The Arabic Script in Africa Studies in the Use of a Writing System

Meikal Mumin, M.A. (2009) Universitat zu Koln, wrote his MA thesis on Arabic script in Africa and is currently a PhD candidate at Universitat zu Koln and Universita degli Studi di Napoli 'L'Orientale' working on a language documentation of Chimiini. Kees Versteegh (Ph.D., 1977) is emeritus Professor of Arabic and Islam at the University of Nijmegen. He has published on the history of Arabic and the Arabic grammatical tradition, and was editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics (Brill, 2006-2009). With contributions from Bana M. S. Banafunzi, Dmitry Bondarev, Anneke Breedveld, Peter T. Daniels, Nikolay Dobronravin, Gerard Dumestre, Ramada Elghamis, Muhammed Haron, Marie-Eve Humery, Maarten Kossmann, Xavier Luffin, Meikal Mumin, Lameen Souag, Kees Versteegh, Alessandra Vianello, Clarissa Vierke, Valentin Vydrin, Andy Warren-Rothlin.