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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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Dictionary project

Arabic and Latin Glossary (ALGloss)

Institut für Philosophie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

Online dictionary of medieval Arabic–Latin translation vocabulary, with a companion corpus (ALCorpus).

Germany · Würzburg

 Dictionary project

Glossarium Graeco-Arabicum

Institut für Arabistik und Islamwissenschaft, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Lexicon of medieval Arabic translations from Greek, about 80,000 scanned index cards.

Germany · Bochum

 Dictionary project

The Arabic Papyrology Database (APD)

Institut für den Nahen und Mittleren Osten, LMU München

Database of premodern Arabic documents on papyrus, parchment and paper, with full texts and a lexicon of lemmata and roots.

Germany · Munich

 Dictionary project

VICAV – Vienna Corpus of Arabic Varieties

ACDH-CH, Austrian Academy of Sciences; Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Vienna

Digital platform for Arabic dialects: dictionaries, sample texts, linguistic profiles and bibliography.

Austria · Vienna

 Dictionary project

CWALM – A lexical corpus-based model of Contemporary Written Arabic

Roma Tre University, with ILC-CNR "A. Zampolli" and IULM University

Corpus-based lexical model of contemporary written Arabic for lexicography and language teaching.

Italy · Rome

 Research centre Also teaches Arabic

Pontificio Istituto di Studi Arabi e d'Islamistica (PISAI)

Holy See (Missionaries of Africa)

Higher-education and research institute in Arabic language and Islamic studies, awarding degrees.

Italy · Rome

 Research centre

Orientální ústav AV ČR (Oriental Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences)

Czech Academy of Sciences

Research institute whose Middle East department studies Arabic and Islamic cultures, texts and history.

Czech Republic · Prague

 Research centre

Orijentalni institut u Sarajevu

University of Sarajevo

Oriental philology research, incl. Bosnian writing in Arabic, with a manuscript collection and archive.

Bosnia and Herzegovina · Sarajevo

 Research centre

Instituto Egipcio de Estudios Islámicos en Madrid

Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (Egypt)

Studies Andalusi and Arabic heritage and translates Arabic sources into Spanish.

Spain · Madrid

 Research centre

Bibliotheca Arabica – Neue Geschichte der arabischen Literatur

Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, with Leipzig University

Long-term academy project on Arabic literature 1150–1850 through manuscript studies; builds the KHIZANA platform.

Germany · Leipzig

 Research centre

Escuela de Estudios Árabes (EEA-CSIC)

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)

CSIC research institute for Arabic and Andalusi studies: texts, history, architecture and written heritage.

Spain · Granada

 Research centre Also teaches Arabic

Escuela de Traductores de Toledo

Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

Research centre on Arabic/Hebrew–Spanish translation, training translators and publishing translated texts.

Spain · Toledo

 Research centre

İslam Araştırmaları Merkezi (İSAM)

Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı

Runs a critical-edition unit and Arabic manuscript editing courses, an Arabic–Turkish historical dictionary project, and symposia on Arabic language and rhetoric.

Türkiye · Istanbul

 Research centre

Centre d'études orientales – Institut orientaliste de Louvain (CIOL)

UCLouvain

Oriental philology, including premodern Arabic texts and Copto-Arabic historiography.

Belgium · Louvain-la-Neuve

 Research centre

Centre de recherches Moyen-Orient Méditerranée (CERMOM)

Inalco

Research unit on Middle Eastern literatures and languages, including Arabic linguistics and dialects such as Levantine.

France · Paris

 Research centre

ALiDiM – Arabic Linguistic Discourse in the Making

Department of Asian and North African Studies, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Metalinguistic study of how Classical Arabic was codified in 7th–10th-century grammatical and lexical sources.

Italy · Venice

 Research centre

Corpus Coranicum

Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (BBAW)

Documents the Qur'an's text in manuscripts and oral readings, builds an intertext database and a commentary.

Germany · Potsdam

 Research centre

KITAB – Knowledge, Information Technology, & the Arabic Book

Aga Khan University, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC)

Computational detection of text reuse across the premodern Arabic written tradition.

