Yawmiyat Bint Battuta fi-l-Mudun al-Masriya

Sayonara Tomoum is a lecturer in Arabic Language and Culture at the University of Pennsylvania and a doctoral candidate in language, literacy, and culture concentration in the College of Education’s Department of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She holds two master’s degrees from the American University in Cairo: one in applied linguistics (Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language) and another in journalism and mass communication.Laila Al-Sawi is a senior instructor of Arabic as a foreign language in the Department of Arabic Language Instruction (ALI) at the American University in Cairo. She holds a master’s degree in teaching Arabic as a foreign language (TAFL) from the American University in Cairo. She is co-author of al-Murshid: A Guide to Modern Standard Arabic Grammar for the Intermediate Level and Kalaam Gamiil, An Intensive Course in Egyptian Colloquial Arabic, volumes 1 and 2 (AUC Press, 2010 and 2013).

“Yawmiyat Bint Battuta fi-l-Mudun al-Masriya brings the multiplicity of the Arabic language into the classroom; it offers vivid, ethnographically grounded narratives that capture how people speak, joke, remember, argue, and belong. The authors have created something rare: a textbook that treats Egyptian Colloquial Arabic not as a single standardized code to be memorized, but as a living ecology of voices, registers, and identities. For Arabic courses, Middle Eastern Studies programs, and anyone who wants to move beyond the classroom into the cultural life of Egypt, this is the book that has been missing.”—Attia Youseif, Indiana University “Yawmiyat Bint Battuta fi-l-Mudun al-Masriya is an outstanding contribution to Egyptian Colloquial Arabic teaching and learning, bringing the language to life through authentic narratives that celebrate the rich linguistic and cultural diversity of communities across Egypt. By highlighting regional variations and meaningful language use, the book deepens learners’ linguistic proficiency and intercultural competence, making it an exceptional resource for Arabic language programs, cultural studies, and study abroad courses.”—Ayman Mohamed, Michigan State University“Spanning the gap between formal classroom lessons and the reality of the Egyptian dialect and culture is one of the biggest challenges in Arabic instruction. Yawmiyat Bint Battuta fi-l-Mudun al-Masriya genuinely solves this issue. By connecting language acquisition in reliable interactive media resources, real-world roleplays, and immersed cultural contexts, this textbook transforms the Egyptian linguacultural learning experience from a repetitive memorization into an active, communicative, and rewarding

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