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Arabist
Academic or researcher who specialises in the study of the Arabic language and Arabic literature / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about Western scholars. For the Arab political movement, see Pan-Arabism. For American political connotations of the term, see Arabist (political).
An Arabist is someone, often but not always from outside the Arab world, who specialises in the study of the Arabic language and culture (usually including Arabic literature).
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