كُتِبَ الكِتاب:the book was written -

past tense & completed action

يُكْتَبُ الكِتاب: The book is written OR the book is being written -

present tense & incomplete action