Arabic and Social Anthropology

About this course

Arabic and social anthropology is an intellectually demanding combination that gives you both deep linguistic access to one of the world's major languages and the conceptual tools of a discipline that takes seriously the full diversity of human societies. Arabic is spoken by over 300 million people and is the liturgical language of Islam, making it a gateway to literary traditions, religious texts, political discourse, and everyday life across a region that is of enormous significance in global affairs. Social and cultural anthropology asks how different peoples organise their social lives, make meaning, and relate to the wider world, and it requires a genuine openness to difference and a willingness to question your own assumptions. At Edinburgh, which has exceptional resources in both Arabic studies and social anthropology, this four-year full-time degree develops your language profic

Where its graduates go

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