Abu Zolfiqar
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in theory, yes....in practice, difficult.
fas'ha can be understood throughout Arab world --for those who have learned it (through Quran or Arabic classes). On the streets of Damascus or Cairo or Rabat or Manama --if you speak fas'ha people will either laugh at you and/or know you are obviously not a local.
it's like going to Hollywood Los Angeles and speaking Shakespearian English!
even among Arab peoples, there are lingual/colloqial differences. Tell an Algerian to try communicating with a Saudi in colloqial, and see what happens
i do think that Pakistanis should be trained in school to learn fas'ha in the interests of better understanding of Quran. Many Pakistanis who are working as expatriates especially in Gulf get a good grasp of the language as that is their means of communication with their employers
actually, more and more gulfies are learning Urdu. Why dont the Arabs adopt Urdu instead
fas'ha can be understood throughout Arab world --for those who have learned it (through Quran or Arabic classes). On the streets of Damascus or Cairo or Rabat or Manama --if you speak fas'ha people will either laugh at you and/or know you are obviously not a local.
it's like going to Hollywood Los Angeles and speaking Shakespearian English!
even among Arab peoples, there are lingual/colloqial differences. Tell an Algerian to try communicating with a Saudi in colloqial, and see what happens
i do think that Pakistanis should be trained in school to learn fas'ha in the interests of better understanding of Quran. Many Pakistanis who are working as expatriates especially in Gulf get a good grasp of the language as that is their means of communication with their employers
actually, more and more gulfies are learning Urdu. Why dont the Arabs adopt Urdu instead