Yawmiyat Bint Battuta fi-l-Mudun al-Masriya
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- ISBN 9781649034854
- Dimensions: 165 x 241mm
- Publication Date: 27 Oct 2026
- Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Through engaging and original narratives, this innovative approach to teaching Egyptian Colloquial Arabic takes students on a tour of Egypt, exploring its diverse communities and linguistic richness
Egyptian Colloquial Arabic (ECA) is among the most commonly taught dialects of Arabic, reflective of Egypt's dominant role in Arab media and entertainment. This engaging and immersive new book is a celebration of Egypt’s rich social and linguistic culture, drawing on storytelling and narrative as a tool for language learning and cultural enrichment.
Written for advanced and heritage learners, students visit six Egyptian locales: Nubia, Alexandria, Fayoum, South Sinai, and al-Sayida Zeinab in Cairo. Each of these six chapters is carefully structured around a narrative and accompanied by online audio and exercises to spotlight grammar, vocabulary, and regional variation, and to cement comprehension and language learning. It includes illustrations and an appendix to highlight key terms and expressions.
Informed by ethnographic methodology, this book provides an in-depth exploration of Egypt’s diverse communities and is grounded in critical pedagogy to guide the teaching and learning of Arabic. It answers the call for education materials that reflect the local conditions on the ground, and can be used by instructors as a coursebook or as a supplementary resource.
Sayonara Tomoum is a lecturer in Arabic Language and Culture at the University of Pennsylvania and a doctoral candidate in language, literacy, and culture concentration in the College of Education’s Department of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She holds two master’s degrees from the American University in Cairo: one in applied linguistics (Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language) and another in journalism and mass communication.
Laila Al-Sawi is a senior instructor of Arabic as a foreign language in the Department of Arabic Language Instruction (ALI) at the American University in Cairo. She holds a master’s degree in teaching Arabic as a foreign language (TAFL) from the American University in Cairo. She is co-author of al-Murshid: A Guide to Modern Standard Arabic Grammar for the Intermediate Level and Kalaam Gamiil, An Intensive Course in Egyptian Colloquial Arabic, volumes 1 and 2 (AUC Press, 2010 and 2013).
