The seventh-century Arabic poet Qays ibn al-Mulawwah is said to have been deeply in love with a woman named Layla. He wrote to her and about her constantly, so much so that after his death, he was ...

World soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo signed a two-year contract extension with Al Nassr, his Saudi Arabian Pro League team, on ...

All this is bigger than ghazals, of course. Bigger than haiku. I’m saying we have to graduate from pastiche and mimicry to something higher.” ...

Aamir Khan revealed that his son Junaid’s name means “Warrior” in Arabic, suggested by his sister Farhat. After months of ...

The Persian term derives from the Arabic word ta’rif, meaning to notify, announce, define or assert, or to set out fees to be paid. Most Arabic words are based on a three-letter root word.

Mauritian Arabic is a comparatively rare dialect spoken by the small Muslim community on the island. Though Arabic isn't the dominant language in the island country, the phrase “Eid Mubarak ...

The design features the Arabic word kafir, a religious term for a non-believer or someone “who knowingly conceals or denies fundamental, divine truths,” according to the Council on American ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is facing fresh scrutiny after eagle-eyed observers spotted a never-before-seen tattoo on his right bicep that some are interpreting as Islamophobic. The tattoo, ...

Over time, this mix of Arabic with the local language developed into Maltese, which also later included influences from Italian and English. So, Maltese today has strong Arabic roots but also elements ...

Today we know that the word “ta’rif” comes from the medieval Arabic for notification or information, and took on its current significance when merchants were notified of the duties to be ...

We don’t really borrow words, we take them and keep them; we don’t give them back, whatever that might mean. But those are the standard terms, and I will use them here. I should add that I know only a ...

And though Arabic may not have had as big of an influence on Italian as other foreign languages, including Greek, English, Spanish and French, the Italian vocabulary still counts over 600 arabismi – ...