Abdulghafur Sabuni
Abdulghafur Sabuni (born November 14, 1940 in Aleppo , Syria ), Abd al-Ghafur Sabuni , Abd 'al-Gafur Ṣābūnī , is a Syrian Arabist and university professor .
academic career
Abdulghafur Sabuni studied German and Russian from 1969 to 1971 at the University of Mainz at the Institute for Applied Linguistics in Germersheim with a diploma. He then worked from 1971 to 1974 on a research project of the German Research Foundation at the University of Mainz at the Institute for Arabic Studies in Germersheim. From 1974 to 1977 he studied Semitic Studies , Islamic Studies and Linguistics at the University of Heidelberg . In 1979 he was in Heidelberg with a thesis on the phonology and morphology of the Arabic dialect of Aleppo doctorate . From 1977 to 2006 he was a lecturer for the Arabic language at the Asia-Africa Institute, Department for History and Culture of the Middle East at the University of Hamburg .
Works
- Modern Arabic
- Country lexicon: German, English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic. Institute for Applied Linguistics, Germersheim 1971.
- Lexicon of World Organizations: German and Arabic. Institute for Applied Linguistics, Germersheim 1972.
- Phonology and forms of the Arabic dialect of Aleppo (Heidelberg Oriental Studies, Volume 2, edited by Anton Schall). Publishing house Peter Lang, Frankfurt a. M. 1980.
- Introduction to Arabic Studies. Helmut Buske Verlag, Hamburg 1981.
- Arabic grammar. A textbook based on modern reading. Helmut Buske Verlag, Hamburg 1987.
- Dictionary of basic Arabic vocabulary. The 2000 most common words. Helmut Buske Verlag, Hamburg 1988. 2nd completely revised edition, GRIN Verlag, Munich 2011.
- Textbooks and dictionaries for German Arabic studies. Seminar for the History and Culture of the Middle East, University of Hamburg, Hamburg 1993.
- Elementary grammar of the modern Arabic language. GRIN Verlag, Munich 2014.
- History of the Arabic language. GRIN Verlag, Munich 2014.
- Elementary grammar and characteristics of the Koran language. Helmut Buske Verlag, Hamburg 2016.
- Classic Arabic
- Handbook of Arabic Literature I. Anthology of Traditional Prose. (Adab, history and biography, ethics). Helmut Buske Verlag, Hamburg 1983.
- Handbook of Arabic Literature II. Anthology of Traditional Prose. (Geography and travelogue, literary criticism, linguistics). Helmut Buske Verlag, Hamburg 1985.
- Handbook of Arabic Literature III. Anthology of Traditional Prose. (Philosophy, sufism, dogmatics). Publishing house and printing house Attar. Aleppo 1997.
- Jihad and struggle in the Holy Koran and in tradition. Arabic and German. GRIN Verlag, Munich 2015.
- Articles and translation
- The Syrian-Palestinian Arabic. In: W. Fischer and O. Jastrow (editor and editor): Handbook of Arabic dialects. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 1980.
- 12 contributions to Arabic literature, In: M. Brauneck (Hrsg.): Weltliteratur im 20. Jahrhundert. 5 volumes, Rowohlt Verlag. Hamburg 1981.
- The Syrian Personal Status Act, Translated from Arabic. In: International marriage and child law. Frankfurt a. M. 1981 (in collaboration with Dr. G. Wiedensohler).
- The reformed family law of Syria. In: StAz 1982 (in collaboration with Dr. G. Wiedensohler).
- Marriage and its effect in Syrian-Islamic law. In: The world of Islam. 1983 (in collaboration with Dr. G. Wiedensohler).
- Das Caroussel: The Royal oriental-occidental tourmament of 1846… RMS-Landskrone-Verlag AG, Zug (Switzerland), New York 1985. (Translation of the Arabic part from the German).
- Educational software
- 1001 word version 1 - query program for the Arabic language. Vocabulary and grammar query. Hamburg 2002.
- Arabia Version 1.2 - Arabic learning software, DVD. Helmut Buske Verlag. Hamburg 2003.
Web links
- Literature by and about Abdulghafur Sabuni in the catalog of the German National Library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Sabuni, Abdulghafur |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Syrian Arabist and university professor |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1940 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Aleppo , Syria |