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11-12-2006
Modern Arabic
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 Washington, USA (HNN): The introduction of Modern Standard Arabic has enabled the existence of media that reach the entire Arabic-speaking world, but these new media have simultaneously influenced the development of and spread the use of this new language. The result of this synergy between Modern Standard Arabic and the television industry is that an Arab national language has emerged. Ideas expressed in Modern Standard Arabic can instantly reach the entire Arab-speaking world, giving the Arabs a new capacity to converse and respond as a single cultural nation, with results that it will be interesting to watch as they play out.
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