Harlie L. Smith, Jr. (ed.) FSI Modern Written Arabic. Volume 1

Foreign Service Institute, Washington D.C, 1969 — 434 p.Modern Written Arabic, Volume I, derives from work over a period of years by the staff of the Foreign Service Institute Arabic Language and Area School in Beirut. It was prepared for use in FSI programs of instruction for members of the U. S. Foreign Service and is intended to be used with the help of a native speaking Arabic instructor and with tape recordings.
The original materials on which this volume is based were prepared by Daud A. ABDO with the assistance of Salwa Hily and under the general supervision of William G. Cowan. Modification of the Arabic text for this version was done by Nash' at Naja. The accompanying notes are primarily the work of Hartie L. Smith, Jr., who also made the final decisions on the form and content of the volume. In his part of the project Dr. Smith had valuable aid and counsel from Warren C. Benedict and James A. Snow.
Tape recordings which are available to accompany Modern Written Arabic were prepared by George Sayegh. Previous editions of the manuscript were typed by Victoria Ilasheesh and Shoukri Alawy; camera copy for the present volume was typed by Elias Alawy. The manuscript in all stages of preparation was reviewed and corrected by Mr. Naja.