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Leg over leg
by Shidyāq, Aḥmad Fāris, Shidyāq, Aḥmad Fāris
fromLibrary of arabic literature
Leg over Leg recounts the life, from birth to middle age, of "the Fariyaq," alter ego of Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, a pivotal figure in the intellectual and literary history of the modern Arab world. The always edifying and often hilarious adventures of the Fariyaq, as he moves fro…
Leg over leg
by Shidyāq, Aḥmad Fāris, Shidyāq, Aḥmad Fāris
fromLibrary of arabic literature
Leg over Leg recounts the life, from birth to middle age, of “the Fariyaq,” alter ego of Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, a pivotal figure in the intellectual and literary history of the modern Arab world.
This work does not aim to be an etymological dictionary of Qur'anic Arabic, nor does it attempt to suggest some new genetic classification of the Semitic languages. Rather, it offers insights into the internal lexical relationships attested in a number of Semitic varieties withi…