partly because Malaysia is a country they feel comfortable in and due to Malaysia’s complex multicultural and multi-faith fabric. Malaysians were following different believes that also followed by other country people for example in India‚ China‚ Arabic and some more. It can project itself to the world as a friendly and warm destination. So Malaysia’s worldliness which is another way of saying its multicultural multi-faith characteristics is a plus for tourism and conversely tourism is a plus for
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the Kassite period (1600- 1150BC) with a small oval body. A larger variety‚ similar to the instruments present day dimensions‚ appears at Alaca Huyuk in Anatolia dating from the Hittite New Kingdom (1460-1190BC). Today‚ the Oud is known as ut or oud in Turkey‚ laouta in Greece‚ udi in Africa and barbat in Iran (El-Bacha‚ 2000). The oud is one of the most popular instruments in Middle Eastern music. Its name derives from the Arabic for ’wood’‚ and this refers to the strips of wood used to make its
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because of its association with the ‚ the Muslim holy book‚ which is written in Arabic. This preoccupation with beautiful writing extended to all arts including secular manuscripts; inscriptions on palaces; and those applied to metalwork‚ pottery‚ stone‚ glass‚ wood‚ and textiles and to non-Arabic-speaking peoples within the Islamic commonwealth whose languages such as Persian‚ Turkish‚ and Urdu were written in the Arabic script. Another characteristic of Islamic art is a preference for covering
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always making discoveries of things in which they were not in search of. The word serendipity comes from the word serendip‚ originating from the Arabic word Sarandip. From that came the word serendipity. Interestingly enough‚ serendipity is known as one of the hardest words to translate and define. This allows the word to be applied and perceived in a variety of ways. Each person’s view of serendipity can be different. If you look up the definition of serendipity‚ you’ll find about thirty different
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The Only Language Widely Used Language plays a significant role in defining who we are. It is a method of communication in a structured and conventional way. “Language reinforces feelings of social superiority or inferiority; it creates insiders and outsiders” (p. 242) states Robert MacNeil (2012) in his article “English Belongs to Everybody”. Robert MacNeil‚ a writer of many great historical articles‚ was once‚ a journalist and news anchor. In his article‚ “English Belongs to Everybody”‚ MacNeil
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seven hundreds. If we were missing one zero‚ that would drastically change the amount. Just imagine having one zero erased (or added) to your salary! Yet‚ the number system we use today - Arabic‚ though it in fact came originally from India - is relatively new. For centuries people marked quantities with a variety of symbols and figures‚ although it was awkward to perform the simplest arithmetic calculations with these number systems. The Sumerians were the first to develop a counting system to keep
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had a strong command for both Arabic and Spanish‚ but at a time in Spain where knowledge of Arabic was an offense‚ where and which one could be burned at the stake (Matar 6). When this was discovered by Spanish ecclesiastical authorities‚ fearing his safety Qasim fled to “God and the land of Islam”‚ Morocco (Matar 7). There‚ he became the official translator for Mulay Zaidan‚ for a mission to France and the Netherlands (due to his command of both Spanish and Arabic)‚ where he would begin the account
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Islam‚ in Arabic‚ means “submission.” Islam teaches submission to God‚ or “Allah” in Arabic. Before Islam began and revolutionized the Arab world‚ Arabia was a tribal‚ desert environment with no single political organization or faith. The majority of its inhabitants were pastoral nomads organized by tribe and clan‚ who fought with one another for access to precious resources such as water‚ herds‚ and land. Before the advent of Islam‚ most Arabs worshipped a variety of male and female deities. Only
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Inr. J. Ink-rculfural Rel. Vol 21‚ No. 3‚ pp. 345-378‚ 1997 I$) 1997 Elsevier Science I.!d All rights reserved. Printed in Great Britain 0147-1767/97 $17.00+0.00 Pergamon PII: SO147-1767(97)00005-9 ARAB CULTURAL COMMUNICATION ELLEN PATTERNS FEGHALI Beirut‚ Lebanon ABSTRACT. In response to Shuter’s (Shuter‚ 1990) call.for the examination of communicative phenomena in particular societies worldwide‚ this article critically reviews the existing and‚ in some cases‚ contradictory
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Saudi students in the university I am able to speak two languages which is Arabic as a mother language and English. I started to learn Arabic in my first years by my parents or brothers which keep repeating on me some easy word as beging such papa or mama and those was my first words in Arabic. As the time passing I joined to school to get nartive in my language not just by speaking also writing and this is how I learned Arabic. For the English I learned english starting in sixth grade because I went
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