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Arabic word

استشراق

orientalism

Type
Verbal Noun / مصدر

Example

انتقد إدوارد سعيد الاستشراق بوصفه خطاباً تمثيلياً مشوهاً للشرق.

Edward Said criticized orientalism as a distorted representational discourse about the East.

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"الاستشراق" وحكى لنا كيف انقسم العالم إلى شرقي وغربي
يشكل دوما مرحلة مهمة في تاريخ الاستشراق
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Words from the same root

ش ر ق

Arabic words grow from roots. These words share the root of استشراق, so their meanings are related: learn them together.

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