United Kingdom · London

 Research centre

Institut de recherches et d'études sur les mondes arabes et musulmans (IREMAM)

CNRS & Aix-Marseille Université

Multidisciplinary institute with a research pole on Arabic linguistics, sociolinguistics and dialectology.

France · Aix-en-Provence

 Research centre

Istituto per l'Oriente C. A. Nallino (IPOCAN)

Research institute on the Arab and Muslim world, with a specialised library and Arabic-studies journals.

Italy · Rome

 Research centre

Ziya Bunyadov Institute of Oriental Studies

Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

An oriental studies institute with an Arabic philology department, working on Arabic language, literature and sources; it publishes «Azerbaijan Oriental Studies».

Azerbaijan · Baku

 Research centre

Instituto de Lenguas y Culturas del Mediterráneo y Oriente Próximo (ILC-CSIC)

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)

Studies Mediterranean languages and cultures from original texts; its Jewish and Islamic Studies department covers Arabic sources.

Spain · Madrid

 University centre Also teaches Arabic

Arabic Studies, Leiden Institute for Area Studies

Leiden University

Research on the history of Arabic, ancient Arabian epigraphy and philology, with a major Oriental manuscript collection.

Netherlands · Leiden

 University centre Also teaches Arabic

Semitic Languages, Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University

Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University

Research on Arabic syntax, modern dialects, manuscript textual criticism, literature and media.

Sweden · Uppsala

 University centre Also teaches Arabic

Orientalisches Institut, Universität Leipzig

Faculty of History, Art and Area Studies, Leipzig University

Research and teaching in Arabic and Islamic studies, including Arabic linguistics, translation and the university's manuscripts.

Germany · Leipzig

 University centre Also teaches Arabic

Área de Estudios Árabes e Islámicos, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Departamento de Lingüística, Estudios Árabes, Hebreos, Vascos y de Asia Oriental, Facultad de Filología

Research on the Arabic language in its varieties, al-Andalus and classical Arabo-Islamic civilisation, and the contemporary Arab world.

Spain · Madrid

 University centre Also teaches Arabic

Near and Middle East Section, SOAS University of London

School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, SOAS University of London

Arabic linguistics and contact-induced change, classical and modern Arabic literature, Qur'anic studies and early Arabic historiography.

United Kingdom · London

 University centre Also teaches Arabic

Dipartimento Istituto Italiano di Studi Orientali – ISO, Sapienza Università di Roma

Sapienza Università di Roma

Research on the languages and civilisations of Asia and Africa, including Arabic, Semitic philology and Arabic dialectology; publishes Rivista degli Studi Orientali.

Italy · Rome

 University centre Also teaches Arabic

Dipartimento Asia Africa e Mediterraneo, Università di Napoli L'Orientale

Università degli Studi di Napoli L'Orientale

Research in Arabic language, literature, dialectology and metrics within Asian, African and Mediterranean studies.

Italy · Naples

 University centre Also teaches Arabic

Departamento de Estudios Semíticos, Universidad de Granada

Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Granada

Department with an Arabic and Islamic Studies section and research groups on contemporary Arab studies and Arabic didactics.

Spain · Granada

 University centre Also teaches Arabic

Department of Semitic and Arabic Studies, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)

Institute of Oriental Studies, ELTE

Research in Semitic philology, Arabic studies, Sufism and Andalusian culture.

Hungary · Budapest

 University centre Also teaches Arabic

Institut für Orientalistik, Universität Wien

Universität Wien

Arabic linguistics and comparative dialectology (incl. Arabic in southern Turkey); offers an MA in Arabic Linguistics.

Austria · Vienna

 University centre Also teaches Arabic

Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Georgetown University

Georgetown University

Research and teaching in Arabic linguistics, Arabic literature and Islamic studies up to PhD.

United States · Washington, DC

 University centre Also teaches Arabic

Departamento de Estudios Árabes e Islámicos y Estudios Orientales, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Research lines include the Arabic language, Moroccan Arabic, Arabic–Spanish translation and Arabic literature.

Spain · Madrid

 University centre Also teaches Arabic

Кафедра арабской филологии, Институт стран Азии и Африки МГУ

Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Department of Arabic language and literature within the Philology Division, combining teaching and research.

