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Salaam Everyone! Since this is an Arabic language blog, I made sure I start my post with an Arabic word used for greetings, and that is: Salaam \u0633\u0644\u0627\u0645<\/strong> \u00a0which means ”Peace”.<\/p>\n About me<\/strong><\/p>\n I’m a new blogger and my name is Hanan. I will be publishing weekly posts about the Arabic language, focusing on different aspects each time, both linguistic and cultural ones. I have been in the UK since 2009 when I was awarded a scholarship to pursue my studies abroad after finishing secondary school. I’m currently a 3rd year PhD candidate in Sociolinguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University. The title of my PhD project is: \u2018Code-Switching & Social identity construction among Arabic-English bilinguals\u2019. I am interested in looking at the social challenges that bilingual face, especially around issues of identity. I’m currently working in the areas of Bilingualism, Applied Linguistics and Language Variation & Identity. Alongside academia and apart from my main interest in Sociolinguistics, I’m also an Arabic-English translator and an interpreter. I’m also very passionate about languages and everyday language use by bilinguals.<\/p>\n About two years ago, I was worried that I could be losing my first language – Arabic – as I spend most of my time speaking, reading and writing in English. So, I decided to do something about it and the first thing was to listen to the BBC Arabic Radio everyday to make sure I get a daily exposure to Standard Arabic. Unsurprisingly, whenever I work on something that is related to Arabic, I feel I’m alive and that what I’m doing is meaningful to me. Studying for a diploma in public service<\/p>\n interpreting was the thing that I recently worked on and I have recently become interested in literary translation into Arabic. Then, I started to teach Arabic and finally the opportunity of writing weekly blogs to learners of Arabic came along. I’m quite excited about this as I really enjoy sharing my language and culture with others; I find it very rewarding. I hope you will benefit from these posts and find them useful in some way. If you have any questions, please get in touch or add a comment below. If you have any aspect of Arabic (both language and culture) that you would like to know more about, I’d very happy to help you learn more about it … just ask!<\/p>\n Finally, you can find out more about me and my work by visiting my personal webpage\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Salaam Everyone! Since this is an Arabic language blog, I made sure I start my post with an Arabic word used for greetings, and that is: Salaam \u0633\u0644\u0627\u0645 \u00a0which means ”Peace”. About me I’m a new blogger and my name is Hanan. I will be publishing weekly posts about the Arabic language, focusing on…<\/p>\n