Books By Abbas Al-Tonsi, Mahmoud Al-Ashiri - Author

Abbas Al-Tonsi was senior lecturer and director of the Arabic Language Program at Georgetown University Qatar from 2007 to 2019, where he founded the Arabic Language and Culture for Heritage Learners program in 2008. He is author or co-author of several books, including the Al-Kitaab fii Ta‘allum al-‘Arabiyya series (1995–2001), Kalaam Gamiil: An Intensive Course in Egyptian Colloquial Arabic, vols. 1 and 2 (AUC Press, 2010 and 2013); and Umm al-Dunya: Advanced Egyptian Colloquial Arabic (AUC Press, 2013). Mahmoud Al-Ashiri is professor in Arabic at Georgetown University Qatar and a specialist in Arabic language acquisition and literary criticism. He planned, supervised, and participated in authoring Arabic language learning books for the Ministry of Education in Qatar for Grades 1 to 10 (2018–2019). He is the author or co-author of several books, including most recently al-‘Arabiya min ajl al-kafa’a (Arabic for Proficiency, 2022).