Russia · Moscow

 University centre Also teaches Arabic

Department of Arabic Language and Literature, International Islamic University Malaysia

AbdulHamid AbuSulayman Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences (AHAS KIRKHS)

Arabic linguistic and literary studies; publishes a peer-reviewed Arabic-language journal twice a year.

Malaysia · Kuala Lumpur

 University centre Also teaches Arabic

Katedra Blízkého východu, Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy

Faculty of Arts, Charles University

Research on Middle Eastern languages, incl. a lexicographic database of Bedouin dialects and Arabic dialect studies.

Czech Republic · Prague

 University centre Also teaches Arabic

Department of Arabic Philology, Saint Petersburg State University

Faculty of Asian and African Studies, Saint Petersburg State University

Arabic grammar and phonology, Egyptian, Iraqi, Syrian and Saudi dialects, and classical Arabic documents, in the tradition of the Rosen–Krachkovsky school.

Russia · Saint Petersburg

 University centre Also teaches Arabic

Department of Arabic Philology, Kazan Federal University

Institute of International Relations (Oriental Studies), Kazan Federal University

Continues the Kazan school of Arabic studies (since 1807), with work on cultural linguistics, Egyptian Arabic, reading Arabic manuscripts and the Arabic poetry of Transoxania.

Russia · Kazan

 University centre Also teaches Arabic

Department of Middle Eastern & Asian Languages & Cultures, University of Malta

Faculty of Arts, University of Malta

Research on Arabic dialectology, Qur'anic lexicology, Arabic sociolinguistics and Arabic–Maltese links; offers a research MA in Arabic.

Malta · Msida

 University centre Also teaches Arabic

Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford

University of Oxford

Research in Arabic language, literature and civilisation; home of the Laudian Chair of Arabic (1636).

United Kingdom · Oxford

 University centre

İstanbul Üniversitesi Şarkiyat Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi

İstanbul Üniversitesi

Research on Arabic and Persian philology and Urdu, and on material about Turkish history in Arabic and Persian sources.

Türkiye · Istanbul

 University centre Also teaches Arabic

Centro de Estudios Árabes Eugenio Chahuán, Universidad de Chile

Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, Universidad de Chile

Teaches Arabic and researches Arabic as a second language and classical Arab studies; publishes Revista de Estudios Árabes.

Chile · Santiago

 University centre

Centrul de Studii Arabe, Universitatea din București (Center for Arab Studies)

Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Bucharest

Research on Classical and dialectal Arabic, Arabic literature and Islamic thought; publishes Romano-Arabica since 2001.

Romania · Bucharest

 University centre Also teaches Arabic

Centre of Arabic and African Studies (CAAS), Jawaharlal Nehru University

School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, JNU

Teaching and research in modern Arabic language, literature and translation up to PhD.

India · New Delhi

 University centre

Pusat Kajian Bahasa Arab dan Tamadun Islam, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Fakulti Pengajian Islam, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

One of five research centres of the Faculty of Islamic Studies, covering Arabic language, literature and culture and Islamic civilisation.

Malaysia · Bangi

 University centre Also teaches Arabic

Semitistik – Seminar für Sprachen und Kulturen des Vorderen Orients, Universität Heidelberg

Universität Heidelberg

Semitic studies with a long tradition in the dialectology of Arabic and Neo-Aramaic.

Germany · Heidelberg

 University centre Also teaches Arabic

Instytut Orientalistyki, Uniwersytet Jagielloński – Arabic Studies

Jagiellonian University

Research and teaching in Modern Standard Arabic and its dialects, in literature and linguistics.

Poland · Kraków

 University centre Also teaches Arabic

Institut für Arabistik, Freie Universität Berlin

Fachbereich Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin

Arabic literature from pre-Islamic times to the present; runs the Kalila wa-Dimna project, the kalimat project on key terms of the Arabic manuscript tradition, and an edition of Aristotle's Poetics in Arabic and other translations.

Germany · Berlin

 University centre Also teaches Arabic

Seminar für Arabistik/Islamwissenschaft I, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Research on classical and modern Arabic literature, Arabic theatre, hadith and Arabic-Islamic philosophy.

Germany · Göttingen

 University centre Also teaches Arabic

Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS), University of Exeter

University of Exeter

Multidisciplinary institute including linguists, with strength in Arabic language and literature.

