On Noble and Inherited Virtues: Discussions of the Semitic Race in the Levant and Egypt, 1876–1918

This article examines new notions about race, ethnicity and language current in modern movements of Arabic literary and cultural revival. I argue that the Arab print market before World War I adopted the racial category of the Semite as highly relevant to Arab ethnicity and language, but the philolo...

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Main Author: Orit Bashkin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:Humanities
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/10/3/88