Celebrating World Arabic Language Day Arabic: An evolving language
World Arabic Language Day returns on Dec. 18, commemorating the 1973 decision to make Arabic one of the official languages of the United Nations. For Nesrine Basheer, assistant professor of teaching at the University of British Columbia (UBC), the language is an incredibly diverse one, particularly within its dialects.
“The dialect is the language people love in, the language that they fight in, the language that you hear in the café, …