United Kingdom · Exeter

 University centre Also teaches Arabic

Institut für Arabistik und Islamwissenschaft, Universität Münster

Universität Münster

Arabic language and literature research, incl. an edition of Ibn Nubātah's works and an Encyclopedia of Arabic Stylistic Devices.

Germany · Münster

 Research chair Also teaches Arabic

Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski

Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw

Research on classical and modern Arabic literature, Arabic linguistics and dialectology, and Arab-Islamic culture.

Poland · Warsaw

 Research chair Also teaches Arabic

Lehrstuhl für Arabistik und Semitistik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)

Arabic within the Semitic languages; responsible for the comparative-Semitic part of a historical Arabic dictionary with AUB, a Greek–Arabic dictionary of medieval translations, and the online Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics.

Germany · Erlangen

 Arabic computing

Linguistic Data Consortium (LDC)

University of Pennsylvania

Creates and distributes language resources, including major Arabic corpora, the Penn Arabic Treebank and dialect speech data.

United States · Philadelphia

 Arabic computing

The Quranic Arabic Corpus

University of Leeds

Annotated linguistic corpus of the Qur'an with morphological tagging, syntactic treebank and root lexicon.

United Kingdom · Leeds

 Arabic computing

Prague Arabic Dependency Treebank – ÚFAL

Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University

Multi-level morphologically and syntactically annotated Modern Standard Arabic treebank; basis of UD Arabic-PADT.

Czech Republic · Prague

 Arabic computing

arabiCorpus

College of Humanities, Brigham Young University

Searchable Arabic text corpus (press, novels, the Qur'an) for usage and vocabulary research.

United States · Provo

 Arabic computing

Computer Research Center of Islamic Sciences (CRCIS – Noor)

Digitises Islamic-heritage sources, mostly Arabic, and builds text libraries and search tools.

Iran · Qom

 Manuscripts and editions

Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Bodleian Libraries (Oxford) and Cambridge University Library

Open union catalogue of Islamic and Middle Eastern manuscripts in UK libraries, searchable in Arabic and English.

United Kingdom · Oxford

 Manuscripts and editions

Section arabe – Institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes (IRHT)

CNRS

Studies, catalogues and digitises Arabic manuscripts, incl. French public libraries and Timbuktu collections.

France · Aubervilliers (Paris)

 Manuscripts and editions

DREAMSEA – Digital Repository of Endangered and Affected Manuscripts in Southeast Asia

PPIM, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, with CSMC, Universität Hamburg

Digitises and catalogues endangered manuscripts in Southeast Asia, including Arabic Islamic manuscripts from pesantren, with open access.

Indonesia · Jakarta

 Manuscripts and editions

Qalamos – Connecting Manuscript Traditions

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and Leipzig University Library

Union portal for metadata and images of Asian and African manuscripts in German institutions, including Arabic.

Germany · Berlin

 Manuscripts and editions

The Islamic Manuscript Association (TIMA)

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge

International non-profit association for the preservation, cataloguing and access of Islamic manuscript collections; conferences and workshops.

United Kingdom · Cambridge

 Manuscripts and editions

SAVAMA-DCI (Sauvegarde et Valorisation des Manuscrits pour la Défense de la Culture Islamique)

Association of private Timbuktu library owners supporting the conservation and cataloguing of their Arabic manuscripts; inventories added to WAAMD.

Mali · Timbuktu

 Manuscripts and editions

Dairatul Maarif il Osmania

Osmania University, Hyderabad

Edits and publishes Arabic manuscripts in Islamic sciences, philosophy, Sufism and science; about 240 titles in some 800 volumes.

India · Hyderabad

 Manuscripts and editions

Arewa House – Centre for Historical Documentation and Research

Ahmadu Bello University

Preserves and digitises Nigerian Arabic and Ajami manuscripts; holds about 1,600 manuscripts.

Nigeria · Kaduna

 Manuscripts and editions

Türkiye Yazma Eserler Kurumu Başkanlığı

Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Türkiye

Runs manuscript libraries such as Süleymaniye, acquires and preserves manuscripts, and publishes editions, many Arabic.

