[ExI] Arabs don't read

Mark Walker markalanwalker at gmail.com
Fri Jul 18 20:46:14 UTC 2014


Assuming your premise is true, that few books are translated into Arabic,
it seems that at best you can conclude that Arabs don't read in Arabic.
Consider:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/11/world/middleeast/11iht-educlede11.html?_r=0
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Dr. Mark Walker
Richard L. Hedden Chair of Advanced Philosophical Studies
Department of Philosophy
New Mexico State University
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On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 8:50 AM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Jul 17, 2014, at 6:12 AM, Mirco Romanato wrote:
>
> > Why Don’t Arabs Read?
>>
>
> One reason may be that the number of books translated into Arabic since
> the death of Caliph Al-Ma’moun in 833 AD is less than the number of books
> translated into Spanish just last year. If you believe that all the world's
> wisdom can be found in just one book why read any other?
>
>   John K Clark
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