CAMELIA SULEIMAN. The Politics of Arabic in Israel: A Sociolinguistic Analysis (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2017). Pp. 240. $84.61 cloth. ISBN: 978-1474420860.

Abstract

In her ethnography, The Politics of Arabic in Israel , Camelia Suleiman discusses the Arabic language within the State of Israel, exploring the implications of its status in terms of various sociolinguistic processes and identity formation. Suleiman provides a sweepingly comprehensive overview of substantiated sociolinguistics as well as socio-poetic and legal research conducted on Arabic. The Politics of Arabic in Israel also sheds light on the sociolinguistic ramifications of ethnography, which impacts both the Arabic language and its speakers.