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How to protect an endangered language

A new book looks at the threats facing six small languages and the efforts to save them

The Economist 02, Jun 2024

A Kurdish teacher teaches during a class at the Musa Bin Nusayr school in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli, on January 31, 2016.

A look at northeast Syria's exceptional and diverse education system

The educational system in northeastern Syria is independent of other Syrian regions, which are controlled by the Syrian regime or its opposition forces. Its focus is linguistic and cultural diversity.

Rustum Mahmud 03, Sep 2023

Language is the battleground for cultural influence in war-torn Syria.

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How language became a battleground for cultural influence in war-torn Syria

Since the Syrian civil war broke out in 2011, the two major supporters of the Damascus regime, Russia and Iran, have both tried to deepen their ties with the country and its people with mixed results.

Nawwar Jabbour 31, Aug 2023

Google Is Working on Language-to-text AR Glasses

Google appears to be working on AR glasses once again, but this time, it is showing a new feature that translates speech to readable text. At last week’s Google I/O 2022, the company demonstrated…

S.A. Applin 01, Jun 2022

Gehad Ashraf, co-founder of Nobig Koro, posing for a photo in Heisa, one of the last remaining Nubian islands to survive the building of the Aswan High Dam in the 1960s.

On Verge of Extinction

Nobig Koro, or Learn Nubian, is a fresh initiative made by young Nubians living in Cairo to teach their language which is on the verge of extinction. “Unfortunately, most of Nubian youth are not…

Salwa Samir 12, Mar 2022

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