Arabic studies in the Netherlands : a short history in portraits, 1580-1950 /

Arabic is the only living language to have been taught in Dutch higher education for more than four centuries. Practical usefulness, however, has been a prerequisite from the start. Knowledge of Arabic was to promote Dutch interests in the Muslim world, or to help refute Islam. As a cognate of Class...

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Main Author: Vrolijk, Arnoud.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston, MA : Brill, 2013.

Series: Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2014, ISBN: 9789004262485.

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Arabic language > Study and teaching ( Higher) > Netherlands > History > Exhibitions.

Art, Dutch > Exhibitions.

Scholars in art > Exhibitions.

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