Arabic language research centres

Bodies that do research on the Arabic language and its sciences: language academies, major dictionary projects, research centres and university units, research chairs, Arabic computational-linguistics labs, manuscript and critical-edition centres, and Arabization and terminology bodies — in the Arab world and beyond.

This directory is for research on Arabic. Programmes that teach Arabic to non-native speakers have their own: the Arabic programmes directory

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Manuscripts and editions

Center of Papyrological Studies and Inscriptions

Faculty of Archaeology, Ain Shams University

Studies papyri, inscriptions and writing across periods, Arabic inscriptions on buildings among them, through a peer-reviewed journal and conferences.

Egypt · Cairo

Manuscripts and editions

Manuscripts Center, Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Studies Arabic-Islamic manuscript heritage through cataloguing and editing, holds conferences and courses, and keeps the Alexandria Municipal Library manuscripts.

Egypt · Alexandria

Manuscripts and editions

Heritage Editing Center, Egyptian National Library and Archives

General Egyptian Authority for the National Library and Archives (Dar al-Kutub)

Edits Arabic heritage texts, runs specialised courses in textual editing and has held an annual conference on the field since 2019.

Egypt · Cairo

Manuscripts and editions

Institute of Arabic Manuscripts

Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO)

Catalogues, digitises and conserves Arabic manuscripts, publishes critical editions and library catalogues, and runs training in codicology.

Egypt · Cairo

Manuscripts and editions

Al-Azhar Library

Al-Azhar

Keeps, restores, catalogues and digitises Al-Azhar's manuscripts, and gathers manuscripts from within and beyond the Islamic world.

Egypt · Cairo