{"id":537,"date":"2007-12-29T16:00:53","date_gmt":"2007-12-29T16:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/?p=537"},"modified":"2007-12-29T16:00:53","modified_gmt":"2007-12-29T16:00:53","slug":"syria-requires-arabization-of-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/syria-requires-arabization-of-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria Requires Arabization of Names"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ibrahim Hamidi, writing in al-Hayat, makes fun of the new Syrian law that requires all names to be pure Arabic. <\/p>\n

Dr. Mahmoud al-Sayyid, the President of The Committee for Improving the Arabic Language, a committee established to meet the requirements of Syria having been selected as the "capital of Arab culture" for 2008, is in charge of policing this new law.<\/p>\n

La Noisette restaurant is now named al-Bunduqa<\/p>\n

Neutron is now Nawat<\/p>\n

La Fontana is now al-Nafoura<\/p>\n

Ibrahim warns parents of newborns to make sure that they choose pure Arabic names. No more Michel, Emile, Eduard, Joyce, Joel, or Mart. These are all popular names among Christians. Hamidi does not know whether these names are now illegal, but if the law is applied consistently, they will be.<\/p>\n

The committee has also explained that actors and TV dramas will have to move away from the spoken language and common Syrian dialect to classical Arabic, which would destroy the popularity of many local shows. Hamidi mentions "Bab al-Hara," the massively popular TV series broadcast this Ramadan, which resurrected the local dialect and manners of Syria in the 1930s. Such a series could be made impossible to produce if new laws are enforced.<\/p>\n

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Ibrahim Hamidi, writing in al-Hayat, makes fun of the new Syrian law that requires all names to be pure Arabic. 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