Türkiye · Istanbul

 Manuscripts and editions

Oriental Manuscripts Fund, Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography, Dagestan Federal Research Centre RAS

Dagestan Federal Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences

Largest collection of oriental manuscripts in the North Caucasus, mostly Arabic (grammar, lexicography, law, history, medicine), enlarged by field expeditions.

Russia · Makhachkala

 Manuscripts and editions

Oriental Collections, St. St. Cyril and Methodius National Library

National Library of Bulgaria

Holds and catalogues some 3,000 Arabic manuscripts alongside Ottoman and Persian ones; catalogues include one on hadith sciences.

Bulgaria · Sofia

 Manuscripts and editions

Département des Manuscrits Arabes et Ajami (MARA), Institut de Recherches en Sciences Humaines (IRSH)

Institut de Recherches en Sciences Humaines, Université Abdou Moumouni

Collects and studies Arabic and Ajami manuscripts from family libraries; about 4,000 described in an eight-volume catalogue.

Niger · Niamey

 Manuscripts and editions

Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation – Centre for the Study of Islamic Manuscripts

Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation

Surveys, images, catalogues, edits and publishes Islamic manuscripts, mostly Arabic.

United Kingdom · London

 Manuscripts and editions

Islamic Scientific Manuscripts Initiative (ISMI)

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

Database of authors, works and manuscript witnesses in the Islamicate exact sciences, mostly in Arabic.

Germany · Berlin

 Manuscripts and editions

Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML)

Saint John's University

Digitises endangered manuscripts, including an Islamic (largely Arabic) manuscripts programme in Mali, Jerusalem and Harar.

United States · Collegeville, Minnesota

 Manuscripts and editions

Princeton Geniza Lab

Princeton University

Transcribes and catalogues Cairo Geniza documents, mostly in Judaeo-Arabic, in a public database.

United States · Princeton

 Manuscripts and editions

Islamology Department, Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire Cheikh Anta Diop (IFAN)

IFAN Cheikh Anta Diop, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar

Holds and studies a manuscript collection, mostly Arabic, with Ajami texts in Pulaar and Wolof.

Senegal · Dakar

 Manuscripts and editions

Imom Buxoriy xalqaro ilmiy-tadqiqot markazi

Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan

Collects, restores and studies hadith and heritage manuscripts; has a manuscripts department, museum and library.

Uzbekistan · Samarkand

 Manuscripts and editions

Centre of Arabic Documentation, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan

Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan

Founded by John Hunwick to microfilm, catalogue and study Arabic manuscripts from northern Nigeria; holds Arabic and Ajami collections.

Nigeria · Ibadan

 Manuscripts and editions Also teaches Arabic

Centre for Islamic Studies, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto

Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto

Research on the writings of the Sokoto jihad scholars; collects and microfilms Arabic manuscripts of the Sokoto Caliphate.

Nigeria · Sokoto

 Manuscripts and editions

Written Heritage Research Center (Mirās-e Maktub)

Edits, publishes and catalogues Arabic and Persian manuscripts and studies codicology.

Iran · Tehran

 Manuscripts and editions

Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC)

Universität Hamburg

Research institute for manuscript cultures worldwide, including Arabic and African Ajami manuscripts and Islamic seals.

Germany · Hamburg

 Manuscripts and editions

Tombouctou Manuscripts Project

Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA), University of Cape Town

Studies, translates and digitises Timbuktu's Arabic manuscripts and the history of the book in West Africa.

South Africa · Cape Town

 Manuscripts and editions

Abu Rayhon Beruniy nomidagi Sharqshunoslik instituti

Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan

Holds, studies and catalogues about 26,000 manuscripts in Arabic, Persian and Turkic.

Uzbekistan · Tashkent

 Manuscripts and editions Also teaches Arabic

Institut des Hautes Études et de Recherche Islamique Ahmed Baba (IHERI-ABT)

Government of Mali

Collects, restores, digitises and studies the Timbuktu manuscripts, trains Arabic teachers, and publishes Revue Sankoré.

Mali · Timbuktu

 Manuscripts and editions

Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)

Northwestern University

Scholarship on Islamic learning in Africa; catalogues and translates African Arabic and Ajami manuscripts.

