Deciphering A Mysterious Pre-Islamic Script

About this episode

Ahmad Al-Jallad discusses his research on the Dhofari script and its implications for understanding pre-Islamic Arabia.

Ahmad Al-Jallad discusses his recent research deciphering the Dhofari script, which is shedding new light on the linguistic and cultural map of pre-Islamic Arabia. You can download a copy of his research on his Academia page here and listen to his previous episode on the show about Safaitic here. Send us Fan Mail

People in this episode

Guest: Ahmad Al-Jallad

Topics covered

• linguistics
• pre-Islamic Arabia
• cultural history
• script deciphering
• Arabic history

Keywords

• Dhofari script
• Ahmad Al-Jallad
• pre-Islamic Arabia
• linguistic research
• cultural map

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Dhofari script, Safaitic

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