Rizwan Ahmad
@zabanwala.bsky.social
I am a sociolinguist interested in Urdu, Arabic,Hindi & English. Language identity and discrimination!
On the World Arabic language day, read my article: www.languageonthemove.com/is-arabic-un... @languageonthemove.bsky.social
Is Arabic under threat on the Arabian peninsula?
Editor’s note: UNESCO has declared December 18 as World Arabic Language Day. Arabic is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world. It has around 400 million speakers and is an offic…
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New on Language-on-the-Move: fascinating longitudinal linguistic landscape study by @sarapatra.bsky.social and team, chronicling the shifts from Texan English to Qatari Arabic in a Middle Eastern university www.languageonthemove.com/from-howdy-t...
From “Howdy” to “Hayakom”: A shifting university linguascape
Sara Hillman, Aishwaryaa Kannan, and Tim Tizon *** Walking into the Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ) building today feels different from just a year ago. As part of an ongoing proje…
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Replugging an article of mine with Manish Thakur in which we discuss the words Chamar چمار and Miyan میاں. Chama, referring to untouchable Hindus, has been reclaimed as a term of pride. Miyan, referring to Muslims, on the other hand has undergone stigmatization. amp.scroll.in/article/1070...
Semantic journeys: How some communities turned words used as slurs as an assertion of pride
There are intricate social, cultural and political factors that shape the shifting outlines of what words mean.
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New on Language-on-the-Move: the native speaker is dead and everything but, even so, there is such a thing as native listening and explicit instruction matters in language learning, as Andrea Pešková explains www.languageonthemove.com/native-liste...
Native listening and learning new sounds
I hear what you don’t hear Have you ever listened to a language you don’t know and thought you recognized a word—only to realize later that you were completely mistaken? Our ears play tricks on us.…
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New article: 'Exploring a Sociolinguistics of Islam'. One of my most important pieces. Built on my research & enriched by collab with Othman Barnawi & Rizwan Ahmad academic.oup.com/applij/advan... It brings together many voices, places & perspectives See below article & related special issue CfPs..
My first post on this platform. Happy to share news about the Arabic edition of my book, Religion as Critique: Islamic Critical Thinking from Mecca to the Marketplace. The distinguished Translator is by Yasser Thabit. Link to book on publisher's website: www.dohainstitute.org/.../religion....
Didn’t see it until now. Nice seeing you all.
Dr Sarah Hopkyns@drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · last yr.Just returned from #IAWE26_Giessen full of inspiration! A superb experience, especially as a full day was allocated to our sessions on #world #Englishes in the #Arab #Gulf #states (chapters in Kay Gallagher's edited book). @annamariedillon.bsky.social @drmvdhoven.bsky.social @zabanwala.bsky.social
Just returned from #IAWE26_Giessen full of inspiration! A superb experience, especially as a full day was allocated to our sessions on #world #Englishes in the #Arab #Gulf #states (chapters in Kay Gallagher's edited book). @annamariedillon.bsky.social @drmvdhoven.bsky.social @zabanwala.bsky.social
See how a particular Arabic font made a difference. www.languageonthemove.com/sacred-font-... #arabic
Sacred Font, Profane Purpose
*** Yasser S. Khan and Rizwan Ahmad *** Recently, a woman in Lahore was accused of blasphemy for wearing a dress printed with Arabic calligraphy. The crowd had assumed that the sartorial motifs mus…
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Take a look at my article:
Language on the Move@languageonthemove.bsky.social · 3y agoNew on Language-on-the-Move: an excursion into post-Soviet Central Asia, where Arabic language learning is undergoing a revival, by Mehrinigor Akhmedova and @zabanwala.bsky.social www.languageonthemove.com/why-are-uzbe...
Take a look like at our article on Arabic and it’s purported decline!
Language on the Move@languageonthemove.bsky.social · 3y agoArabic is one of the most widely spoken languages, yet panics about its alleged decline are a mainstay of public debates. In this new article on Language-on-the-Move, @zabanwala.bsky.social and Shaikha al-Hemaidi ask whether Arabic is under threat in GCC www.languageonthemove.com/is-arabic-un...
VU Amsterdam is advertising for a PHD position researching Law and Technology. Closing 16 December: workingat.vu.nl/ad/docent-on...
PhD (50%)/Lecturer (50%) Law and Technology (EU law and data) - 4. Working at VU
Are you looking to kick-start your academic career? This is your chance to teach to an (inter)national cohort of students, and pursue a PhD in law & tech with a team of supportive and enthusiastic col
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-On social media in India, Hindus often use Muslim handles to send hateful messages. -Goal is to mislead authorities and spread hatred against Muslims. -here is my article on Muslim names and discrimination. www.languageonthemove.com/i-regret-hav...
