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

Middle Eastern Library and Middle Eastern collections, Leiden University Libraries

Leiden University Libraries

Brings together the Middle Eastern collections, centred on classical literature and linguistics, holding Arabic manuscripts (including the Yemeni collection) and working on their preservation and digitisation.

Netherlands · Leiden

Reviewed: November 2026