These bilingual books (English and MODERN Nobiin- spoken in Sudan & Egypt today, descended from ancient Old Nubian) are available to order now at https://t.co/4Esswb3EIb and we have a special bundle coming for UK Black History Month (October) so teachers and librarians take note!
Today on the blog, Sudanese-Nubian author and artist @RealRameyDawoud tells us about the bilingual kids' books published by @GeriFaiOmir and @PressTaras to teach the ancient Nubian languages, spoken in southern Egypt and northern Sudan…
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#WorldKidLitMonth
I am delighted to have handed over children's book written in Nubian language to @AshaJaffar. A gift from @jdmitchjoel all the way from London to our Nubian community living in Kenya. The books will help children to read and write the Nubian language.@PressTaras@M_Lugha
@tntype@abdomeknas@typo_arabic@EU_H2020@UniRdg_Typo@gerryleonidas Arabic letterpress type is not easy to come by but we have a few founts, and most importantly have been able to cast some new type, and have now begun working on developing capacity to create new matrices
Casting Monotype Arabic
حروف طباعية بارزة مسبكة
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😁 There's still time to join our 'Palestinian Cuisine' online cooking class this eve with awesome chef, cookery book author and @ottolenghi restaurateur Sami Tamimi, it's gonna be a great one! Book your ticket here: https://t.co/d8LXYdbQLS
Enjoying these Arabic stories in translation by @sawadhussain and @nariology as a #Jolabokaflod treat (TIL - Jólabókaflóð is the Icelandic Christmas Eve tradition of giving books).
Last night my wife @TheOlaLabib became the first Sudanese woman to perform at @TheO2 arena in London. Black. Muslim. Hijabi. Sudanese. Woman.. she's kicking down so many doors! I am one proud husband!
So excited to share this special double issue of ArabLit Quarterly, our wide-ranging FOLK issue ed. @ali_mn_aljamri, coming in eight days.
This beautiful piece on children's folk songs from Makkah is by Eman Quotah, with collecting assistance from Mohammed M.N. Quotah.
The Miracle of Amanirenas by @HatimAlTai2 is here! This is the 3rd of 4 books in our @GeriFaiOmir campaign which we launched to publish children's books written in the Nubian language.
Do you know about the UNS journal Dotawo or are you one of our readers? Please spend 3 minutes filling out our reader survey, we're curious what y'all think! https://t.co/k05Xz8tbBe
Nabra's Nubian Numbers not only teaches you to count in Nobiin, but it also highlights important aspects of Nubian culture and history.
Order your copy here:
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