Teaching Islam and Arabic Over the Internet

Authors

  • Chaim Nissim Tel Aviv University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v21i3.561-564

Keywords:

Teaching Islam, Arabic, Internet, Arabic-Hebrew Dictionary

Abstract

The article describes a project that uses Internet to promote the learning of Arabic and understanding the other in Israel. To that end, the Institute of Asian and African Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem initiated a digitization and updating of a very important Arabic-Hebrew dictionary published originally by Professor David Ayalon and Professor Pesach Shinar.

Author Biography

  • Chaim Nissim, Tel Aviv University

    Mr. Chaim Nissim is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv University. He teaches classical and modern Arabic sources (written or Internet sources) and conducts research on the Historiography of Syria in the late Mamluk Period and the Beginning of the Ottoman Period. He is also the coordinator of the Arabic-Hebrew Dictionary Project in the Institute of Asian and African Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

References

Blake, C. (1998). Teaching Islamic civilization with information technology. Journal of MultiMedia History, 1 (1). Retrieved April 10, 2004, from http://www. albany.edu/jmmh

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Published

2013-01-14

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 3 (2004)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Nissim, C. (2013). Teaching Islam and Arabic Over the Internet. CALICO Journal, 21(3), 561-564. https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v21i3.561-564

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