Tahtawi

Rifa a Rafi al-Tahtawi and His Contribution to the Lexical Development of Modern Literary Arabic Author(s): Mohammed Sawaie Source: International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 32, No. 3 (Aug., 2000), pp. 395-410 Published by: Cambridge University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/259515 . Accessed: 13/12/2013 08:18

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Mohammed Sawaie

RIFAcA RAFIF AL-TAHTAWI AND HIS TO THE LEXICAL CONTRIBUTION DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN LITERARY ARABIC

In the 19th century, Europe had a tangible impact on the Arab East. During this period, Arabic-speaking regions were brought into intimate contact with the West, both through military intrusion (e.g., the French in 1798-1801 and the British in Egypt in 1882), and institutional penetration (e.g., the founding of Western-style schools and higher-education institutions in the Levant in the 1800s by Christian missionaries such as the Syrian ProtestantCollege in 1866, now the American University of Beirut, and [the Jesuit] St. Joseph University, also in Beirut, in 1874). This overpowering Europeanencroachmenton the Arab East in the 19th...