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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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Arab Gulf Educational Centre for Arabic Language

Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States

Body of the Arab Bureau of Education preparing studies and research on improving Arabic teaching and learning, and organising the International Arabic Language Conference.

United Arab Emirates · Sharjah

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Institut français d'archéologie orientale (IFAO)

French Ministry of Higher Education and Research

Beside Egyptology: Arabic and Islamic studies, Arabic papyri and manuscripts, and a dictionary of Egyptian Arabic.

Egypt · Cairo

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Bayt al-Hikma — Department of Linguistic and Translation Studies

Bayt al-Hikma (House of Wisdom)

A research department of Bayt al-Hikma holding seminars and conferences on linguistics and translation, with its own journal and translated publications.

Iraq · Baghdad

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Ibn Abi al-Rabi' al-Sabti Centre for Linguistic and Literary Studies

Rabita Mohammadia of Ulema

Research on the Arabic language sciences (grammar, morphology, lexicon, rhetoric) and their link to the Qur'an and literature, through seminars and publications.

Morocco

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Scientific and Technical Research Centre for the Development of the Arabic Language (CRSTDLA)

Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research

Research in Arabic linguistics, lexicography, terminology and translation, computational linguistics, Arabic didactics and speech pathology.

Algeria · Algiers (Bouzareah)

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Centre d'études islamiques de Kairouan (CEIK)

Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research

Studies of Islamic civilisation — history, thought and sciences — manuscript editing, and the Kairouan Qur'ans and heritage.

Tunisia · Kairouan

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King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies

King Faisal Foundation

Islamic studies research centre with Arabic and heritage work: a peer-reviewed linguistics journal, a manuscript collection, and the Khizanat al-Turath manuscript-location database.

Saudi Arabia · Riyadh

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Writing and Scripts Center (Calligraphy Center), Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Studies writing systems, inscriptions and calligraphy across the ages, Arabic script included, documenting them digitally and holding international forums.

Egypt · Alexandria

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Doha Historical Dictionary of Arabic

Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies

Historical dictionary recording Arabic words and the development of their meanings over time with dated citations, built on a large text corpus.

Qatar · Doha

 Research centre Also teaches Arabic

Institute of Arab Research and Studies

Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO)

A postgraduate institute of Arab studies, with a department of heritage and manuscript studies; holds symposia and publishes research in the humanities.

Egypt · Cairo

 Research centre Also teaches Arabic

Khartoum International Institute for Arabic Language

Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO)

Trains specialists in teaching Arabic to non-native speakers, conducts field research in the area, and is preparing an Arabic–Hausa dictionary.

Sudan · Khartoum