Books by Yasir Suleiman

The question of identity in relation to language has hardly been dealt with in the Middle East and North Africa, in spite of the centrality of these issues to a variety of scholarly debates concerning this strategically important part of the world. The book seeks to cover a variety of themes in this area.

This survey of current research into Arabic sociolinguistics highlights the importance of the interdisciplinary nature of the topics. In addition to Arabic linguistics themselves, it deals with a range of areas including Islamic law and aspects of cultural and political history.