The World in Words 90: Bilingual tots in the Middle East, reading in Arabic, and the language of smell
Not many parents in Israel make the choice, but a few send their kids to Arabic-Hebrew bilingual preschools. The World’s Jerusalem correspondent Matthew Bell is one of them. Also, a Seattle rabbi visits the Cairo Genizah, and explains why so many sacred Jewish texts were written in Arabic. Plus, a report from Syria on book-publishing and reading in the Arabic-speaking world. And we hear from experts at the New York Public Library on the secrets that a book’s smell will reveal to an educated nose.
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