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Franco-Arabic and the Secret History of Writing

October 17, 2020October 18, 2020 Mahmud El Shafey

An analysis of BBC4’s Secret History of Writing and the future of writing, particularly Franco-Arabic (Arabizi). Continue reading Franco-Arabic and the Secret History of Writing

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” – Cicero

“But preserve your mistrust of the page, for a book is a fortress, a place of weeping, the key to a desert, a river that has no bridge, a garden of spears.” – Sofia Samatar

“I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library.” – Jorge Luis Borges

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