Arabic and The Story of the Qur’ān
August 13, 2015
What is the relationship between literacy, Islam and the Arabic language? According to Islamic tradition,... read more
Kurds and Kurdistan: Lines are Drawn in the Sand
August 6, 2015
The Turks have Turkey, the Syrians have Syria. Why do the Kurds not have a... read more
The Role of Sanskrit in Philology
July 30, 2015
How did Sanskrit become the pivotal language in the establishment of the Indo-European languages? In... read more
Self-Help Books: We Americans Love ‘Em
July 13, 2015
I just finished Lawrence Wright’s Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief (2013). It... read more
Spanglish: All Languages Were Once Spanglish
January 20, 2015
How did Spanglish come into existence? In 1821 Mexico won its independence from Spain and... read more
Sinhala: Language and Power
October 27, 2014
In the Indian Ocean off the south coast of India is the island nation of... read more