Inscriptions in the Desert
Qifa Nabki
by Qifa Nabki
4y ago
I’ve written an essay for The New Yorker‘s Culture Desk about the fascinating research of Ahmad Al-Jallad, a scholar of Semitic linguistics and ancient epigraphy. The first few paragraphs of the piece are below, with a link to the rest on the magazine’s webpage. Some readers may also be interested in a piece I wrote about Mashrou` Leila last summer, which I somehow forgot to post here. There was also this post about the new Lebanese electoral law and the factors that led to its adoption. A New History of Arabia, Written in Stone By Elias Muhanna Afew years ago, Ahmad Al-Jallad, a professor o ..read more
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