United States · Evanston

 Manuscripts and editions

AMEA Məhəmməd Füzuli adına Əlyazmalar İnstitutu

Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

Collects, preserves, catalogues and publishes manuscripts, with a dedicated catalogue of Arabic manuscripts.

Azerbaijan · Baku

 Manuscripts and editions

Институт восточных рукописей РАН (Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, RAS)

Russian Academy of Sciences

Holds and studies a large collection of Oriental manuscripts, including Arabic ones such as an early Qur'an codex.

Russia · St Petersburg

 Manuscripts and editions

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Arabic Persian Research Institute

Department of Art and Culture, Government of Rajasthan

Preserves, catalogues and publishes handlists and studies of Arabic and Persian manuscripts.

India · Tonk

 Manuscripts and editions

Gazi Husrev-begova biblioteka

Library holding about 17,000 manuscript works in Arabic, Turkish and Persian; catalogues and publishes studies.

Bosnia and Herzegovina · Sarajevo

 Manuscripts and editions

Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library

Ministry of Culture, Government of India

Library of about 21,000 manuscripts, half in Arabic; catalogues, digitises and publishes catalogues.

India · Patna

 Manuscripts and editions

Rampur Raza Library

Ministry of Culture, Government of India

Library of about 17,000 manuscripts in Arabic, Persian and other languages, with a multi-volume Arabic catalogue.

India · Rampur

 Manuscripts and editions

Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit

Cambridge University Library

Conservation, cataloguing and research of Cairo Genizah fragments, many in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic.

United Kingdom · Cambridge

 Other body

The International Society for Arabic Papyrology (ISAP)

Arabic papyrology: checklists of editions and collections, a papyrology school, a database and periodic conferences.

International · Princeton

 Other body

Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft (DMG)

The main society of German orientalists, with Arabic philology among its core fields; publishes ZDMG (since 1847) and sponsored the Wörterbuch der klassischen arabischen Sprache.

Germany · Halle (Saale)

 Other body

Iranian Association of Arabic Language and Literature

Scholarly association publishing a peer-reviewed quarterly on Arabic language and literature since 2004.

Iran

 Other body

Korean Association of Arabic Language and Literature (한국아랍어아랍문학회)

Scholarly association for research on Arabic language and literature in Korea, with a peer-reviewed submission system.

South Korea

 Other body

Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants (UEAI)

Association of European scholars of the languages, history and cultures of the Arab-Islamic world; biennial congress.

International

 Other body

International Association of Arabic Dialectology (AIDA)

Association of researchers on Arabic dialects; holds a conference every two years and awards small grants to young researchers.

International

 Other body

SIGARAB – ACL Special Interest Group on Arabic Natural Language Processing

Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)

Forum for Arabic NLP research across Arabic varieties; sponsors the ArabicNLP conference and school and supports the Masader data catalogue.

International

 Other body

Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia (OCIANA)

Khalili Research Centre, University of Oxford

Corpus of pre-Islamic inscriptions of north and central Arabia in Ancient North Arabian scripts and Old Arabic.

United Kingdom · Oxford

 Other body

Arabic Linguistics Society (ALS)

University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (mailing address)

Non-profit society for research in modern Arabic linguistics (theoretical, historical, sociolinguistic, corpus and computational); annual symposium and proceedings.

United States · Milwaukee

 Other body

Lajnah Pentashihan Mushaf Al-Qur'an (LPMQ)

Research, Development and Training Agency, Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia

Verifies Qur'an print texts before publication and studies old manuscript Qur'ans of the archipelago.

Indonesia · Jakarta

 Other body

Open Islamicate Texts Initiative (OpenITI)

International multi-university collaboration

Open machine-readable corpus of premodern Arabic and Persian texts and Arabic-script OCR tools.

International

 Other body

WIBARAB – What is Bedouin-Type Arabic?

Institute of Oriental Studies, University of Vienna; ACDH-CH, Austrian Academy of Sciences

ERC Advanced Grant project on Bedouin-type Arabic dialects, with fieldwork and a TEI database mapping dialect features across the Arabic-speaking world.

Austria · Vienna

 Other body

Thesaurus d'épigraphie islamique

Fondation Max van Berchem

Database of Arabic, Persian and Turkish inscriptions up to 1000 AH, about 49,000 records with photographs.

Switzerland · Geneva