Language and Identity in the Arab World

Language and Identity in the Arab World explores the inextricable link between language and identity, referring particularly to the Arab world. Spanning from Indonesia to the United States, the Arab world is here imagined as a continually changing one, with the Arab diaspora asserting its linguistic identity across the world.

Fathiya Al Rashdi is Assistant Professor in Sociolinguistics and Discourse Analysis, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, and Editorial Board Member of Discourse, Context and Media . Sandhya Rao Mehta is Associate Professor of Global Literature, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, and Editor of three critical anthologies, including Language Studies: Stretching the Boundaries and Language and Literature in a Glocal World.

- List of Tables - List of Figures - List of Maps - List of Contributors - Preface INTRODUCTION Sandhya Rao Mehta PART 1: LINGUISTIC LANDSCAPES - Persia and Oman: A Historical and Linguistic Intersection Roberta Morano - Landscaping in Moroccan Arabic: Practices, Ideologies and Inertias Adil Moustaoui - Arabic in Michigan: An American Linguistic Landscape Camelia Suleiman - Translanguaging in Gulf Higher Education Sarah Hopkyns - Linguistic and Conceptual Challenges of Public Opinion Surveys in the Arab Gulf States Russell Lucas PART II: UNPACKING IDENTITIES - A Place to Belong: The Social Construction of Badu identity in Har-b, Saudi Arabia Julie Lowry - Intersecting Scapes, Global Flows, and New Identity Options: Female Qatari Students' Informal Learning of Turkish Language Sarah Hillman - Arab Influencers and Social Media: A Sociolinguistic Study of a New Culture Mai Zaki and Meis Al-Kaisi - Multilingualism in Lebanon: Code-switching as a Cultural Representation Lubna Bassam - Perceptions towards Codeswitching and Identity in the Egyptian Context Nadia A. Shalaby PART III: ARABIC IN MIGRANT COMMUNITIES - Dialect Variation among Omani Migrants in Muscat: The Construction of Social Identity through Style Shifting Suaad Ambu-Saidi - Identity Suppression as a Coping Strategy: The Case of Socotri Africans Eleonora Esposito and Sarali Gintsburg - The Role of Education and Dialect Contact in the Realization of DHAA & THAA in a Community of Palestinian Refugees in Syria Ourooba Shetewi - Family Language Policy between Ideology and Practice: A Domain-based Exploration of Arabic as a Heritage Language in the USA Reda Mohammed - The Linguistics of -äram- Arabic in the Speech of -äram--descent Community of Indonesia Abdullah Al Saqqaf Index